Changes from GameTest 1 to 2
- Group vote for mispronunciation
- harder phrases to learn
- shorter timer to memorize timer
- Incentive to read culture cards? People aren’t reading
- Changed the end of the game from reaching 10 culture cards to returning back to home.
- Added 3x more phrases, trivia, and group cards.
- Added multi choice
Playtest 2 notes: 9 people played
Changes I will make for the next prototype:
I need to LABEL CULTURE CARDS
Change trivia card format – Put answer on the back of the card.
Tweak the group game mechanics. People can drop out of remembering a country. If players pass, pass until the next player knows them. If you pass, you are out. Also, if players challenge a country stated in this mini game, the player who landed on the space can google it.
North Korea is not on the Group Cards for “n”
Greenland is technically not a country… but everybody thinks its a country. Perhaps add a loophole that if majority thinks a “territory” is considered a country, it can count. This is only relevant if players challenge a country within the Group Game
Add back an alternative ending – now, to win, it’s the first player to 7 culture cards or when a player gets back to start.
Maybe add trivia cards for how to say a country’s name in their native language
I will add a player cap of 8
Maybe the incentive to keep a culture card could be found in a mechanic incorporated in which a player gets to use a certain amount of culture cards to bypass questions they don’t know or something like that. Overall you can tweak this mechanic however suits your vision best. I’m just saying the incentive to keep and read one could even be incorporated where players must answer trivia on their culture card for bonus points when called upon.
I like that you are potentially adding an incentive to reading and or discussing the culture cards. I didn’t get to play test #2 but it seemed like the group in play test one didnt give much attention to the culture card facts and i wish they would have.
I like these ideas! maybe I could add some of the facts from the culture cards to the trivia cards… so reading them could benefit you in the mini games. Thanks for the feedback!