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Week 1 (Roll Player)
To begin this class we started with the game Roll Player. As someone who has never played a character creation game, I quickly realized how it tied to leadership. In order for someone to be a successful leader, one must know what traits a successful leader has and then embody them. Creating a character gives…
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BuzzFeed Quiz: Don’t Starve and Leadership
I decided to create a BuzzFeed quiz based off of characters from the game Don’t Starve. I decided to choose this because each character from Don’t Starve has a unique personality with quirks, perks and drawbacks. I started with the original 9 characters and gave an overview of each character in the results as…
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Creating a Rule Book for Miami’s Swing Syndicate
For Tabletop Games and Leadership, one of the assignments is to create a rule book based on the rules of a Miami University organization you are a member of. Being the president of Swing Syndicate, I decided to create our rule book.
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Game Review: Azul
I decided to review the board game Azul by Michael Kiesling. This game is for 2-4 players with around a 30-45 minute play time. There are two different versions you can play, and you simply flip your board for the other one. Side A, you have specified places for the color tiles to go…
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The RPG Version of Myself
I created an RPG version of myself. I don’t have a lot of fancy powers, but its more true to who I am in the real world. This build is focused on the leadership skills I have and my goals. I would love to make a fantasy version of myself later.
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What Type of Gamer am I?
When I took the assessment, I learned that my motivation profile is low conflict, immersed, and gregarious. I had 4% conflict, 88% social manipulation, 50% strategy, 38% discovery, 22% need to win, 98% immersion, 92% aesthetics, 74% social fun, 89% cooperation, 12% chance, and 50% accessibility. Some of these I am surprised by and others,…
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Community Standards Board: The Game
Requirements: Number of Players (5+ Players); Playing Time (1-2 Hours); Age (17+) Miami University’s Office of Community Standards works to encourage students growth and development of integrity and personal responsibility. As such, the Office of Community Standards has created a hearing process to serve as the medium. One portion of the hearing process is the…
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D20 Activity: Lego Counting
Description: This activity is designed as an educational tool to assist young children from the ages of 3-7 years old. The objectives are to target sight-reading, math, and spelling. There are three levels to the game, each challenging the child further. The child will be challenged to read a number and its corresponding symbol…
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Representation in Games
We are fortunate to live in an incredibly diverse world with opportunities for people of various faiths, creeds, and orientations to interact and learn from each other. As technology has progressed, so too has our ability to flourish and interact with society’s treasure trove. Nevertheless, considering the wide-spread appreciation of games, it is shocking to…
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GOTW – Betrayal at House on the Hill – Belkowitz
Hello! For Week 3 of EDL290T, our class played Betrayal at House on the Hill. To quickly compare it to another game, I would say it is similar to the board game Clue. The game begins with players cooperatively working together. On their turn, players are able to move around the house. As players move,…
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