Elder Scrolls V. Skyrim is a RPG set in Elder Scrolls world. The game has a long intro video that lasts for several minutes before the typical RPG format starts. After the exceedingly long cut scene that cannot be skipped the player is able to create a character. The character creating offers several species of …
A Distant Plain is a complex war game based on the war in Afghanistan. It is meant to be played by four players, but can be played by fewer. The four warring factions in the game are the Taliban, Opium Warlords, Afghan Government, and the Coalition. Each faction has different goals they must meet in …
Catch It, Guess It, Pass It! Catch Phrase is the …
Grant A. Bissell The Idea Pandemic is a game that was introduced to me during the summer of 2014 in Dr. Peterson’s History of Games class. Having never played the game before, I had my doubts about the game. I quickly learned that “Pandemic” is a very fun game to play that requires strategy, teamwork …
Rebuild takes place in an apocalyptic world taken over by zombies. You may think this makes for a very typical zombie game where you just fight wave after wave of zombies trying to survive. Well, you would be wrong. Rebuild, just as the name states, is designed to challenge the player to focus on “rebuilding” …
Puerto Rico The board game Puerto Rico is the somewhat quick game that is full of the best gaming features for a fun time. When we played it usually took us about and hour and a half or so but the more we played, the quicker the game passed. This game was designed by …
LIFE: Session Report Emily Chadwell LIFE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMJ6bGXm38 We played the original version of LIFE from the 1960s. The board is set up in a path that winds around the board going through different areas of the game. Each player chooses a car and starts to play by spinning the wheel and moving the number of spaces. …
Amy Cobos Clue: The Simpson’s Edition Clue is a game created by Hasbro that I already knew how to play coming into HY 300 History of Games. It is an epic game full of mystery and adventure that people of all ages will enjoy playing. It has a storytelling theme of uncovering a murder that …
Forrest Hudson NFL QB ’13 is a tablet or smart phone game based around the United States’ form of football. While it is based on the U.S. version of football it is not a full football game, but rather what many people call “7on7”. This is basically just the quarterback and receivers versus the linebackers …
Amy Cobos Pandemic! Pandemic was a new game, published by Z-Man games, which I learned to play while in HY 300-001 History of Games. It was my favorite game we played during class and had a lot of different elements of gaming combined into one fun experience. Pandemic is a game full of team …