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Game Event Review: RECON 2020
I attended the 2020 League of Geeks RECON event February 22nd and 23rd. RECON involved many activities in several different rooms in Armstrong and it was a bit overwhelming, but at the same time, was incredibly fun to go to. On the morning of the 22nd I participated in the Game Awards. This was the…
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GOTW: Mysterium
The 4th game we played in EDL 290, was called Mysterium. In this game, one player acts as a silent ghost whose role is to lead the other players to the murderer by giving out ambiguous “dream” cards which are images made to aid in discovering the murder, murder weapon, and murder location. In this…
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GOTW: Betrayal at the House on the Hill
The third game we played during EDL 290 was called Betrayal at House on the Hill. Betrayal is a game where players begin by cooperating with one another in order to explore a haunted house. Each turn a player will move to explore new rooms and collect items or omens. When a player tiggers an…
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GOTW: Hanabi
The second game we played in EDL 290 was called Hanabi. A cooperative card game with a simple objective– players must create the perfect fireworks show by placing the cards on the table in the right order. The trick, however, is that each player can only see the cards of the other players hands, and…
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Gaming and The Greater Good: Creating a More Realistic Ladies and Gentlemen
The game I am choosing to modify is Ladies and Gentlemen in order to teach the topic of how socio economic status reflects what choices you are able to make. Ladies and Gentleman is a game about gentlemen controlling the stock market so that they may buy the best clothes for their ladies to wear…
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Game of the Week: Ladies and Gentlemen
During week 6 of Tabletop game and leadership, we played the game Ladies and Gentlemen. I have never played anything like this before and at first its theme was a bit alarming. However, that is precisely the beauty and fun of it. There are 2-5 teams comprised of a lady and a gentleman and each…
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Top 100 Games of All Time (30-21)
30-21. Wow. In this list we hit the top quarter of my list of games. In this segment are some amazing games….two of the top 10 games of all time according to boardgamegeek.com. Another game each from two of my favorite designers. Possibly the most fun pirate themed game ever made. Looking-this chunk of games…
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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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