WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.090 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:02.490 align:middle line:84% The following content is provided under a Creative 00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:04.030 align:middle line:90% Commons license. 00:00:04.030 --> 00:00:06.330 align:middle line:84% Your support will help MIT OpenCourseWare 00:00:06.330 --> 00:00:10.690 align:middle line:84% continue to offer high quality educational resources for free. 00:00:10.690 --> 00:00:13.320 align:middle line:84% To make a donation or view additional materials 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:17.280 align:middle line:84% from hundreds of MIT courses, visit MIT OpenCourseWare 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.690 align:middle line:90% at ocw.mit.edu. 00:00:20.690 --> 00:00:23.316 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: OK, thanks for showing up on time. 00:00:23.316 --> 00:00:26.788 align:middle line:90% I really appreciate it. 00:00:26.788 --> 00:00:28.155 align:middle line:90% It's kind of weird at this. 00:00:28.155 --> 00:00:31.336 align:middle line:84% And I never see this front row completely empty, 00:00:31.336 --> 00:00:35.200 align:middle line:90% but this will be [INAUDIBLE]. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.800 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:40.770 align:middle line:84% That really makes me feel better. 00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:42.450 align:middle line:84% So, today's structure of class is 00:00:42.450 --> 00:00:44.250 align:middle line:84% going to be very similar to what we 00:00:44.250 --> 00:00:46.630 align:middle line:84% did last time, which was we're going 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:49.417 align:middle line:84% to talk a little bit about a reading, play a bunch of games. 00:00:49.417 --> 00:00:50.875 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] the reading [INAUDIBLE] 00:00:50.875 --> 00:00:53.429 align:middle line:84% end of class probably with more time for you 00:00:53.429 --> 00:00:54.720 align:middle line:90% to work through your prototype. 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:56.970 align:middle line:84% Just as a reminder, Rick and I are here 00:00:56.970 --> 00:01:00.190 align:middle line:84% to do any play testing that you might want. 00:01:00.190 --> 00:01:02.310 align:middle line:90% And we'll give you feedback. 00:01:02.310 --> 00:01:05.710 align:middle line:84% Along with the feedback, we also put all the grades up. 00:01:05.710 --> 00:01:12.480 align:middle line:84% Thanks to Rick for getting them all down for assignment two. 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:18.840 align:middle line:84% And all the-- if you look at the comments that we've sent, 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:20.080 align:middle line:90% there are two sections. 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:22.720 align:middle line:84% One is a section that is just about your individual write-up 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:24.130 align:middle line:90% which only you see. 00:01:24.130 --> 00:01:26.589 align:middle line:84% And then there is a chunk that is the comments 00:01:26.589 --> 00:01:29.130 align:middle line:84% will be geared to every single one of the team members, which 00:01:29.130 --> 00:01:32.080 align:middle line:84% was basically based on your product itself. 00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:33.265 align:middle line:90% Do take those in mind. 00:01:33.265 --> 00:01:37.230 align:middle line:84% Do keep in mind because there's a lot of stuff there that-- 00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:39.810 align:middle line:84% a lot of feedback that we're giving you in the hopes 00:01:39.810 --> 00:01:42.400 align:middle line:84% that you will be able to put that feedback to good use 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:44.064 align:middle line:90% for assignment three. 00:01:44.064 --> 00:01:47.645 align:middle line:84% And Did you have a general comment? 00:01:47.645 --> 00:01:51.050 align:middle line:84% RICK: Yeah, in particular, rules, rules, rules. 00:01:51.050 --> 00:01:52.240 align:middle line:90% Proofread your rules. 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:54.275 align:middle line:90% Test your rules. 00:01:54.275 --> 00:01:57.140 align:middle line:84% The presentation and expression of your rules 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:00.147 align:middle line:84% is just as important, if not more important, 00:02:00.147 --> 00:02:03.090 align:middle line:90% than the design of your game. 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:05.730 align:middle line:84% That's why we have you play games you haven't played before 00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:07.497 align:middle line:84% and read the rules you haven't seen before 00:02:07.497 --> 00:02:09.372 align:middle line:84% to see how bad the professionals get it done. 00:02:09.372 --> 00:02:11.220 align:middle line:90% Try to be better than that. 00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:14.460 align:middle line:90% 00:02:14.460 --> 00:02:16.770 align:middle line:84% The main things we're looking for-- 00:02:16.770 --> 00:02:20.760 align:middle line:84% coherence, clarity, organization, figures, 00:02:20.760 --> 00:02:22.440 align:middle line:90% and illustrations. 00:02:22.440 --> 00:02:24.300 align:middle line:84% So, for assignment three, please try 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:27.759 align:middle line:84% to put in illustrated-- at least, bare minimum, 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:30.050 align:middle line:84% illustrate what it looks like when your game is set up. 00:02:30.050 --> 00:02:32.670 align:middle line:84% Illustrate what it looks like when a major state 00:02:32.670 --> 00:02:35.150 align:middle line:90% change happens in the game. 00:02:35.150 --> 00:02:41.250 align:middle line:84% Give us a basic section that just says here's 00:02:41.250 --> 00:02:43.040 align:middle line:84% kind of goal, how you play the game. 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:44.850 align:middle line:84% Here's how you actually play the game. 00:02:44.850 --> 00:02:47.346 align:middle line:84% Here's some examples for how various things within the game 00:02:47.346 --> 00:02:47.846 align:middle line:90% happen. 00:02:47.846 --> 00:02:51.000 align:middle line:84% There is general guidelines on the [INAUDIBLE] 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.952 align:middle line:84% materials [INAUDIBLE] readings we've given you. 00:02:54.952 --> 00:02:58.410 align:middle line:84% Really pay attention to that for assignment three. 00:02:58.410 --> 00:03:00.816 align:middle line:84% Basically, in each assignment we get a little bit more 00:03:00.816 --> 00:03:03.432 align:middle line:84% tougher when we're grading the rules section. 00:03:03.432 --> 00:03:05.640 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Because you've have two rounds of feedback 00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:06.560 align:middle line:90% already on rules. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.810 align:middle line:84% And hopefully, the third time around, you know what-- 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:12.060 align:middle line:84% you get into the idea of what we're looking for. 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:18.880 align:middle line:84% Also, use illustrations in your rules to get your point across. 