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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Original Idea:
Zodiac
You have to match the correct personality traits to their proper zodiac signs. There are 12 zodiac signs and there are a bunch of cards that match up to their zodiac signs. There are two decks, one for the zodiac signs, and one for the traits. The person who has the closest birthday picks the zodiac sign. The object of the game is to have most of the zodiac traits for that particular sign. Everyone gets 7 cards, and you are able to see which sign they belong to. You need to have 12 different traits for the zodiac sign to win. On your turn you can put down as many traits as you want, but you can only pick up one card at a time. You can also trade your cards on your turn. You can select a player and ask to trade as many cards as you want. Since you are trading the other person needs to accept cards from you, and they can decline. If they decline you need to pick up only one card.
Metaphor:
Zodiac is a card game where you will play with two decks and try to match the correct trait with the correct signs, and whoever has the most cards at the end wins.
Original Idea
War Game
Every Player gets a deck of cards. The deck is a specific army in history and there are cards that have attack abilities, blocking abilities, and victory abilities. The higher the card the more attack power they have. There are also blocking cards that will help block against the attacks. If you get attacked and you lose, you lose those cards. If you block, you lose the cards you block with. There is a victory card that will grant you automatic victory if you are being attacked. However, there are only 3 victory cards in your entire deck. You can play with multiple people and chose who to attack. If you do not come across a victory card, but want to win, you will have to attack and the opponent and the opponent will have to use all their cards against you and lose.
Metaphor:
This Means War is a card game that uses real life armies to battle other players armies using specific attack, block, and victory cards. You win by playing an instant victory card, or until you lose all of your attacking cards.
Rules:
This will be a board game will need to be played by at least six people. The board will be set up as a forrest. In this forest, there will be several things like trees, lakes, and even ditches. Each player will roll two dice. What ever number the player gets is how many spaces they will be allowed to move. Even though this seems fun people might be come into contact with things such as ditches or even coyotes. The spin of this game is only one player will only be able to see what everyone is doing. The other players will need to be guided by the one player that is able to see.
2. Wandering
This will be an VR game. When placing the VR headset on, you will get five hints to something you should be looking for. After every hint, you will get a notification to see if you are close to the object or far away from the object. During this game, you will get to experience a new reality while searching for something new. If you do not find what is trying to be found, you will lose a heart (you have a total of 5). If you lose all five hearts, you lose.
3. Lost in the Rules
This is a card game. During this game, a deck of cards will be laid out in front of everyone. On each card will be a new rule. Some involving new things, others discarding previous rules. While playing, you will read the rule out to the audience and then lay in face down in a discard pile. You will have to follow each of the new rules during the whole game. The first person to mess up, loses.
4. The Strays
A card game that involves two sets of decks of cards (10 cards in one deck and only 11 in the other deck). This will only involve 2 people. One deck of cards will involve personality traits and the other deck will involve a photo of a person. You will need to try to match the 10 personalities to the 11 cards offered. When finishing the game, there will be one stray card. You will be playing to try to figure out how the person you are playing the game with would match the cards. The goal is to try to end up with the same amount of matches and the same stray card.
5. Forgotten Hits
This is a card game. This card game will be played with a group of 6 or more people. There will be four decks of cards. Each deck of cards will have several 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s lost slang terms, songs, fashion, tv shows, and hairstyles on them. Each card will have a picture of that certain song lyric, outfit, etc and you will try to work together with your group to try and remember the forgotten hit. If you do forget and would like to know, a cheat sheet will come in the box to help spark you and your friends memory. There will be no winner or loser in this game.