Tabletop Leadership

T.I.M.E Stories was introduced to me in EDL 290T at Miami university, and it was the first time I genuinely felt like I was playing a video game in the form of a board game! It felt intricate, explorative, and unpredictable, all in the ways a video game does. It had an explorative map, and…

Blood on the clocktower and Werewolf are social deduction games that require deception and critical thinking. In the games we must analyze each others behavior and watch what secrets we let out. In both games the players take on secret roles which are supposed to stay hidden from everyone around you. There are two teams…

Our session of T.I.M.E Stories was an intriguing and layered experience, one that felt more like participating in an board game style escape room than playing a traditional board game. We played The Asylum, the base scenario that drops players into a 1920s mental institution where our team of temporal agents had to investigate a…

Both Blood on the Clocktower and Werewolf are social deduction games that involve players trying to identify hidden roles within a group, using bluffing, deduction, and strategic interaction. However, they each have unique characteristics and mechanisms that distinguish them. Blood on the Clocktower Positives:Complex Roles & Abilities: Blood on the Clocktower offers a variety of…

My recent play session of Ticket to Ride was a dynamic and engaging experience that brought strategy and competition. We each started with destination tickets, aiming to build the most efficient train routes across the board while blocking opponents whenever possible. The game quickly became a balancing act between completing our own routes and anticipating…

Ladies & Gentlemen is a unique board game that combines strategy, teamwork, and role-playing. In this game, players are split into two roles: the “ladies,” who shop for luxurious outfits and accessories, and the “gentlemen,” who work to earn money to fund their partners’ purchases. The game blends humor with strategy, as each side has…

Playing Cursed Court was a fascinating experience, blending strategy, bluffing, and calculated risk-taking in a way that made for an engaging game session. The game revolves around bidding on different nobles based on partial hidden information, trying to outmaneuver opponents through a mix of logic and deception. In our session, it quickly became clear that…