{"id":14367,"date":"2025-09-22T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=14367"},"modified":"2025-09-24T22:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:40:26","slug":"week-four-engine-building-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=14367","title":{"rendered":"Week four engine building homework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aleah Dudek <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Homework<\/strong>: begin writing rules for at least 1 of your top ideas\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rules must include:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Setup<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gather\u00a03\u20138 players\u00a0and sit in a circle or line so everyone can see each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare a stack of\u00a0Message Cards\u00a0(each card has a short phrase, word, or sentence).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a\u00a0timer\u00a0(1\u20133 minutes depending on group preference).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose one player to be the\u00a0Message Starter\u00a0for the first round.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objective(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players work together to\u00a0successfully pass the secret message from the first player to the last player\u00a0without speaking or writing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The group wins if the last player says the correct message before time runs out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Actions players take<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Message Starter\u00a0draws a Message Card and secretly reads it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using only\u00a0gestures, sounds, or nearby objects\u00a0(no words, letters, or mouthing allowed), the Message Starter communicates the message to the next player.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each subsequent player then\u00a0translates what they understood\u00a0into gestures\/sounds\/objects for the next person in line.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players can\u2019t repeat what they saw exactly \u2014 they must interpret and pass it on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the message reaches the final player, that person must\u00a0say the message out loud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ending the game (win, lose states)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Win:<\/strong>\u00a0The final player\u2019s spoken message matches the original Message Card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lose:<\/strong>\u00a0The group runs out of time\u00a0<strong>or<\/strong>\u00a0the final message is incorrect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After each round, rotate the\u00a0Message Starter\u00a0role to the next player. Continue until everyone has had a turn or a set number of rounds is complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original Message:\u00a0\u201cPizza Delivery.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 1 mimes eating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 2 pretends to drive a car and hold a box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 3 knocks on an invisible door.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final Player guesses:\u00a0\u201cPizza Delivery.\u201d\u00a0(correct is a win).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original Message:\u00a0\u201cDancing in the Rain.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 1 twirls with arms out and pretends to splash in puddles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 2 spins around, flaps arms like an umbrella.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player 3 mimes singing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final Player guesses:\u00a0\u201cSinging in the Rain.\u201d\u00a0(close, but not exact is a lose).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleah Dudek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,83],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-14367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design","category-game-rules","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367","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\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14370,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions\/14370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}