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Gaming, Raccoons, and Tarot Cards
On February 11th, I went to one of the biweekly meetings of Miami’s Strategy Gaming Club (SGC). Although I have goe to SGC meetings since August, this particular Tuesday meeting was…interesting, to say the least. At a typical SGC meeting, there are over 20 games set out on the table for people to choose from,…
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Game of the Week Blog Reflection
For my first class, I got to play a game that I am quite familiar with. Betrayal at House on the Hill has been a staple in my family game nights since we first picked it up in 2014. It definitely isn’t my favorite game, but it is the one that got me excited in…
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Top 100 Games of All Time (60-51) (Plus a bonus: Games I’ve played for the first time since the list started!)
Time for my next chunk of favorite games of all time! Next is 60-51. 60. Carcassonne: South SeasZ-Man GamesDesigner: Klaus-Jürgen WredeOwned: NO Why it is on the list: Bethany’s (my course co-creator) favorite game is Carcassonne. She gets a ton of the versions to play. This one I think is the best of the group…
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GOTW – Ultimate Werewolf – Belkowitz
Hello! In the first week of EDL 290T, the class played Ultimate Werewolf. In this game, people are assigned roles. During night phases, players are called upon, one role at a time. The player of each role is able to make a decision that influences the game. As the game progresses, those that are werewolves…
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GOTW – Hanabi – Belkowitz
Hi! This past week in EDL 290T, we played two games: Hanabi and Mental Blocks. I am choosing to write about Hanabi. I really enjoyed Hanabi. Hanabi is a card game. Similar to Uno cards, the cards in Hanabi have a color and a number. And similar to Solitaire, the goal of Hanabi is for…
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Game of the Week: Mental Blocks
This week, we played both Hanabi and Mental Blocks in class. Both were interesting games that required everyone’s cooperation to complete and win. As someone with little to no board game experience, this was my first time playing cooperative games since I was a young child. These two were a great introduction to the topic…
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Game of the Week Reflection 1- Ultimate Werewolf
In week one of EDL 290, we played Ultimate Werewolf. I’ve played Ultimate Werewolf before, as well as many games like it. It’s a Mafia-style Hidden Role Game, where players try to remove all hidden bad guys (in this case werewolves) from their ranks. Each night, the werewolves pick off village team players, with the…
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Reflection: Werewolf
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe may be an interesting play, but it’s also one of many secret roles in the game Ultimate Werewolf. In this game, each player is assigned a hidden role from a select list of cards. These roles may very based on player count and interest in certain aspects of the game…
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Game of the Week: Ultimate Werewolf
For the first week of EDL290, we played Ultimate Werewolf. I loved a variation of this game as a child (Mafia, for those familiar), so seeing a more complex version available for adults was incredible and greatly nostalgic. The game had several roles, from Cupid selecting lovers to the two Masons whose names we could…
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GOTW: Ultimate Werewolf Reflection
The first game that we played in our EDL 290 Class was called Ultimate Werewolf. A game similar to “Mafia” which involves making deductions using social clues, given by the other players, in an effort to win the game. As this was my first time playing such a game, it was confusing at first, but…
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