{"id":11787,"date":"2025-02-05T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T01:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11787"},"modified":"2025-02-05T23:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:08:37","slug":"week-2-game-ideas-persuasive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11787","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 Game Ideas- Persuasive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.&nbsp;<strong>The &#8220;Sell Me This&#8221; Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Players take turns being the &#8220;seller&#8221; and the &#8220;buyer.&#8221; The seller must convince the buyer to purchase an item using their persuasion skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Play<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The seller is given an everyday object (or a random item picked from the room).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have 2 minutes to persuade the buyer why they should buy it, focusing on the benefits, features, or imaginative uses of the item.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After each round, the buyer provides feedback on what worked or didn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2.&nbsp;<strong>The Debate Duel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Engage in friendly debates where players must persuade others to agree with their viewpoint on a random topic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Play<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Players randomly choose a topic, such as \u201cBest movie of all time\u201d or \u201cIs pineapple on pizza acceptable?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two players are selected to debate, each defending their stance with persuasive arguments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the end of the debate, the rest of the players vote on which debater was more convincing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp;<strong>The &#8220;Persuade the Judge&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: One player plays the &#8220;judge,&#8221; and the others must try to persuade them to make a decision in their favor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Play<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A situation is set up where players need to convince the judge. For example: \u201cWhy should I let you borrow my car for the weekend?\u201d or \u201cConvince me why you should get the last slice of pizza.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each player gets a limited time to present their arguments, after which the judge decides who was most persuasive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.&nbsp;<strong>Reverse Persuasion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Players try to convince others NOT to do something that they initially want to do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Play<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each player must pick something that others would generally want to do (like \u201cgo to the beach\u201d or \u201ceat chocolate\u201d) and try to convince everyone why it\u2019s a bad idea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The more creative or humorous the persuasion, the better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the end of each round, players vote on who was the most persuasive in talking them out of it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.&nbsp;<strong>The Ethics Dilemma<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Players face a moral dilemma and must persuade others to agree with their ethical stance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Play<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The game leader presents a moral or ethical dilemma (e.g., \u201cYou find a wallet with money. Do you keep it or return it?\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players take turns persuading others why their decision is the right one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After everyone has had a chance to persuade, players vote on the most convincing argument.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.&nbsp;The &#8220;Sell Me This&#8221; Challenge 2.&nbsp;The Debate Duel 3.&nbsp;The &#8220;Persuade the Judge&#8221; 4.&nbsp;Reverse Persuasion 5.&nbsp;The Ethics Dilemma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,90],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2","category-serious-game-ideas","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11811,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11787\/revisions\/11811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}