Playing Board Games (CGA Year Two)

In this lesson we brought in our own board games to play with classmates.

I brought along The BEST of TV & MOVIES.

The BEST of TV & MOVIES is a board game for 2 to 6 players or 2 teams of any number. Each team is given 4 questions in a row by the opposing team, these questions relate to TV and Film. Each question on the card is associated with a color; either Orange, Blue, Pink or Green. If the team answering the questions gets one right their piece on the board moves up to the corresponding color. Whoever is reading the questions begins by reading the first question on the card, the questions get harder and harder as they move down the card. If the team answering the questions get one wrong they have to then read out questions to the apposing team thus denying them the opportunity to progress further along the board. This goes on until a team reaches the end zone. Once there they have to answer all the questions on a card (4 questions) in a row. If they get all the answers correct they win the game.

We had two hours to play a single game between two teams of three. We both reached the end zone however neither team were declared as winners, this is due to neither team being able to answer four questions on a card correctly in a row. After a long and heated debate on who should win we agreed on the game being a tie.

It was interesting playing this style of game and being able to spark up a sense of competition using only some colored plastic pieces, a board and a set of questions. Playing this game taught Me that you really don't need much to create a game, as long as you can create a challenge or a sense of competition then you can make a board game just as tense and competitive as a first person shooter. Key simple game mechanics and a sense of achievement are at the heart of any good game.