this week we played Fiasco, which to me seems like a role-playing game. people design the relationship with each other by rolling dice. there are six basic relationships, and my favorite one is crime relationship because i can make lots of stories on this role. relationship is the most important thing in this game, at least, it provides us the foundations of how to develop the story. the hardest but also the most interesting part is making stories. i have to brainstorm, but it does not mean i can make whatever i want. still, i need to make the story logical and appealing.

this game would be funny if you play with your friends, especially for those who you are the most familiar with because you do not have to be shy to tell the story at least. moreover, this game is quite difficult for international students because sometimes their expressions will cause misunderstanding, or the logic is not as perfect as native speakers. However, telling a story is also a good way to practice speaking.

the play session went well and everyone is willing to share the story and try hard to make the story funny but logical. i have to admit that sometimes it is quite hard to understand the implied meaning behind the story told by my American teammates. but my American teammates are always willing to help me out. there is one thing that my group did that is different from other grounds. that is we were using excel to play the game instead of going to the table simulator. here i need to thanks to Grayson because she brought up this idea. why did not we use table simulator? because my steam was broken during the class time and i had no way to fix it. i feel sorry to my group.

my favorite part in Fiasco is telling the story and guessing what logic is implied behind the story told by other people. Although i lost the game, i learned some things from the game. first, do not be shy to tell the story. everyone is here to hear your wonderful story. second, helping others when they have trouble. if you have some ideas and you want to share with your group, do not hesitate. because I got a Chinese groupmate who was not quite sure of the rule of the game. i helped him out when he got trouble. in my opinion, when i helped people, my personal value came out. moreover, personal value also ties to the leadership. when people are afriad of telling story, all you need to do is encouraging. i think leadership can be illustrate from many different perspectives and is not limited to lead people to do something.