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Top 100 Games of All Time (40-31)
Time for my next chunk of favorite games of all time! Next is 80-71. This year I have played two of my top 10 all-time games once each…including the number one game…well, technically earlier today. We played until almost 7am…Anyway…to the list! Also-worth reminding the last list number 81 was Between Two Cities. I may…
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Game of the Week: Survive! Escape from Atlantis
Yesterday in Tabletop games and Leadership, we played Survive! Escape from Atlantis. We had the complete expansion set, but opted out of using the Octopus expansion. This game was interesting. It was a game different than anything I played before. This game is in the combat game genre and the only other specifically combat game…
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This Week in Game Design
For This Week in Game Design, I decided to investigate virtual reality. I chose this because it is an emerging technology and can be applicable in both video games and in the real world. For example, my mother sometimes volunteers at a school for the blind. They have a state-of-the-art VR room for people who…
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Game of the Week: Mysterium
Last week I got the chance to play the game Mysterium in Tabletop Games and Leadership. Several times since coming to college I heard of this game and how I should play it because of my obsession with Betrayal at the House on the Hill and Clue. As much as Clue holds a dear place…
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Game of the Week: Mysterium
This week in class, we played Mysterium. Like every single game in this class, I had no idea how to play when I got to class, even though I read all the instructions and watched the video. However, I was pleased to experience that game play was much more simple than I was anticipating. I…
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RECON Reflection
On February 21th, 2020, I did something I have never done before and something I thought I would never do: attend a video game conference. Under any normal circumstance, I would not have attended. I did not know anyone there and I have no clue how to play video games. However, there was an exception:…
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The Actual Game of Life
Funnily enough, in most situations that require a leader aren’t the same situations that one would regard as lighthearted and fun as a game. However, if you break a game down to its core components and mechanics, leadership and games are one and the same. Let’s start first with the simplest idea: choosing a character.…
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Game of the Week Reflection 2- Hanabi
In the second week of EDL290, we played two games: Mental Blocks and Hanabi. This reflection will focus on Hanabi, which is a collaborative card game about creating a firework show. Mechanically, this manifests itself in a way similar to Solitaire- The players must arrange the firework cards both by color suit and in ascending…
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Top 100 Games of All Time (50-41)
We’ve made it to the top 50! Well…the first chunk of the top 50, anyway. Also-worth reminding the last list number 81 was Between Two Cities. I may have a reason that is worth mentioning. 50. Death Eaters Rising / Thanos RisingTheOPDesigner: Death Eaters: Patrick Marino/Andrew Wolf Thanos: Andrew WolfOwned: Yes Why it is on…
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Game of the Week: Betrayal
In class this past week, we played Betrayal at House on the Hill. I had never heard of this game (I have not heard of most games that we will play in class), but I read the instructions and prepared for class as usual. After reviewing the instructions a handful of times and watching instructional…
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