Belgian headmaster creates a Pokemon GO for books

29 August 2016

Following the massive success of Pokemon GO, a Belgian Headmaster has created a “Pokemon GO for books”.

Instead of using a camera and GPS signal however, Aveline Gregoire’s version is played through a Facebook group called “Chasseurs de livres” (“Book hunters”).

“Players post pictures and hints about where they have hidden a book and others go to hunt them down. Once someone has finished reading a book, they “release it back into the wild”.

“While I was arranging my library, I realized I didn’t have enough space for all my books. Having played Pokemon Go with my kids, I had the idea of releasing the books into nature,” Gregoire told Reuters.

The group has already attracted over 40,000 members in its first week.

Following this immense popularity, Gregoire is now contemplating taking the game a step further and creating an app for it.


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  1. Cinzia Pompa
    29.08.2016 at 10:27

    I’d play ^.^

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