Was it fun? It was moderately enjoyable. Strategizing and collaborating was fun because that\u2019s something I can really sink my teeth into when I play games but the impending doom of knowing you probably weren\u2019t going to win was just kinda meh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What were the player interactions? As I usually do in group activities, I took on a leadership role because I thought I understood the game the best and tried to help everyone else make the best moves. Everyone did try to share there ideas too which i didn\u2019t shut down which I think made it a positive social aspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How long did it take to learn? Hard to say because we left for Saxby\u2019s in the middle of setting up but in total I\u2019d say it took about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would you play it again? Yeah I would say I would. I\u2019m interested in seeing how much better I could do with more experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 Act Structure: We started by making small moves and following directions closely. When we got more comfortable we talked a lot more about our options and planned accordingly to account for the epidemics. We then got to a point where we realized we couldn\u2019t win, but we reached a satisfying conclusion by eradicating the virus throughout North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are the collaborative and competitive aspects to the game? The game was fully collaborative, as everyone wins or loses together. We were able to share ideas and thoughts in a somewhat stress-free way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the games metaphor and which of the game\u2019s mechanics standout? I think the metaphor is that without experience, really hard problems like curing a pandemic are almost impossible. And even with experience, things don\u2019t always work out as expected. The one mechanic that stood out to me was the forced epidemic cards which made things harder throughout the game, but what I liked specifically was that the directions had us shuffle the epidemic cards into the deck in a way that spread them out across the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was it fun? It was moderately enjoyable. Strategizing and collaborating was fun because that\u2019s something I can really sink my teeth into when I play games but the impending doom of knowing you probably weren\u2019t going to win was just kinda meh. What were the player interactions? As I usually do in group activities, I … <\/p>\n