- Clues is a matching game in which players compete to figure out what the relic is by putting cards together to create a picture to reveal the clues that leads them to the relic.
- It’s Raining Cats and Dogs is a board game in which the players have to collect 3 cats and 3 dogs on their umbrella by avoiding landing on sunny day tiles where you lose all of the cats and dogs on the umbrella.
- Airplane! is a competitive board game in which the passengers have to safely land the plane in Chicago by rolling dice to move and avoid being dealt turbulence cards.
- Scam is a board game in which players try to get through the game without falling for the scam by being dealt money and making decisions that will either save your money or lose it.
- Hat Trick is a competitive hockey game in which players win points by shooting a puck into a net.
Game Reviews
Carcassonne is a medieval board game where multiple players build the board and earn points using the same avatars, but the positioning of the avatars can help you earn more points depending on your strategy and placement.
Takenoko is a bamboo garden board came where multiple players add on to an existing board to create a bigger garden for a hungry panda to eat, and earn points using cards, weather tokens, and actions to gain the most points.
Sushi Go!- Review
Madisyn Kovach
Sushi Go! is a card game in which everyone is playing against each other to see how many points were earned by playing three rounds and whoever gets the most points after the third round wins.
I really enjoyed playing this game. It was easy to learn and very fun to play. The game did not have hard directions so it only took the group about 10 minutes to learn how to play the game. All in all, I would be able to play again.
Sushi Go and Tokaido
Sushi Go is a card game where players receive, choose, and then pass cards to other players, all while trying to pair up cards to earn points.
Tokaido is a board game where players collect souvenirs, coins, and panoramas while trying to gain points and stop at various locations like inns to collect meals.
Lost game ideas
- Path home is a card game where teams of 2 players each pick up cards that are map pieces, in order to build their map and get home. (2 player teams, 1 player pick cards , player one can not see the card, teammates can not talk to each other, player 2 must help player 1 keep or discard cards. These cards will be laid out at the end and made into a path from spawn to safe)
Blueprint is a card game where players collect items needed to build a plane and fly off the island that they are lost on. (players need a certain number of certain cards – depends on the blueprint card that the player picks at the beginning of the game, ex. 4 trees, 1 spare raft, 3 airplane seats, 2 coconuts. Players pick either cards out of the deck or ask players if they have certain cards, no= nothing, yes= get card)
Puzzle Map is a card game where players work together to create a map that they put together while following guidelines. Players pick puzzle piece looking cards, players fit pieces together to build an island map, showing where x is. There must only be one x and the puzzle must fit together. Players on their turn can pick up 1 piece, set down the piece or discard the card, no holding cards. Players must communicate to build the map and follow guidelines. Game is over when a puzzle is built and follows guidelines or there aren’t enough cards to build the puzzle/map.
Labyrinth is a board game where players pick cards in order to find out which direction to go, and eventually find their way out of the maze. Players’ game pieces are on a board that looks like a maze, players pick cards determining where they go. Card example: 1. Go left 2. If you can’t go left, Go right. 3. if you can’t go right, Go straight 4. If you can’t go straight, Turn around. But the order of these will change. Goal is to escape and find your way out of the maze, first to do so, win.
Where am I? Is a board game where players try to guess where they are and win by guessing correctly. Players will pick a card at the beginning but don’t know what it is until the very end. Players must guess the location of the card they have is. Players must move around the board to get to their location that they guessed which hopefully matches with their card, while sabotaging other players to keep them from getting to their predicted location. During the entire game, players won’t know where they truly are. If their ending location is the same as their card: round over, +1 point. If it is not the same, no points. 3 points = win.
Game Design: Exploring favorite 2 ideas.
Madisyn Kovach
“Hey Alexa” Board Game
Objective: The object of the game is to be the first to get yourself to the finish.
Materials: An Alexa, the playing board, and 4-8 people
Directions:
- Your team will plug in the “Hey Alexa” board
- The team will go around saying “Hey Alexa move *players name* “. This is so the Alexa can generate how many people are playing and what the names of those players are. While doing this they also need to say “Hey Alexa, *players name* is *the choose a color*. You must pick a color option so you. can tell what dot is yours on the board. The color options are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, and grey.