00:03:18.880 --> 00:03:21.700 align:middle line:84% You know, that's something that we typically find 00:03:21.700 --> 00:03:24.710 align:middle line:84% under-used where you spend a lot of words trying 00:03:24.710 --> 00:03:26.727 align:middle line:84% to explain some things which [INAUDIBLE] is far 00:03:26.727 --> 00:03:28.310 align:middle line:84% easier to understand where [INAUDIBLE] 00:03:28.310 --> 00:03:30.240 align:middle line:90% a simple, [? minor ?] drawing. 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.780 align:middle line:84% Even just like a cell phone camera, like a sketch, 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:35.080 align:middle line:84% would probably have been more informative 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.410 align:middle line:90% than paragraphs and paragraphs. 00:03:37.410 --> 00:03:39.560 align:middle line:84% RICK: Actually, I have a [INAUDIBLE] working 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.775 align:middle line:90% for me on a board game. 00:03:42.775 --> 00:03:45.440 align:middle line:84% And she did something amazing what I've actually never 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:46.760 align:middle line:90% thought about doing for rules. 00:03:46.760 --> 00:03:48.400 align:middle line:84% She made it basically in PowerPoint. 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:50.955 align:middle line:84% It's really, really long, a lot of pages. 00:03:50.955 --> 00:03:53.043 align:middle line:84% So I'm really not sure how well it's 00:03:53.043 --> 00:03:54.418 align:middle line:84% going to work that way when we're 00:03:54.418 --> 00:03:55.674 align:middle line:90% going to be testing with it. 00:03:55.674 --> 00:03:59.130 align:middle line:84% But it's very illustrative and very diagrammy-- 00:03:59.130 --> 00:04:02.570 align:middle line:84% lots of big words, very little written out. 00:04:02.570 --> 00:04:05.849 align:middle line:84% Very little written out, like , long paragraphs of language. 00:04:05.849 --> 00:04:07.640 align:middle line:84% I'm going to get the latest version of that 00:04:07.640 --> 00:04:10.550 align:middle line:84% and share it with the class so you can kind of see 00:04:10.550 --> 00:04:15.300 align:middle line:84% what that looks like, if that's useful for your game or not. 00:04:15.300 --> 00:04:19.410 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I personally have had a lot of luck with Google Docs 00:04:19.410 --> 00:04:22.200 align:middle line:90% built-in drawing tools. 00:04:22.200 --> 00:04:24.720 align:middle line:84% So you, for the word processing doc, 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.790 align:middle line:84% just bring up the drawing [? in it. ?] And just, like, 00:04:27.790 --> 00:04:30.270 align:middle line:84% drawing things like cards that overlap each other 00:04:30.270 --> 00:04:31.410 align:middle line:90% with text in them-- 00:04:31.410 --> 00:04:34.150 align:middle line:84% like, Google Docs has all the tools you need for that. 00:04:34.150 --> 00:04:38.129 align:middle line:84% Drawing arrows that arc in curves 00:04:38.129 --> 00:04:39.670 align:middle line:84% with one arrowhead and two arrowheads 00:04:39.670 --> 00:04:42.220 align:middle line:84% and everything that you need there is already [INAUDIBLE]. 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:44.790 align:middle line:84% So if you don't have a drawing program, 00:04:44.790 --> 00:04:46.670 align:middle line:84% that's a lot built into Microsoft Word 00:04:46.670 --> 00:04:49.960 align:middle line:84% and in Google Docs that you can take advantage of. 00:04:49.960 --> 00:04:52.920 align:middle line:84% They don't have to look great, but they could often 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.820 align:middle line:84% get across the point a lot easier than text. 00:04:56.820 --> 00:04:58.296 align:middle line:90% So, do try to use those. 00:04:58.296 --> 00:05:00.028 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: The next playtest is March 7. 00:05:00.028 --> 00:05:00.954 align:middle line:90% Is that right? 00:05:00.954 --> 00:05:02.370 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I believe that's right. 00:05:02.370 --> 00:05:03.070 align:middle line:90% I don't-- 00:05:03.070 --> 00:05:03.710 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: May 7. 00:05:03.710 --> 00:05:04.140 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:05:04.140 --> 00:05:04.765 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: May. 00:05:04.765 --> 00:05:07.801 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] 00:05:07.801 --> 00:05:09.301 align:middle line:84% RICK: So, I highly, highly recommend 00:05:09.301 --> 00:05:11.134 align:middle line:84% bringing a draft of your rules in and having 00:05:11.134 --> 00:05:13.032 align:middle line:90% that as part of the playtest. 00:05:13.032 --> 00:05:14.990 align:middle line:84% You'll get feedback from [? Phil and myself. ?] 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:18.266 align:middle line:84% You'll also get feedback from our guest lecturers. 00:05:18.266 --> 00:05:19.890 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Every time somebody asks you 00:05:19.890 --> 00:05:23.970 align:middle line:84% for rule verification in class or when you're playtesting 00:05:23.970 --> 00:05:26.490 align:middle line:84% with your dorm mate or whatever, that's 00:05:26.490 --> 00:05:28.539 align:middle line:84% a good opportunity for you to think 00:05:28.539 --> 00:05:30.955 align:middle line:84% of how you could reword your rules or reformat your rules. 00:05:30.955 --> 00:05:34.620 align:middle line:90% 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:36.641 align:middle line:84% That is clearly a situation where 00:05:36.641 --> 00:05:38.890 align:middle line:84% this could be a question that's going to come up again 00:05:38.890 --> 00:05:40.170 align:middle line:90% when we play the game. 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:43.050 align:middle line:84% Or it could be a situation like they just didn't understand 00:05:43.050 --> 00:05:44.580 align:middle line:90% the rules as written right now. 00:05:44.580 --> 00:05:46.560 align:middle line:84% So you've got to rephrase it somehow. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:52.310 align:middle line:84% Use the bullet points, examples, and make 00:05:52.310 --> 00:05:56.710 align:middle line:84% sure they're visually distinct when someone is [INAUDIBLE]. 00:05:56.710 --> 00:05:58.920 align:middle line:84% RICK: Game designer I follow on Twitter 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:04.480 align:middle line:84% is a very, very well spoken [INAUDIBLE] just posted. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.780 align:middle line:84% There's a difference between a broken rule and a broken rules 00:06:08.780 --> 00:06:09.360 align:middle line:90% presentation. 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.355 align:middle line:84% The problem could be in either [INAUDIBLE] both those places. 00:06:12.355 --> 00:06:15.030 align:middle line:84% Without testing, you're just not going to find it. 00:06:15.030 --> 00:06:17.530 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: If the only way that people are playing your game 00:06:17.530 --> 00:06:18.890 align:middle line:84% is that you are explaining it to them, 00:06:18.890 --> 00:06:19.630 align:middle line:84% then you're not getting the feedback 00:06:19.630 --> 00:06:21.050 align:middle line:90% that you need on your rules. 