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Hanabi – A Cooperative Game with Parameters
This week I played a card game called Hanabi, which was very different from anything else I’ve ever played! It’s a cooperative game, so everyone is working towards the same goal, but what made this different from other cooperative games I’ve played is that there were parameters on how much you can help your teammates. …
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Week 3: Free for All at House on the Hill
This week, I got to try something completely different from games that I’ve played before. Betrayal at house on the hill starts out almost like a semi-cooperative game, everyone trying to explore and build the house, while also trying to build up their own stats for four different qualities. The house grows, events occur, omens…
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Week 2: I’ve Been Shot! (and other exciting things from playing Secret Hitler)
For the second week in the row, I had the opportunity to play a secret role game. The name of the game is Secret Hitler, and similarly to lasts weeks game, Avalon, it involves good vs evil, or more specifically, Liberals vs. Fascists. At the beginning of the game, everyone is assigned a role and…
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Week 2: Hanabi
This week I played a game called Hanabi. It’s a cooperative card game where there are 6 colors of cards, with each card having a value between 1-5 that represent fireworks. There are three 1’s of each color, two 2-4’s of each color, and one 5 of each color. The goal of the game is…
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Leadership in Hanabi
The game I played was Hanabi. This is a cooperative card game. The objective is to build a perfect, exciting fireworks display by placing the cards in order by different color. The cards range from 1 to 5 and must be placed in ascending order. Each player holds the cards away from himself or herself,…
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Who’s the teacher?
“Wait, so the first 70 minutes of class they just play games? Do you even teach?” Yep- students have the first 70 minutes of our weekly meeting to play through the various games of that particular week. Why do JS and I show up? Besides to join in the fun? Well, “you” asked, so let’s…
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Game of the Week Blog #2
In class yesterday, we got to play two different games. One was called, Secret Hitler, and the other was called, Hanabi. Secret Hitler was another hidden-role game that had two teams pitted against each other. The point of Secret Hitler was if you were a Liberal, you were attempting to figure out who the other…
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The Resistance: Avalon – Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Last week in class we played Avalon, and I really enjoyed it. My favorite thing about it was how easy it was to pick up and learn, and also how quickly you can play it all the way through. I also really like how many people can play! I was the generic blue/good character both…
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Avalon: A Game of Good vs Evil
For the first week we played Avalon, a hidden role game. In this game there are two teams, the forces of good and evil with each side having a few powerful people. For the forces of good, the strongest role has to be Merlin who gets to see who is part of the forces of…
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Hanabi- 2nd game of the semester
This week’s game was Hanabi. This is a cooperative game in which you have to “build” fireworks on the table. The hard part about this game is that you cannot see your cards and your teammates give you clues as you play. In addition, you only get three strikes (or you blow up) and your…
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