This week’s game was Mysterium. It is cooperative game where one person acts as “the ghost” and is in charge of giving “visions” to players from the afterlife. Each round, the ghost gives cards to various players and based on the cards that the ghost gives them, they have to distinguish which entity their fortune teller is looking for (character, location, and murder weapon). The first round of the game is each person finding their character, location, and weapon in 7 rounds or less. The second round of the game is determining who the real killer is. The hardest part of the game was determining how to be on the same page with someone. As the ghost for one of the games, I had to determine the best strategy to give cards out and figure out how each person would perceive the different cards. As a regular fortune teller, I had to figure out what the ghost was thinking and pick my entities off of that.

There were multiple leadership skills involved in this game. As the ghost, you have to adapt your strategy to fit the players. If someone isn’t getting your clues correct, you need to adjust and figure out a way to convey who that person is. As a fortune teller, you need to communicate with the other players and figure out who you are. Critical thinking, communication, and other skills are all things that leaders should possess. The group dynamic is interesting because everyone is working on their own goal, but it is important to help other players in order to win. Working together for a common goal while not slacking off on your own mission is something that is very evident in this game.

I think someone that would enjoy this game is my brother, Channing. He is all about solving things and thinking outside the box. The uniqueness of this game is solving a mystery using different pictures and inferring stuff from it. He would enjoy that it is cooperative as well because he tends to enjoy those games.