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Blog Reflection 5: Cursed Court
This week we played Cursed Court. This game focuses on the mechanics of betting. There was a board with different characters on it and different patterns of the characters. You take turns betting on who you think will show up to court or what pattern will appear. You can get into betting wars with people…
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GOTW 4: Fiasco Week 2
Finishing Fiasco was much easier and more fun than starting it. Getting the game started and doing the first act were a little tough for our group because we all had 0 clue how to play the game. However, once we got it started, the game started rolling and becoming more fun. Finishing our game…
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GOTW Reflection: Cursed Court
As with most of the games we’ve played since the start of the semester, this one was a little hard to understand at the beginning, as we struggled to figure out the aim and what we should be working towards. But after the first two rounds, we all began to play with intention as we…
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GOTW Reflection: Fiasco Week 2
Playing Fiasco this week was a little easier than when we initially started out. I began to understand, for the most part, what the game was meant to look like. My role was clearer, and I was able to effectively use the relationships and tools we had picked out the previous week to play the…
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GOTW Cursed Court
This week we played Cursed Court. Cursed Court is a competitive bluffing and deductive game that is super fun. It is all based on wagering on who will end up showing at the end of the game. So far this is my favorite game we played. I think that it is really easy to pick…
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Cursed Court Reflection
This week I played cursed court, a game of betting and bluffing. I think the hardest part is when you have two of the same card shared with the other players. You can guarantee a good bet on a character but you are kinda left to just guess what you think could be there. I…
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GOTW: Fiasco Pt 2.
Class Date: 2/19/2026 This week we concluded our playthrough of Fiasco, a GM-less improv game focusing on characters facing the consequences of different escapades going disastrously wrong. At the end of the first week, my group left off in a story with two characters trying to kill the other two. Due to absences between weeks,…
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GOTW: Fiasco Pt 1.
Class Date: 2/12/2026 This week was the start of our playthrough of Fiasco, a GM-less improv game for 3-5 players. This game focuses on getting the players to act out different escapades that are likely to go disastrously wrong. At the start of the game, players take turns choosing dice to define their relationship with…
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Attend & Reflect on a Campus Leadership Event: Jackson Olson
I attended the Jackson Olson lecture series on February 16th. Jackson Olson is a baseball player for the Savannah Bananas and content creator. I did not know much about the Savannah Bananas or the league before his lecture. From what I gathered it is baseball but more fun! They play baseball while performing with the…
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Game of the Week Blog Reflection 3: Fiasco Week 1
This week we started our game of Fiasco. It is a group improv acting game. The hardest part about the game is not actually playing the game, but setting up location, character motives and relationships. You are just surrounded by choice and do not know exactly what it all means for you and your character…
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