00:06:21.050 --> 00:06:24.800 align:middle line:84% So, make sure that for assignment three, 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.000 align:middle line:90% your rules have been tested too. 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.550 align:middle line:84% The rulesheet has been tested as well as [INAUDIBLE]. 00:06:29.550 --> 00:06:32.250 align:middle line:90% 00:06:32.250 --> 00:06:37.440 align:middle line:84% Also, one tip for people who are doing personal write ups-- 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:39.510 align:middle line:84% people are getting better at sort 00:06:39.510 --> 00:06:43.170 align:middle line:84% of identifying things that went well, 00:06:43.170 --> 00:06:47.280 align:middle line:84% things that didn't go so well in the project. 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:52.710 align:middle line:84% And that's good, in general if you did a decent write up, 00:06:52.710 --> 00:06:57.640 align:middle line:84% you probably got a extra half grade on top of your grade. 00:06:57.640 --> 00:06:59.750 align:middle line:90% So if you got like a B minus-- 00:06:59.750 --> 00:07:02.820 align:middle line:84% if you got a B plus, your write up alone 00:07:02.820 --> 00:07:06.850 align:middle line:84% could push you to an A minus, for instance. 00:07:06.850 --> 00:07:10.590 align:middle line:84% But what some people don't [? necessarily ?] 00:07:10.590 --> 00:07:14.657 align:middle line:84% do is just say next time, I'm going to do this, 00:07:14.657 --> 00:07:16.740 align:middle line:84% or next time, I'm going to be sure not to do this. 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:19.340 align:middle line:84% Just like, little simple little things like, 00:07:19.340 --> 00:07:22.740 align:middle line:84% what are you going to take all of this for future projects? 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:25.570 align:middle line:84% So right now, [? we are seeing ?] 00:07:25.570 --> 00:07:30.050 align:middle line:84% a good analysis of your previous project, but usually write 00:07:30.050 --> 00:07:33.520 align:middle line:84% ups will also [INAUDIBLE] what the take-away is. 00:07:33.520 --> 00:07:36.330 align:middle line:84% This is what I've wanted to make sure I'm going to try to do. 00:07:36.330 --> 00:07:38.122 align:middle line:90% Or maybe you're not sure. 00:07:38.122 --> 00:07:40.330 align:middle line:84% But this is something that you're going to try to do. 00:07:40.330 --> 00:07:41.788 align:middle line:84% The next time you make a game, this 00:07:41.788 --> 00:07:43.500 align:middle line:84% is what we're going to try and do. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:45.500 align:middle line:90% That can help a lot. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.683 align:middle line:90% RICK: First time is free. 00:07:46.683 --> 00:07:48.058 align:middle line:84% If it's the last game you'll ever 00:07:48.058 --> 00:07:50.627 align:middle line:84% make, then what are you going to [INAUDIBLE] for a project? 00:07:50.627 --> 00:07:52.062 align:middle line:84% What are you going to do on another team project, 00:07:52.062 --> 00:07:53.475 align:middle line:90% another design project? 00:07:53.475 --> 00:07:55.270 align:middle line:90% Think about the future. 00:07:55.270 --> 00:07:56.070 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: It doesn't have to be a design thing. 00:07:56.070 --> 00:07:57.950 align:middle line:84% It can be, maybe next time, if I work 00:07:57.950 --> 00:08:00.030 align:middle line:84% on a team on a creative project, I 00:08:00.030 --> 00:08:03.080 align:middle line:84% am going to make sure that I communicate with them this way 00:08:03.080 --> 00:08:05.500 align:middle line:84% or make sure that you understand blah. 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:07.950 align:middle line:84% Just something like that will be-- 00:08:07.950 --> 00:08:09.700 align:middle line:84% some sort of lesson that you're taking out 00:08:09.700 --> 00:08:12.244 align:middle line:84% from the previous assignment [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:12.244 --> 00:08:15.988 align:middle line:90% 00:08:15.988 --> 00:08:19.411 align:middle line:84% Any questions about the assignment, assignment two? 00:08:19.411 --> 00:08:19.910 align:middle line:90% Grades? 00:08:19.910 --> 00:08:22.580 align:middle line:90% 00:08:22.580 --> 00:08:25.143 align:middle line:84% By the way, did you get an email from something 00:08:25.143 --> 00:08:27.518 align:middle line:84% from [? Stella ?] that tells you grades have been posted? 00:08:27.518 --> 00:08:28.668 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: No. 00:08:28.668 --> 00:08:30.376 align:middle line:84% RICK: Because I think with other classes, 00:08:30.376 --> 00:08:32.792 align:middle line:84% [? they post ?] a more grades like p-sets and other stuff. 00:08:32.792 --> 00:08:34.480 align:middle line:90% So it would be kind of annoying. 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.990 align:middle line:84% Like, four classes posting a p-set every week, 00:08:36.990 --> 00:08:37.724 align:middle line:90% or once a week. 00:08:37.724 --> 00:08:38.890 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: That makes sense. 00:08:38.890 --> 00:08:40.120 align:middle line:90% OK, well, OK, then. 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:43.516 align:middle line:84% It's a good thing that we haven't [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:43.516 --> 00:08:48.409 align:middle line:84% Today's reading is mostly about [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:48.409 --> 00:08:49.950 align:middle line:84% It's actually a bit of a post-mortem. 00:08:49.950 --> 00:08:54.450 align:middle line:84% It's written in the sort of same style as the flavor text 00:08:54.450 --> 00:08:57.380 align:middle line:90% of [INAUDIBLE]. 00:08:57.380 --> 00:09:02.500 align:middle line:84% And I thought it might help to actually open up the box, 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:04.452 align:middle line:84% give you an idea of what it looks inside. 00:09:04.452 --> 00:09:17.100 align:middle line:84% It might [INAUDIBLE] write up for-- actually, [INAUDIBLE] 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:18.100 align:middle line:90% RICK: I've seen this. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:19.350 align:middle line:90% I've watched people play this. 00:09:19.350 --> 00:09:20.760 align:middle line:90% This is the latest edition. 00:09:20.760 --> 00:09:23.290 align:middle line:84% You might have seen the [INAUDIBLE] edition. 00:09:23.290 --> 00:09:27.700 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And [INAUDIBLE] before that. 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:31.130 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] bigger than [INAUDIBLE]. 00:09:31.130 --> 00:09:33.637 align:middle line:84% RICK: There's the special power that [INAUDIBLE]. 00:09:33.637 --> 00:09:34.220 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Ah. 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:43.090 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] So you get a bunch of planets, different colors, 00:09:43.090 --> 00:09:45.427 align:middle line:84% and I believe the colors correspond 00:09:45.427 --> 00:09:46.301 align:middle line:90% to different players. 00:09:46.301 --> 00:09:50.630 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:09:50.630 --> 00:09:53.790 align:middle line:84% Got your tokens, some of which are used, some of which 00:09:53.790 --> 00:09:57.739 align:middle line:84% are not used depending on the assortment of character 00:09:57.739 --> 00:10:00.040 align:middle line:90% that you've got in your game. 00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:03.491 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] particular [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:03.491 --> 00:10:07.928 align:middle line:90% Or you may not use that either. 