Last Resort
Was it fun? Yes, I actually really enjoyed it
What were the player interactions? There are two players and we alternate turns and can take out each others pieces
How long did it take to learn? Pretty quickly for me since I knew how to play chess already
What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? Honestly, I never got frustrated it was pretty straightforward for me
What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played? I liked the different dynamics of playing with different rules and having the civilians there, it just gave chess a cool flair
Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? Maybe have the Bleached team be a little less OP and see what that would do to the gameplay
If you had a magic wand to wave, and you could change, add, or remove anything from the experience, what would it be? Give the Oiled side something a little different (or try to play against someone who does know how to play first)
Is this a game you would play again? Yes, I really liked it and would like to see how it could play out again
Analyze the game using the 3 act structure. 1) The setup and first moves 2) moving civilians and starting to get them back safe 3) total destruction begins when civilians start dying and the only way to win is total annihilation
What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? All competitive, you’re trying to win and at the beginning not kill civilians but whoever kills one first then the vibe shifts and it’s bloody war
What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? The metaphor is a crisis of unmatched man power where civilians get caught in the crossfire, the mechanic of the civilian movement was intriguing to me
Describe the game in 3 sentences or in the form of a haiku.
Civilians can die
Try to save them or you die
Kill them at your risk
Observance
Was it fun? Sort of, I don’t like long rules so that was not fun
What were the player interactions? Pretty in depth, asking questions and talking back and forth about stuff
How long did it take to learn? A while
What was the most frustrating moment or aspect of what you just played? Trying to remember all the little rules and stuff
What was your favorite moment or aspect of what you just played? It’s a neat concept and I like battleship so it had that element of gameplay
Was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t? Switch sides faster perhaps, I played as border patrol and didn’t get to play as the Mexicans
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 more energy to fully get into the game, nothing with the game necessarily just when we played it
Is this a game you would play again? Maybe? If i didn’t have to go through all the set up again, but it’s intriguing so I might give it a second chance
Analyze the game using the 3 act structure. 1) Set up and hiding the different elements on respective “maps” 2) Asking questions back and forth and rolling the dice and doing our different moves 3) either finding the stuff or not and making it to the U.S. which is winning
What are the collaborative and or competitive aspects of the game? It’s mostly competitive, trying to be the one to get more immigrants to the U.S.
What is the game’s metaphor and which of the game’s mechanics standout? Getting immigrants into the US and defending against them coming in, interesting mechanic (which is also sort of a metaphor) would be that winning is depending on how many get in not how many you keep out, which is probably supposed to be part of the thought provoking idea
Describe the game in 3 sentences or in the form of a haiku.
People coming in
Rolling dice finding location
Switching sides to win