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GOTW: Blood on the Clocktower
This week’s game was somewhat similar to the werewolf game we played at the beginning of the semester. I enjoyed playing because of how similar it was, making it easy to follow and understand my role. While I came a little later into the game, I was able to navigate my role and what was…
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GOTW: Ladies and Gentleman
Like most games we’ve played in class, this one was a little confusing at the beginning. It was hard to understand what the aim of the game was and what I had to do in my role as a “lady”. The people at my table relied on each other to understand the next steps and…
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Game of the Week Blog Reflection 4: Decorum
Decorum is the game we played this week. You were given a card with objectives on it and had to decorate the home satisfying everyones objectives without knowing the other peoples’. The hardest part of the game was the communication or lack there of. You could only respond using “I like that,” “I don’t like…
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GOTW Reflection: Decorum
This week’s game was different from other games we have played as groups were working towards the same goal. While we had different tasks to accomplish, the game could only be completed when we all completed our individual tasks. I enjoyed the game because there was less competition involved, and working together felt nice for…
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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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Game of the Week: Fiasco 1
This week, we began the game Fiasco in groups of 4 and 5. Our team selected the Suburbs as our scenario, and then we went on create the relationships, select the locations, objects, and themes that we needed to keep the game going. It was interesting because after picking out the scenario, relationships, objects, themes,…
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Ultimate Werewolf Game Blog Reflection
This week in class, we played Ultimate Werewolf, and I was assigned the role of the Sorceress. We read the rules at the beginning of class and were told what each role meant and the powers we had. One of the harder parts of the game was understanding what my role was. I knew what…
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Blood on the ClockTower
This week we played Blood on the Clocktower. This detailed role playing game involved deception, planning, and organization. Having never played this game before, I struggled to keep track of each possible role. Not all roles in the game were present in our round due to the number of players, but most roles had the…
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