00:10:07.928 --> 00:10:09.407 align:middle line:90% This is the counter. 00:10:09.407 --> 00:10:15.430 align:middle line:84% You can see you can put [INAUDIBLE] a race. 00:10:15.430 --> 00:10:22.460 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:24.280 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:24.280 --> 00:10:26.020 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yeah, so you can track them. 00:10:26.020 --> 00:10:28.478 align:middle line:84% And [INAUDIBLE] how each player keeps track of [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:28.478 --> 00:10:29.721 align:middle line:90% So, here's the yellow player. 00:10:29.721 --> 00:10:31.130 align:middle line:90% Here's the green player. 00:10:31.130 --> 00:10:32.712 align:middle line:84% And say both of them are at three. 00:10:32.712 --> 00:10:35.160 align:middle line:90% So [INAUDIBLE] that. 00:10:35.160 --> 00:10:37.800 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] not able to [INAUDIBLE] but it's 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:41.880 align:middle line:84% just a way to keep track of [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:41.880 --> 00:10:44.280 align:middle line:90% for any one [INAUDIBLE]. 00:10:44.280 --> 00:10:47.360 align:middle line:84% And a whole tight pile of cards of two different sizes. 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:54.220 align:middle line:90% 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:59.120 align:middle line:84% It's a really bad [INAUDIBLE] Some of these cards, 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.150 align:middle line:84% I'm not entirely sure what they do. 00:11:01.150 --> 00:11:04.024 align:middle line:84% But the cards that I do know what they do are the cards 00:11:04.024 --> 00:11:08.370 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE], [? Oh my god, ?] [? it's a mess. ?] [INAUDIBLE] 00:11:08.370 --> 00:11:10.370 align:middle line:90% separate [INAUDIBLE] cards. 00:11:10.370 --> 00:11:14.830 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] cards which have these numbers. 00:11:14.830 --> 00:11:17.800 align:middle line:84% And what are you basically doing is 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:23.245 align:middle line:84% you're using these cards [INAUDIBLE] identify who is 00:11:23.245 --> 00:11:27.205 align:middle line:90% going to initiate [INAUDIBLE]. 00:11:27.205 --> 00:11:30.670 align:middle line:90% 00:11:30.670 --> 00:11:31.660 align:middle line:90% Here we go. 00:11:31.660 --> 00:11:35.194 align:middle line:84% Yeah, so you add-- so these numbers, depending 00:11:35.194 --> 00:11:36.610 align:middle line:84% on how many cards that are played, 00:11:36.610 --> 00:11:39.085 align:middle line:84% basically give your ships some sort of attack powers. 00:11:39.085 --> 00:11:41.560 align:middle line:84% But then you also have individual ships 00:11:41.560 --> 00:11:44.777 align:middle line:84% that [INAUDIBLE] move on to attack [INAUDIBLE] attacking 00:11:44.777 --> 00:11:45.520 align:middle line:90% a red planet. 00:11:45.520 --> 00:11:47.500 align:middle line:84% And what I'll do is I'll point this arrow 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.985 align:middle line:90% toward the red planet. 00:11:48.985 --> 00:11:51.955 align:middle line:84% Anybody defending the red planet puts chips on the red planet. 00:11:51.955 --> 00:11:53.935 align:middle line:84% Anybody who's attacking it puts it on this 00:11:53.935 --> 00:12:00.865 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] very nice point [INAUDIBLE] are attacking. 00:12:00.865 --> 00:12:03.340 align:middle line:84% That whole game basically largely 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:06.557 align:middle line:84% comes down to you trying to encourage other people 00:12:06.557 --> 00:12:10.824 align:middle line:84% to contribute either to your defense [? or the ?] attack. 00:12:10.824 --> 00:12:12.240 align:middle line:90% Please give me some chips. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:16.222 align:middle line:84% Please give [INAUDIBLE] and [INAUDIBLE] 00:12:16.222 --> 00:12:23.543 align:middle line:84% negotiate [INAUDIBLE] mutual benefit [INAUDIBLE]. 00:12:23.543 --> 00:12:25.753 align:middle line:84% But this is the really interesting part 00:12:25.753 --> 00:12:28.610 align:middle line:84% of the game, which is when you start a game, 00:12:28.610 --> 00:12:30.150 align:middle line:90% you get one of these cards. 00:12:30.150 --> 00:12:32.102 align:middle line:84% And this tells you what race you are. 00:12:32.102 --> 00:12:34.457 align:middle line:84% And each race basically has a power 00:12:34.457 --> 00:12:38.390 align:middle line:84% that lets them break the rules somewhere in the rules. 00:12:38.390 --> 00:12:43.130 align:middle line:84% Only you have this ability to break this power. 00:12:43.130 --> 00:12:48.026 align:middle line:84% So for instance, this is the [? hate ?] race. 00:12:48.026 --> 00:12:50.420 align:middle line:90% And they have the power of rage. 00:12:50.420 --> 00:12:52.740 align:middle line:84% So at the start of a turn, you use this power 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:54.890 align:middle line:84% to force every player to either discard 00:12:54.890 --> 00:12:59.430 align:middle line:84% a card [? on the ?] ship [INAUDIBLE] discard 00:12:59.430 --> 00:13:00.912 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:13:00.912 --> 00:13:03.838 align:middle line:84% Everybody else must then discard at the same time. 00:13:03.838 --> 00:13:06.170 align:middle line:84% So if I put [? down a ?] [? card, ?] [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:06.170 --> 00:13:10.216 align:middle line:84% an attack card, everybody has to discard an attack card. 00:13:10.216 --> 00:13:11.840 align:middle line:84% All these [INAUDIBLE] ships [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:17.090 align:middle line:84% they make people angry with this power. 00:13:17.090 --> 00:13:20.640 align:middle line:84% The filch is where you steal cards from other people, 00:13:20.640 --> 00:13:22.256 align:middle line:90% the power to hack. 00:13:22.256 --> 00:13:26.504 align:middle line:90% 00:13:26.504 --> 00:13:31.030 align:middle line:84% You can compensation from other players, basically. 00:13:31.030 --> 00:13:37.368 align:middle line:84% And so you've got this kind of like weird almost like CCG, 00:13:37.368 --> 00:13:39.660 align:middle line:84% Collectible Card Game, kind of a [INAUDIBLE] 00:13:39.660 --> 00:13:44.514 align:middle line:84% where depending on what you start with [? is one way to ?] 00:13:44.514 --> 00:13:48.863 align:middle line:84% determine the shape of the rest of the game board. 00:13:48.863 --> 00:13:51.289 align:middle line:84% And every time you play the game, 00:13:51.289 --> 00:13:52.830 align:middle line:84% you can have a different set of cards 00:13:52.830 --> 00:13:55.679 align:middle line:84% because each player gets a different card between-- 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:57.178 align:middle line:84% it's very, very likely that you have 00:13:57.178 --> 00:13:59.728 align:middle line:84% to play two games with even the same [? set of basis ?] 00:13:59.728 --> 00:14:01.162 align:middle line:90% at the table. 