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Game of the Week Blog Reflection 1: Ultimate Werewolf
For the first week of class, we played the game Ultimate Werewolf. It is very similar to the game Mafia which I had played before. However, in this game the werewolves kill and not mafia members. There are also many different roles in this game compared to how I have played Mafia before with just…
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Game of the Week Blog Reflection (For Class on 1/27/2022): Ultimate Werewolf
This past week, our class got together to play a session of Ultimate Werewolf, a hidden role game where the players are divided into two teams, the Villagers and the Werewolves. However, as it is a hidden role game, none of these allegiances or roles are known from the beginning of the game, and this…
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What Type of Gamer Am I? An Analysis
While I personally have played video games far more than I’ve played board games, I certainly still do enjoy board and tabletop games. As such, I was interested to see just how my results for Quantic Foundry’s Test, a test that analyses my motivations for playing board games, might compare to my interests when playing…
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Luck v Chance v Skill Reflection
When playing a game of any kind, whether it’s a board game, card game, or another game, there will always be different ways to win. Chance, luck, and skill in games come with many advantages and disadvantages. Depending on the type of game you are playing, there are so many different ways to win. The…
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Game Mechanics Research Paper: Dice Rolling
How do players actually interact with a game? To be able to take any action at all during a game, players have to use game mechanics. Game mechanics can be either abstract or concrete objects and are used to interact with the game world. The article, “Defining Game Mechanics”, by Miguel Sicart goes into depth…
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Movie Review: Accepted
The movie Accepted exemplifies many leadership qualities from various characters. The movie is about a high school student who did not focus on his grades and was doing poorly in school. When I came to apply to colleges and universities, he was denied admission to every single school. He was scared to admit to his…
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leadership’s Like a Game Reflection
Leadership is like a game in so many ways. There are many similarities between playing a game and your role in it compared to being a leader. In a game like werewolf, everything seems to be very collaborative. With time there are certain people that beg to speak up the most or start the ball…
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Material-Less Activity
What is the game: The game is called survivor. You can play with a minimum of 5 players and there is no maximum. Players will stand in a circle and one the count of three everyone will look up and point at random players in the circle. If two people are pointing at each other…
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What Type of Gamer am I?
After completing the quiz on what type of gamer I am, I found that my board game motivations are high conflict, relaxed, grounded, and gregarious. The quiz compared four different types of motivation, Conflict, Social Fun, Strategy, and Immersion. In regards to conflict, I scored 77% and 63% in social manipulation. This means that I…
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What is the best type of game for my leadership style
Quiz Link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ostenbb/what-is-the-best-type-of-game-for-my-leadership-st-8azz2m6lnu When I was creating my quiz, I spent a lot of time researching different leadership styles and how they affect the things you enjoy, such as playing a game. When a person has an autocratic leadership style, they tend to want control over everything. Generally, an autocratic leader believes that they are…
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