Tabletop Leadership

Ladies and Gentlemen is a brilliant game that analyzes gender roles in Victorian England. While the men are at work on the stock market, making money and violently yelling over each other, the women go out and spend that money on clothing and accessories to wear to an upcoming ball. It is a whimsical look…

    Mysterium is a game about mystery and discovery that takes the subjective realm of dreams and applies it to a murder investigation that takes place in the Victorian times. With a mix of light-Lovecraftian Horror, mysterious images, and hilarious psycho-analysis, Mysterium is a great game for examining how we communicate without words. Players take…

First day of classes are always interesting, but you never really meet anyone. Being able to play a game was a very new feel for meeting strangers, but I enjoyed it. This class we played Avalon, a hidden role game which I have never played. However, My friends and I have been really into Secret…

Clearly I’m a strong believer in the benefit of Tabletop Games for different aspects of personal growth including leadership. Here is a story I found that shows people discussing how a local gaming establishment has helped them in a number of ways. This semester I’ll be starting my fourth semester of teaching this class and…

This week in class, after a relaxing Thanksgiving break, we all had the opportunity to play test each other’s final projects, a self-made game designed by either an individual student or team of students. Over the course of the class, I was able to test a couple of games, while at the same time run…

Over the course of two weeks in class, we had the opportunity to play what was probably the most complicated game yet – T.I.M.E Stories. This game had many elements that we had already experienced (ex. different roles, resources, etc.), but added on were puzzles, encounters, and a complex stat system for each player. T.I.M.E…

In class this past week we began playing the board game T.I.M.E. stories. This game has far exceeded my expectations, and while it is at first difficult to grasp, it does become easier to understand as you play. The most difficult part of T.I.M.E. Stories so far (we are continuing the game next week, and…

In EDL290T, we recently played a game called The Resistance: Avalon. It wasn’t the first time I played this game; Avalon was a staple of academic team game nights last year, and I usually enjoyed playing a round or two with my friends. As usual, I found the hardest part of the game to be…

In week #10 we played the game Captain Sonar. This has by far been one of my favorite games this semester, simply for the game play variety it offers. We were able to play this game three times, and in each game I played a different role. In game #1 I played as the Engineer,…

In week #9 the class played Ultimate Werewolf. Ultimate Werewolf is a role playing card game similar to Mafia, in which players are randomly assigned a role on the team of the villagers or the werewolves. The goal of each team is to eliminate the opposing team via killing players during the night or voting…