- Starting the game, the Alexa will start by picking a number 1-20. Each player will go around a say “*Their name* choses *a number that is 1-20*”. Whoever gets the number/closest number to what Alexa was thinking will go first.
- When it is a players turn, the player must tell the Alexa to “flip”. After seeing what digital card pops up, you must say “Hey Alexa, move *players name the certain amount of spaces*”. Keep in mind that there will be skip cards and certain number cards that will make you do certain things.
- Whoever makes it to the start to the finish space first wins the game.
Rules:
- To be able to make the first move, you need to guess the correct/closest number 1-20 that Alexa is thinking.
- You must say “Alexa flip” to flip a card and “Hey Alexa move *players name* a certain amount of spaces.”
- If a player gets a number 1 card, the player will be able to go again.
- If a player gets a number 12 card, you may either move your player 12 spaces, or you can chose to move another player back 6 spaces.
- If one person is on a dot of the Alexa board and another player makes it on that spot, the person that was previously there must move back 4 spaces.
- After your turn is complete, you must wait until your next turn to say “Alexa flip”.
“Follow me on Instagram” Card Game
Objective: The object of the game is to be the first to get ten likes.
Materials- The “like” chips (hearts), profile cards, and over 100 of the people (photo cards)
Directions:
- Each person will start out with 7 photo cards
- You will be going around and one person every round will be titled the “pic person”
- The Pic Person will pick up a profile card and lay it down in the middle of the table.
- Each player will have 7 options to chose from
- The Profile card will have a persons name and a bio about themself, it is your job to now find the funniest photo card that matches it the best.
- If the Pic Person choses your card to be the funniest, you will receive a like.
- Whoever ends up with ten likes first will win the game.
Rules:
- Everyone must start with seven photo cards and remain with that many cards in their hand throughout the game.
- The youngest person that is playing with be the first pic person.
- When the pic person is picking their favorite card, you are not allowed to give them hints that it was yours.
- There will be both male and female photo cards that you are given. You may chose whatever fits the bio card best.
- After titling the winner, the game is over.
5 Games- Theme: lost
Lost Soul is a board game that uses your avatar piece to find your soul by answering questions on trivia cards, and the more you answer correctly and adhere to the rules on the board you will win the game.
Lost Soul is a one player video game where your avatar must go through multiple worlds battling enemies, and gathering enough tokens or “life source” to win the game.
Hidden Object is a multiplayer board game that uses a depiction of a mansion and 3D modeled objects for players to gather while picking up cards to move across the board. At the beginning, a card is selected from the object pile and placed downwards. The object that was selected is the object to collect, but remains hidden until all the objects are collected and once the objects are collected the card is revealed and whoever has the object wins.
Peter Pan is a board game where you travel down a path as a lost boy by picking up cards, and rolling dice to determine how you get to Peter Pan’s hideout to hide from Captain hook without giving away the hiding spot.
Gold Rush is a multiplayer board game where you will build the board by buying pieces with golden tokens in order to mine more gold, and the person with the most territories mined wins.
Game Review: Bohnanza
Bohnanza is a card game where players build and trade beans in order to harvest and earn coins. The game finishes once the deck of cards is shuffled three times through. Whoever has the most coins from growing beans, wins.
It took a couple rounds to understand the rules and play of the game. There are a couple rules I still need clarification on but overall, it is a simple game to play. This is a game all players need to stay engaged with even if it is not their turn because trading goes on in and and outside a players turn. That was different for me because in other games, I am used to waiting until it was my turn again to become engaged. It kept me engaged the whole time; I like it.
Five Game Ideas: Theme of being lost
Bag of Things
In this game, there is a bag of 100 pieces of mini characters and things. Each player is given a list of what is in the bag. Then, each player goes around and takes one object out of the bag without showing the other players. The objective of the game is to find what pieces are missing from the bag before the other players do. When a player thinks they have figured out all of the pieces missing, they hit the buzzer to confirm their findings.
Arrow Treasure
Arrow Treasure is a card game where players are given a map that leads to the pot of treasure. They must pick up cards in order to map out their steps. Each player is given a different blue print of a maze. The pile of cards consists of arrows in different directions. Players need to pick up the arrow cards necessary to complete their maze to the pot of treasure.
Lost Balloon
Lost Balloon is a board game where players help a young boy find his balloon he lost. Players must go through different obstacles in order to find the balloon. The first player to reach the balloon, wins.
