This week we played Cursed Court. This game focuses on the mechanics of betting. There was a board with different characters on it and different patterns of the characters. You take turns betting on who you think will show up to court or what pattern will appear. You can get into betting wars with people betting on the same thing as you. Additionally, at the beginning you can see two people who are guaranteed to appear, everyone at the table will view different combinations of the characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During our game we struggled a lot with remembering whose turn it was to go first. Even with the coin representing whose turn it was we kept forgetting to pass it. Leadership was shown through the bets. You could bet something you do not believe to throw people off their track. Once people thought the pattern or person would appear the rest would follow suit causing more and more betting wars. It was up to the individual to follow the leader or follow their own thoughts and intuition, which is what I tended to do once I picked up on who had a pattern of lying through bets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one of my classes we had just discussed the power and harm of betting and betting culture for youth. A lot of toys and TikToks promote mystery unboxing or mystery colors. This starts an addiction for instant gratification in young impressional minds, so I would not suggest this game to children. I do think my boyfriend’s brother and dad would love this game. They love competition and sports betting. I personally like games that rely more on strategy and things I can control, but they rely more on luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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