00:14:01.162 --> 00:14:06.898 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:14:06.898 --> 00:14:10.856 align:middle line:84% And the whole idea of the games we picked out today 00:14:10.856 --> 00:14:13.652 align:middle line:84% is that all of them are kind of like a sort 00:14:13.652 --> 00:14:17.940 align:middle line:84% of an interesting case of what it means to have 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:21.210 align:middle line:90% changing rules in games. 00:14:21.210 --> 00:14:25.310 align:middle line:84% Risk Legacy-- how many of you played this particular? 00:14:25.310 --> 00:14:29.044 align:middle line:84% OK, how long have you had a game going [INAUDIBLE] 00:14:29.044 --> 00:14:29.762 align:middle line:90% how many rounds? 00:14:29.762 --> 00:14:31.470 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: I played with people in my home. 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:33.922 align:middle line:84% I played in like three games and I think 00:14:33.922 --> 00:14:35.590 align:middle line:90% we played a total of 12 or so-- 00:14:35.590 --> 00:14:36.090 align:middle line:90% 12 games. 00:14:36.090 --> 00:14:38.690 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Every time you play this game, the game changes. 00:14:38.690 --> 00:14:40.058 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] 00:14:40.058 --> 00:14:40.924 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: What? 00:14:40.924 --> 00:14:42.090 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: I've heard of this. 00:14:42.090 --> 00:14:47.110 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yeah, [INAUDIBLE] changes made [INAUDIBLE]. 00:14:47.110 --> 00:14:52.527 align:middle line:84% When you first buy the game, four packets, four envelopes 00:14:52.527 --> 00:14:54.937 align:middle line:84% are actually [INAUDIBLE] the past [? year, ?] You can see 00:14:54.937 --> 00:14:57.530 align:middle line:84% we played this a bit [INAUDIBLE]. 00:14:57.530 --> 00:15:01.920 align:middle line:84% And that gives you new cards, stickers that you 00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:04.678 align:middle line:90% can stick on the old cards. 00:15:04.678 --> 00:15:06.973 align:middle line:84% You can see this card had a whole bunch of stickers 00:15:06.973 --> 00:15:11.675 align:middle line:84% added onto it that basically introduce new rules into games. 00:15:11.675 --> 00:15:14.490 align:middle line:90% You can change the map. 00:15:14.490 --> 00:15:17.184 align:middle line:84% And usually, this comes down to the people 00:15:17.184 --> 00:15:21.864 align:middle line:84% who won, the people who lost get certain abilities to make 00:15:21.864 --> 00:15:28.830 align:middle line:84% changes [INAUDIBLE] areas [INAUDIBLE] these [INAUDIBLE]. 00:15:28.830 --> 00:15:32.420 align:middle line:84% Certain cities have been established. 00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:37.687 align:middle line:84% So for instance, this is the kingdom of [INAUDIBLE]. 00:15:37.687 --> 00:15:39.532 align:middle line:84% This is the kingdom of [INAUDIBLE]. 00:15:39.532 --> 00:15:40.978 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: That's mine, by the way. 00:15:40.978 --> 00:15:41.942 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: That yours? 00:15:41.942 --> 00:15:42.424 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: Yeah. 00:15:42.424 --> 00:15:42.906 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK. 00:15:42.906 --> 00:15:43.870 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: That's mine. 00:15:43.870 --> 00:15:48.687 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE] cover here. 00:15:48.687 --> 00:15:54.881 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] Here [INAUDIBLE]. 00:15:54.881 --> 00:15:55.464 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: Yeah. 00:15:55.464 --> 00:16:00.360 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE] in Japan. 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:05.080 align:middle line:84% So this was interesting because one way 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:08.888 align:middle line:84% to think about it is it's not the [INAUDIBLE] 00:16:08.888 --> 00:16:10.319 align:middle line:90% played the game of Risk? 00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:13.605 align:middle line:84% RICK: Yeah, it starts off like Risk but closer 00:16:13.605 --> 00:16:16.594 align:middle line:84% to like Risk 20-something or other. 00:16:16.594 --> 00:16:17.260 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:16:17.260 --> 00:16:19.370 align:middle line:84% RICK: One of the later editions of risk 00:16:19.370 --> 00:16:23.240 align:middle line:84% where there's like turn order cards and some other-- it 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.320 align:middle line:84% does resources differently than classic Risk did. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.540 align:middle line:90% But basically, it is Risk. 00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:31.050 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yes, and you have stickers that you 00:16:31.050 --> 00:16:34.550 align:middle line:90% can attach on the [INAUDIBLE]. 00:16:34.550 --> 00:16:40.010 align:middle line:84% And so basically, every time you play this game, 00:16:40.010 --> 00:16:42.860 align:middle line:84% you're playing a different game [INAUDIBLE]. 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.443 align:middle line:84% RICK: The great thing is, in this one, 00:16:44.443 --> 00:16:45.776 align:middle line:90% there's a story that goes along. 00:16:45.776 --> 00:16:48.230 align:middle line:84% As you do things, the story changes. 00:16:48.230 --> 00:16:51.479 align:middle line:84% So you're in this post-apocalyptic hellscape. 00:16:51.479 --> 00:16:53.520 align:middle line:84% With these factions that are fighting each other. 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:57.040 align:middle line:84% And then all of a sudden, when a certain condition is reached, 00:16:57.040 --> 00:17:00.800 align:middle line:84% one of those classes opens up and new elements to the story 00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:02.090 align:middle line:90% are discussed. 00:17:02.090 --> 00:17:04.428 align:middle line:84% And then a new race-- a new faction comes up 00:17:04.428 --> 00:17:05.626 align:middle line:90% or a new race comes up. 00:17:05.626 --> 00:17:11.260 align:middle line:84% So, spoilers-- there is aliens right there from alien island. 00:17:11.260 --> 00:17:14.067 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: [INAUDIBLE] 00:17:14.067 --> 00:17:16.150 align:middle line:84% RICK: [INAUDIBLE] becomes the alien collaborators. 00:17:16.150 --> 00:17:18.955 align:middle line:84% And that faction from now on is considered the collaborator. 00:17:18.955 --> 00:17:21.190 align:middle line:84% It gets special powers because of the aliens 00:17:21.190 --> 00:17:26.680 align:middle line:90% but they don't get-- 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.880 align:middle line:84% I think they get special powers and I 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.494 align:middle line:84% think they get a special something that 00:17:32.494 --> 00:17:33.806 align:middle line:90% goes against them. 00:17:33.806 --> 00:17:38.512 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: This game is actually probably not best played cold. 00:17:38.512 --> 00:17:40.260 align:middle line:84% But so what I will suggest is that folks 00:17:40.260 --> 00:17:42.440 align:middle line:90% take a look at this box. