Game Design
Session 2, 4th Feb 2021
Board games & Presentation
Earlier we talked about what is Game and Sport, then suspiciously all the answers are around Gravity. That was technically correct but I was curious about this boardgames course though I haven’t played many board games except the basics like snake & ladder, carrom, and chess.
In this session, we discussed a wide range of board games and different types of genres. What did I choose? firstly, I did some research about famous board games from the last decades. Mostly board games are strategic games, personally, that is not my type. So, I found a simple and tricky game that is Codenames. This game was launched in the year 2015 by Czech Game Edition publishers and the designer was Vlaada Chvátil. Codenames is a game of guessing words by the two teams including Spymasters and Assassin. It helps to improve vocabulary, language skills, and its leads to entertainment.
Moving on, others are presented to their own presentation with interesting board games. And I also know about other board games which are as follows:
- Clans of Caledonia
- Gravity Maze
- Shasn
- Zomibicide
- Mysterium
- Terraforming Mars
- Codemaster
- Azul
- Detective
After I saw all the presentations, it seems like I have gain interest in board games. If I have to pick the game I chose Shasn and Azul for playing because both have interesting concepts with creative illustrations.
All I say is playing games helps to make quick discussions, mind sharpen and a great company to spend time.
