Intergroup Monopoly
Was it fun? Sort of, it was entertaining to a point to be so unequal but then just dragged on when the gap continued to expand
What were the player interactions? Pretty frequent, you pay each other things and buy stuff and talk about the rules
How long did it take to learn? Not long, we also referred to the new rules during gameplay
What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? The inability for me to do pretty much anything as the minority player – i only ever made it around the board once and had to pay a whole lot of money most times
What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played? It was still monopoly so it was moderately fun cuz I just got to chill in jail
Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? Gain money, I couldn’t really do that – i just paid money
If you had a magic wand to wave, and you could change, add, or remove anything from the experience, what would it be? Be 1% player, that would be fun – a different mechanic could be interesting to break through some of the set limits and level up per say
Is this a game you would play again? Probably not, it’s just not as fun
Analyze the game using the 3 act structure. The set up of money and property, then taking turns rolling dice and taking actions, then counting money when we were all done
What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? It’s pretty much solely competitive, Christine felt bad and wanted to help but no we did not let her
What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? The metaphor is standard Monopoly but with the social commentary of inequalities, the mechanics are rolling dice, collecting money, buying etc.
Describe the game in 3 sentences or in the form of a haiku.
Just like the OG
Different social status
Money gap is clear
McDonalds Game
Was it fun? No
What were the player interactions? It’s single player but the mechanics didn’t work
How long did it take to learn? I never figured it out. I played it for like 15 minutes and could never figure out how to save my cows or make the workers work correctly
What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? THE COWS KEPT DYING there was no button to save them and I kept losing money
What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played? It’s a neat idea but the rules and what you are actually supposed to do never made sense, i wanted to see my McDonalds chain succeed but couldnt figure it out
Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? keep the cows alive
If you had a magic wand to wave, and you could change, add, or remove anything from the experience, what would it be? have a little bit more explanation of how to save the cows and maybe be able to transfer them over to the stalls/barn myself
Is this a game you would play again? Maybe just to see if I could figure it out
Analyze the game using the 3 act structure. Plant more grass, drop cows, see what happens, hire workers, see money either drop or increase and make more burger patties
What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? Your basically just playing against yourself so not much of each
What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? The metaphor is managing your own mcdonalds chain – the mechanic of switching between different like “mini games” almost, with the different parts of the business.
Describe the game in 3 sentences or in the form of a haiku.
nothing is working
cows feed, workers working not
burgers make no money