Secret Message
Secret Message is a board game where players are given secret messages on cards that can only be read by a certain flashlight. These messages can either help you or hurt on a players journey to find their way to freedom. Players are stuck in a cave and must read the secret messages in order to escape before the others.
Lost Without You
Lost Without You is a board game where players need to work together in order help the women character and male character find their way to one another. There are obstacles and relationship struggles that get in the way of uniting the two lovers. Do not give up hope but work together so the two lovers can meet.
5 Games about Collecting
Silk Road is a 4-player board game based in china that uses cards and collectors’ tokens to earn you a better living as a merchant, fisherman, bamboo gardener, or a monk. The person with the most items collected based on the number of points they’ve collected wins the game. The game is over when someone finds the golden dragon card and indicates the last round of the game.
Jewel Thief is a card game where there are 4 different gems that you must collect and you must have 10 of each to become King, but there’s a troll card that other players can play to steal your cards.
Tattooed is a multiplayer board game that has a person’s body that’s currently blank and the object of the game is to use cards and dice to get the person covered in tattoos of your choice. The bigger the tattoo the more points you get, and in order to pick up pieces of a tattoo you must roll dice to select the card that matches the number on the die.
Chicken Soup is a card game where you try to collect as many chicken cards for your grandma to make chicken soup. Every player gets a different recipe card and must collect the things on the list, and however many chickens you need. If you get a rat or raccoon card, you lose all of your chickens and ingredients and need to start over.
Boom is a multiplayer boardgame that is in the shape of a periodic table where the players get a card of specific elements they need to create a chemical reaction, but the only way to get the elements is to create them by trading protons and neutrons or purchasing the element with money you earn based on your discoveries.
Game Reviews
Bonanza
Bonanza is a collecting card game where you collect different bean cards. Every bean card you get earns you coins and the more coins you have the more likely you are to win. There are a few strategies to play with this game. You can collect more cards in order to get more coins, or you can continually trade in your cards for fewer coins more frequently. This is more of a play as you go and doesn’t require as much strategy. You can also trade your cards with other players to make the game more interesting.
Splendor
Splendor is a card game that allows you to collect gems and cards in order to gain 15 points to win the game. This game used gem tokens in order to purchase cards. Once you purchased cards you were able to get points for having different gems. Once you reach 15 points you win the game. This game uses strategy but requires you to be fluid in your thinking because there are other players that will get cards before you will. There’s different ways to get 15 points and it’s better to be open to all the gems rather than a select few.
Tsuro and Munchkin Gloom
Tsuro is a board game in which the players seek to be the last one standing on the road by adding new roads to travel in a way that avoids the edges of the board and by forcing other players to go off the board.
Munchkin Gloom is a card game in which players make their characters have the lowest self esteem possible by playing modifier cards to drop their esteem or to raise an opponent’s.
Lost Game Ideas
- Survival Backpack is a card game where players take turns drawing cards from the backpack that each have different abilities. Such as adding/subtracting survival time and stealing.
- Extract is a board game where players take turns gaining clues to eventually find the correct path and extract from the maze.
- Hitchhiker is a card game where players take turns drawing cards to gain clues to figure out where they are in the world.
- Recalculating is a board game where players take turns going to different randomized npc characters, gaining information on what is the correct path home.
- Darkness is a party game where one player is blindfolded and placed in a maze and the other players must take turns giving directions before time runs out.
Sushi Go! and Tokaido Review
Sushi Go! is a card game in which players try to get the most points out of three rounds by putting one card down at a time and passing the rest of the deck to the person on their left until there isn’t anymore cards to pass.
Tokaido is a board game in which players try to get the most points by collecting cards and coins as you travel through the game.
Game Ideas 2/11-2/18
Out of the Woods
A board game where players must find their way out of a forest and avoid its inhabitants by moving, placing tiles, and rolling dice.
At Sea
A board game where players explore the ocean and find land by placing tiles, moving, and drawing and playing cards.
What Dreams Are Made Of
A card game where players look for their way out of a dream world by drawing cards and choosing which action to take.
The Road Home
A board game where players try to find their way home on a map of the world by drawing cards and choosing an order to play them.
Cavern Climbers
A board game where players make their way up and out of a cave by moving, placing tiles, and drawing cards.