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Game of the Week: Ultimate Werewolf
For the first week of EDL290, we played Ultimate Werewolf. I loved a variation of this game as a child (Mafia, for those familiar), so seeing a more complex version available for adults was incredible and greatly nostalgic. The game had several roles, from Cupid selecting lovers to the two Masons whose names we could…
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GOTW: Ultimate Werewolf Reflection
The first game that we played in our EDL 290 Class was called Ultimate Werewolf. A game similar to “Mafia” which involves making deductions using social clues, given by the other players, in an effort to win the game. As this was my first time playing such a game, it was confusing at first, but…
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Blog Post – Ultimate Werewolf
This game boasted some very difficult aspects, mainly in the form of the social component. When I was first exposed to this game, it was in the setting of about 20 people that had never met each other and were not very comfortable with each other yet. This caused a lot of issues in how…
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Betrayal at House on the Hill
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a game that I have played many times over the past several years, and keep coming back to due to its massive creativity. It feels completely unlike any game I’ve ever played before, which is both a positive and a negative. The nature of starting as a team…
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Silence and Leadership in Hanabi – Week 2 Game Review
Hanabi is a game seemingly tailor-made for my style of play. It grants everyone an equal level of importance, never pits players in opposition to one another, and encourages thinking about deeper topics such as language, communication, and leadership. Hanabi is a co-op game in which you and your table endeavor to create series of…
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Week 3 – Betrayal
Last week we played Betrayal at House on the Hill. I like to explain Betrayal as D&D lite where you explore a haunted house with friends until one of you is overcome by evil and betrays the party. As this is one of my favorite games, I didn’t have any mechanical difficulty playing the game…
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my time at recon
My time at recon was spent in room 2055. I learned how to make little poke ball key chains and was very careful as to not blend the white and red “clay” together. I had a lot of fun and got to get to know Aidyn better. I also learned that in a different room,…
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Week 3: Free for All at House on the Hill
This week, I got to try something completely different from games that I’ve played before. Betrayal at house on the hill starts out almost like a semi-cooperative game, everyone trying to explore and build the house, while also trying to build up their own stats for four different qualities. The house grows, events occur, omens…
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Week 2: I’ve Been Shot! (and other exciting things from playing Secret Hitler)
For the second week in the row, I had the opportunity to play a secret role game. The name of the game is Secret Hitler, and similarly to lasts weeks game, Avalon, it involves good vs evil, or more specifically, Liberals vs. Fascists. At the beginning of the game, everyone is assigned a role and…
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Leadership in Hanabi
The game I played was Hanabi. This is a cooperative card game. The objective is to build a perfect, exciting fireworks display by placing the cards in order by different color. The cards range from 1 to 5 and must be placed in ascending order. Each player holds the cards away from himself or herself,…
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