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.215 align:middle line:84% Because just trying to internalize all of the changes 00:17:45.215 --> 00:17:50.046 align:middle line:84% that have happened to this game since [INAUDIBLE] probably 00:17:50.046 --> 00:17:52.491 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:17:52.491 --> 00:17:54.959 align:middle line:84% But it's very, very [? unique way to ?] take a look 00:17:54.959 --> 00:17:56.980 align:middle line:84% and see what changes have been made. 00:17:56.980 --> 00:18:01.226 align:middle line:84% One way that a designer is going to [INAUDIBLE]. 00:18:01.226 --> 00:18:04.776 align:middle line:84% A lot of the rules that you get, a lot of changes 00:18:04.776 --> 00:18:08.020 align:middle line:84% you can make later in the game are actually tools for you 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:10.120 align:middle line:90% to fix [? the events. ?] 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:12.290 align:middle line:84% So there are really, really powerful changes 00:18:12.290 --> 00:18:13.692 align:middle line:90% that you can make in the rules. 00:18:13.692 --> 00:18:15.900 align:middle line:84% But the whole idea is that after you played something 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:18.140 align:middle line:84% like 15 rounds or 10 rounds of the game, 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:20.181 align:middle line:84% you kind of know where the game is going, 00:18:20.181 --> 00:18:25.830 align:middle line:84% where the board is [INAUDIBLE] or maybe [INAUDIBLE] how 00:18:25.830 --> 00:18:27.330 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE]. 00:18:27.330 --> 00:18:31.910 align:middle line:84% And the players now have the tools to officially fix 00:18:31.910 --> 00:18:33.710 align:middle line:90% those imbalances to play. 00:18:33.710 --> 00:18:38.416 align:middle line:84% So in a way, it's [INAUDIBLE] game design process. 00:18:38.416 --> 00:18:49.186 align:middle line:84% And [INAUDIBLE] you have [INAUDIBLE] 00:18:49.186 --> 00:18:53.760 align:middle line:84% is kind of like a deck building game 00:18:53.760 --> 00:18:58.940 align:middle line:84% only your dice and [INAUDIBLE] part of [INAUDIBLE]. 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:04.180 align:middle line:84% And I don't have a whole lot of information about this game. 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.510 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: Plays like Dominion. 00:19:05.510 --> 00:19:06.135 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yes. 00:19:06.135 --> 00:19:08.959 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] the cards are out. 00:19:08.959 --> 00:19:11.000 align:middle line:84% [? We ?] build your deck just like it's Dominion. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.746 align:middle line:84% And when you do attacks and certain things, 00:19:14.746 --> 00:19:19.706 align:middle line:84% you have cards that represent a thing that you can use 00:19:19.706 --> 00:19:21.205 align:middle line:84% and then dice that are reflecting 00:19:21.205 --> 00:19:23.630 align:middle line:90% the [INAUDIBLE] card. 00:19:23.630 --> 00:19:26.600 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So, like a lot of other deck building games, 00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:29.295 align:middle line:90% you know, [INAUDIBLE] conquer. 00:19:29.295 --> 00:19:31.500 align:middle line:84% Often, when you're actually going into a game, 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:37.040 align:middle line:84% [? what you're seeing ?] is not quite what [INAUDIBLE] before 00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:38.757 align:middle line:90% in previous games. 00:19:38.757 --> 00:19:40.340 align:middle line:84% So every time, you're trying to, like, 00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:42.450 align:middle line:84% figure out what is [INAUDIBLE] momentum. 00:19:42.450 --> 00:19:44.750 align:middle line:84% What is the strategy for this particular round 00:19:44.750 --> 00:19:45.630 align:middle line:90% that I'm playing? 00:19:45.630 --> 00:19:47.754 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] just happens to be an interesting twist 00:19:47.754 --> 00:19:52.124 align:middle line:90% on that [INAUDIBLE] cards. 00:19:52.124 --> 00:19:57.060 align:middle line:84% And Settlers of Catan, it seems like an odd thing to bring up. 00:19:57.060 --> 00:20:01.990 align:middle line:84% But back when it first came out, it was kind of neat that it was 00:20:01.990 --> 00:20:05.750 align:middle line:84% one of the games that definitely popularized the whole idea that 00:20:05.750 --> 00:20:09.120 align:middle line:84% every time you played this game, you had [INAUDIBLE] because you 00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:12.410 align:middle line:84% have the hexes that are arranged [? by the water ?] and systems 00:20:12.410 --> 00:20:19.280 align:middle line:84% to be able to make a random map, [? into a ?] table no matter 00:20:19.280 --> 00:20:20.960 align:middle line:90% how it's arranged. 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:25.285 align:middle line:84% And you're playing a different scenario in the game. 00:20:25.285 --> 00:20:26.910 align:middle line:84% So we also had the Seafarers expansion. 00:20:26.910 --> 00:20:29.070 align:middle line:84% That's kind of like the traditional way 00:20:29.070 --> 00:20:30.636 align:middle line:84% that publishers [INAUDIBLE], right? 00:20:30.636 --> 00:20:33.693 align:middle line:84% They give you all the parts and maybe 00:20:33.693 --> 00:20:36.610 align:middle line:84% a new set of rules to be able to add to an existing 00:20:36.610 --> 00:20:38.483 align:middle line:90% set of pieces on the board. 00:20:38.483 --> 00:20:41.024 align:middle line:84% What happens is that the map is a lot larger, as you can see, 00:20:41.024 --> 00:20:43.484 align:middle line:84% because you have additional cards. 00:20:43.484 --> 00:20:45.944 align:middle line:84% Actually, I don't know anything [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:45.944 --> 00:20:47.630 align:middle line:90% But [INAUDIBLE] larger. 00:20:47.630 --> 00:20:49.995 align:middle line:84% Users [INAUDIBLE] then the old ones. 00:20:49.995 --> 00:20:52.420 align:middle line:84% Gives you a few new pieces, new rules, 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:54.720 align:middle line:90% and you're playing [INAUDIBLE]. 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.780 align:middle line:84% So this one might also be-- and I [? wouldn't ?] suggest just 00:20:57.780 --> 00:20:59.878 align:middle line:84% playing a straight out game of Settlers of Catan 00:20:59.878 --> 00:21:01.750 align:middle line:84% because I know a lot of you already have. 00:21:01.750 --> 00:21:04.467 align:middle line:84% But in case you need it, [INAUDIBLE] 00:21:04.467 --> 00:21:06.800 align:middle line:84% especially if you haven't played the Seafarers expansion 00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:09.780 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] look through how they present the rules 00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:12.840 align:middle line:84% so that knowing how to play this game, how 00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:14.600 align:middle line:84% do they introduce new sets of rules 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:18.072 align:middle line:84% to change the way [INAUDIBLE] played. 00:21:18.072 --> 00:21:20.030 align:middle line:84% RICK: Big difference for that one with islands, 00:21:20.030 --> 00:21:22.270 align:middle line:84% rather than having rows of settlements, 00:21:22.270 --> 00:21:28.900 align:middle line:84% you have shipping lanes that you build that connect ports. 