Observance: This game was an interesting take on Battleship’s game play. I was only able to experience one side of the game, the US side. It had interesting game mechanics such as hiding certain buildings/locations and trying to find the other player while they are moving around. The message of the game was also front and center, as I played I was constantly thinking about how the game related to real life.
Chess War Game (Title is Slipping my Mind): This game was an interesting take on Chess’ game play. Neither myself or the person I was playing with were to familiar with Chess and how it worked and I do believe that impacted how we played the game. I was able to quickly move all the civilians to my side, winning me the game, but I feel the game ended so quickly because both players were unfamiliar with how Chess usually works. I later watched two others play the game and both players were much more familiar with Chess and watching them play I noticed there was a lot more strategy being used and the game was much closer. Overall an interesting game with a good idea and message.