This week we played a game called Ladies and Gentleman. It is very different from the rest of games we have played in class. It is known as an asymmetrical game where there are 2 different roles and each role plays on their own against the others of that same role and then eventually come together with the other role. One role is the gentleman which is the role that I played, and this roles goal is to make as much money as he can so that he can buy everything that his Lady wants. The Ladies are the other role, and their goal is to dress themselves for the end game where certain items may give more points than others. In the end the winning team/duo will have acquired the most points.

This game was very difficult to understand and learn to play. I think that it helps that you only really need to learn one role because both roles are basically playing 2 different games. Just focusing on one role made the game seem like it was lacking something or that it was just boring in general. For the gentlemen, there was little strategy and the little strategy that was needed never really felt like a game winning strategy. I am not too knowledgeable on the ladies role, but I know they had more strategy to it compared to the gentleman role. I feel like this game also had too many pieces to it and it just added to the confusion.

The limited communication between roles made things much more difficult, especially in terms of leadership. Rather, leadership really came within the roles. I feel like, even though we were going against each other, the other gentlemen were very open about how they were playing and what the best course of action was. They were also helpful at explaining how things worked, which really proved their leadership through this game.

Overall, I feel like this game was interesting, and definitely a new way to think about how games can be played. I think it relies mostly on playing in character, which we didn’t really do since we were all just learning the game, but I can see the enjoyment that some might gain from it. This might go towards the bottom of games that we had played in class just because it was confusing to learn.