00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:31.010 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yep, and I believe you 00:21:31.010 --> 00:21:33.810 align:middle line:84% don't know what's on the island before you get there. 00:21:33.810 --> 00:21:35.190 align:middle line:90% RICK: Yep. 00:21:35.190 --> 00:21:40.787 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So you don't actually know [INAUDIBLE] island 00:21:40.787 --> 00:21:41.995 align:middle line:90% at the beginning of the game. 00:21:41.995 --> 00:21:45.720 align:middle line:90% 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:47.580 align:middle line:90% From the reading that-- 00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:51.070 align:middle line:84% anything strike anyone from the reading? 00:21:51.070 --> 00:21:52.840 align:middle line:90% Just wondering if-- 00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:55.135 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: It said that I guess the unbalance of the game 00:21:55.135 --> 00:21:56.310 align:middle line:90% was the actual point. 00:21:56.310 --> 00:21:56.976 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Yeah. 00:21:56.976 --> 00:22:03.140 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: And that they were going for the feel of that 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:06.075 align:middle line:84% if you find that something is not fair, 00:22:06.075 --> 00:22:10.010 align:middle line:84% that you have your own unfair power to sort of counter that 00:22:10.010 --> 00:22:10.510 align:middle line:90% unfairness. 00:22:10.510 --> 00:22:13.090 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Right, everyone has a win cheat basically, 00:22:13.090 --> 00:22:16.750 align:middle line:84% but it's officially mandated by the game and the different ways 00:22:16.750 --> 00:22:17.890 align:middle line:90% you [INAUDIBLE] 00:22:17.890 --> 00:22:20.080 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: It's kind of similar to Diplomacy, 00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:22.170 align:middle line:90% which is inherently unbalanced. 00:22:22.170 --> 00:22:24.630 align:middle line:84% Like, [INAUDIBLE] played several games of Diplomacy, 00:22:24.630 --> 00:22:26.087 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] like some of the-- 00:22:26.087 --> 00:22:28.170 align:middle line:84% I don't remember which countries, but some of them 00:22:28.170 --> 00:22:31.090 align:middle line:84% are, like, in much stronger positions and two of them 00:22:31.090 --> 00:22:34.006 align:middle line:84% together can take out the entire board if people let them. 00:22:34.006 --> 00:22:37.100 align:middle line:84% And so in general, more advanced and experienced players 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:39.550 align:middle line:84% will not let that happen or will all 00:22:39.550 --> 00:22:41.890 align:middle line:84% gang up and crush the first one or something 00:22:41.890 --> 00:22:46.330 align:middle line:84% like that, which kind of makes an interesting meta game. 00:22:46.330 --> 00:22:48.300 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: So you can spot the patterns. 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:50.640 align:middle line:84% But then you also have a lot of tools 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:52.570 align:middle line:84% to try to push back against that once you 00:22:52.570 --> 00:22:54.618 align:middle line:90% know that the game [INAUDIBLE]. 00:22:54.618 --> 00:22:56.245 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: I consider Cosmic Encounter 00:22:56.245 --> 00:22:58.661 align:middle line:84% to be sort of like the version of Munchkin in that they're 00:22:58.661 --> 00:23:00.730 align:middle line:84% both sort of stop the leader games where it's literally 00:23:00.730 --> 00:23:03.040 align:middle line:84% everyone-- it's very easy for almost everyone to get 00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:07.115 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] to victory and it's all about, like, 00:23:07.115 --> 00:23:09.628 align:middle line:84% how you [INAUDIBLE] people are [INAUDIBLE] everyone's 00:23:09.628 --> 00:23:12.463 align:middle line:84% trying to [? stop her. ?] And when [INAUDIBLE] people run out 00:23:12.463 --> 00:23:14.080 align:middle line:90% of stuff to stop the winner. 00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:17.820 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yep, every game comes to an end. 00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:20.690 align:middle line:84% I remember games of Cosmic Encounter dragging 00:23:20.690 --> 00:23:22.695 align:middle line:84% on for a really long amount of time, 00:23:22.695 --> 00:23:25.090 align:middle line:84% but I'm not entirely sure that's the case 00:23:25.090 --> 00:23:29.160 align:middle line:84% of this particular edition of the game. 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:31.440 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: The idea of finding balance 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:35.010 align:middle line:84% for [INAUDIBLE] where sort of the motto is if it's broken, 00:23:35.010 --> 00:23:37.760 align:middle line:90% break it until it's fixed. 00:23:37.760 --> 00:23:39.800 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: I haven't heard that one. 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:41.810 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] basically, they 00:23:41.810 --> 00:23:44.448 align:middle line:84% took Super Smash Bros Brawl and just way 00:23:44.448 --> 00:23:46.406 align:middle line:84% overpowered a bunch of different people's moves 00:23:46.406 --> 00:23:48.614 align:middle line:84% so that you can do ridiculous things the entire time. 00:23:48.614 --> 00:23:51.150 align:middle line:84% It actually ended up working pretty well [INAUDIBLE]. 00:23:51.150 --> 00:23:53.940 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK, yeah. 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:57.476 align:middle line:84% League of Legends, the ultra-rapid fire 00:23:57.476 --> 00:23:59.810 align:middle line:90% is kind of that too. 00:23:59.810 --> 00:24:01.655 align:middle line:90% But I think that's-- 00:24:01.655 --> 00:24:03.780 align:middle line:84% one of the things that I remember from the readings 00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:07.050 align:middle line:84% was if you have a game where it's fun to lose, 00:24:07.050 --> 00:24:11.354 align:middle line:84% you've got something really, really good there. 00:24:11.354 --> 00:24:13.770 align:middle line:84% They were a lot more flippant about some of the other ways 00:24:13.770 --> 00:24:15.395 align:middle line:84% that you can tell you have a good game. 00:24:15.395 --> 00:24:18.100 align:middle line:84% Like, you lose the game when you have 00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:21.810 align:middle line:84% a divorce because your spouse wanted the game. 00:24:21.810 --> 00:24:25.350 align:middle line:84% But I'm not sure how that metric is useful. 00:24:25.350 --> 00:24:29.730 align:middle line:90% 00:24:29.730 --> 00:24:33.346 align:middle line:84% But some other metrics that tell whether your game is-- 00:24:33.346 --> 00:24:34.970 align:middle line:84% you've got something really interesting 00:24:34.970 --> 00:24:36.790 align:middle line:84% as a game is that one is the game system is actually 00:24:36.790 --> 00:24:39.081 align:middle line:84% continually surprising the people who actually designed 00:24:39.081 --> 00:24:39.920 align:middle line:90% the game. 