Game of the Week Blog Reflection 7: Two Rooms and A Boom!

Two Room and a Boom is my favorite game so far in the course. There are so many elements in it that make me change my view of the game as just relaxing or wasting time. This game made me feel the importance of leadership, strategy development, team communication and not compromising physical health.

First of all, there are many different roles, but each team has a leader, and this role of the leader can be passed on to the next player. I think this has a very important impact on leadership development. As we were playing the game I observed that since leadership roles are transferable, this gives many members the opportunity to experience leadership. And because the setting of this game requires constant exchange of players in two “rooms”, I think everyone does not need to worry about the physical harm caused by sitting for a long time while focusing on playing the game. This is a very shocking point for me when the game is in progress because almost all the games I have participated in are played while sitting in a fixed position. Secondly, I really like one of the gray character cards, called “The Gambler”, because it fits my personality very much, and I really like watching the progress of both sides and guessing where things are going. This is also a very shocking point for me that this game can have so many different characters, which can satisfy the fun of playing this game for people with different personalities.

This is a very exciting game that gave me an unforgettable gaming experience. The only downside is that this game has a minimum range of 6 people. Due to the diversity of its characters, I guess the game will be more interesting with more people, but in everyday life, it is difficult to get together such a large number of people to play with I think.