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.507 align:middle line:84% Then just every once in a while, you just 00:24:42.507 --> 00:24:44.090 align:middle line:84% see something you've never seen before 00:24:44.090 --> 00:24:45.423 align:middle line:90% and you're the ones who made it. 00:24:45.423 --> 00:24:48.110 align:middle line:84% You know you've got a really interesting system there. 00:24:48.110 --> 00:24:51.110 align:middle line:84% And if people have stories to tell about their game 00:24:51.110 --> 00:24:55.420 align:middle line:84% after they're done, I think Munchkin has that. 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:57.500 align:middle line:84% Cosmic Encounter definitely has that. 00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:01.685 align:middle line:84% They do try to give you the tone through the writing. 00:25:01.685 --> 00:25:05.057 align:middle line:84% Both games, Munchkin and Cosmic Encounter, 00:25:05.057 --> 00:25:06.640 align:middle line:84% these are very [INAUDIBLE] games where 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:13.100 align:middle line:84% that's a lot of verbal humor in the text. 00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:16.670 align:middle line:84% But I feel in the dynamic of Cosmic Encounter, 00:25:16.670 --> 00:25:22.610 align:middle line:84% much like [INAUDIBLE] earlier, that's also 00:25:22.610 --> 00:25:24.250 align:middle line:90% [? create an origin ?] story. 00:25:24.250 --> 00:25:26.250 align:middle line:84% I was like, this person betrayed that person. 00:25:26.250 --> 00:25:27.960 align:middle line:90% I guess Diplomacy does that too. 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.440 align:middle line:84% But you don't want to tell stories about Diplomacy 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.360 align:middle line:84% because there's so many bad things associated 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:35.070 align:middle line:84% with that whereas what happens in Cosmic Encounter 00:25:35.070 --> 00:25:36.855 align:middle line:90% is kind of hilarious usually. 00:25:36.855 --> 00:25:37.355 align:middle line:90% So-- 00:25:37.355 --> 00:25:38.780 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: [INAUDIBLE] 00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:40.900 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yeah, and Munchkin does that too. 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.360 align:middle line:84% So you can tell stories about that 00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:44.360 align:middle line:84% and say, oh, I remember the time when, you know, 00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.950 align:middle line:84% I was this close to winning and then 00:25:45.950 --> 00:25:48.677 align:middle line:84% all of you [? stopped me. ?] And then I get this power 00:25:48.677 --> 00:25:50.260 align:middle line:84% and then I managed to pull myself out. 00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:52.290 align:middle line:84% And then this person just came from nowhere 00:25:52.290 --> 00:25:53.910 align:middle line:90% and won the whole game. 00:25:53.910 --> 00:25:55.910 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: I used to be competitive about Munchkin 00:25:55.910 --> 00:25:57.030 align:middle line:84% and I played like two or three games. 00:25:57.030 --> 00:25:58.488 align:middle line:84% And I was like, this game's a joke. 00:25:58.488 --> 00:25:59.670 align:middle line:90% Like-- 00:25:59.670 --> 00:26:01.910 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: It's one long running joke, yeah. 00:26:01.910 --> 00:26:04.280 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: So there's a role or a class, something like 00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:07.297 align:middle line:84% [? the Beef, ?] where you can roll a die-- actually, 00:26:07.297 --> 00:26:08.838 align:middle line:84% even better is the one where you just 00:26:08.838 --> 00:26:10.564 align:middle line:90% take people's shit all day. 00:26:10.564 --> 00:26:12.230 align:middle line:84% Like, I had a friend who like literally, 00:26:12.230 --> 00:26:13.771 align:middle line:84% every time, he was just like rolled-- 00:26:13.771 --> 00:26:15.794 align:middle line:84% like, keep going downhill until he was level one 00:26:15.794 --> 00:26:17.210 align:middle line:84% and just keep taking people's shit 00:26:17.210 --> 00:26:19.440 align:middle line:90% and it's just like, OK, man. 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.690 align:middle line:90% You clearly don't want to win. 00:26:20.690 --> 00:26:22.439 align:middle line:84% All you're doing is trolling me right now. 00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.900 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: Right, right. 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:26.685 align:middle line:84% It's supposed to be a situation of what a role playing 00:26:26.685 --> 00:26:29.680 align:middle line:84% group actually does when they're getting together, 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:33.270 align:middle line:84% not how a role playing game actually works. 00:26:33.270 --> 00:26:41.600 align:middle line:84% OK, so I think [INAUDIBLE] with playing these games now, 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:43.730 align:middle line:84% I'm going to guess about an hour. 00:26:43.730 --> 00:26:48.230 align:middle line:84% Again, I would not suggest this with Risk Legacy for playing, 00:26:48.230 --> 00:26:50.430 align:middle line:84% but you are definitely welcome to take a look at it. 00:26:50.430 --> 00:26:52.013 align:middle line:84% The rest of the games, go right ahead. 00:26:52.013 --> 00:26:56.030 align:middle line:84% And probably, [INAUDIBLE] hopefully, 00:26:56.030 --> 00:26:58.970 align:middle line:84% the [INAUDIBLE] at least one hour, 00:26:58.970 --> 00:27:01.590 align:middle line:84% possibly 1 and 1/2 hours for you to work in your teams 00:27:01.590 --> 00:27:03.494 align:middle line:90% for the second half of class. 00:27:03.494 --> 00:27:03.994 align:middle line:90% Cool? 00:27:03.994 --> 00:27:04.494 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:27:04.494 --> 00:27:07.227 align:middle line:84% STUDENT: Are we [INAUDIBLE] then? 00:27:07.227 --> 00:27:08.810 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: Yes, [INAUDIBLE] on Monday. 00:27:08.810 --> 00:27:10.780 align:middle line:90% Sorry, did I say Wednesday? 00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:12.150 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: I don't remember. 00:27:12.150 --> 00:27:13.580 align:middle line:90% PROFESSOR: OK, all right. 00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:17.930 align:middle line:84% Yeah, Monday-- Monday is the day where we go outside and get 00:27:17.930 --> 00:27:21.217 align:middle line:84% ready to play Joust, which means wear comfortable shoes and-- 00:27:21.217 --> 00:27:22.300 align:middle line:90% STUDENT: It's [INAUDIBLE]. 00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:24.340 align:middle line:84% PROFESSOR: And hopefully it'll get warmer. 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:31.640 align:middle line:84% [INAUDIBLE] because outdoors is usually too noisy [INAUDIBLE]. 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:35.150 align:middle line:90% All right, so [INAUDIBLE] 00:27:35.150 --> 00:27:48.055 align:middle line:90%