Introduction to games through Play!

To be a game designer, you have to be a gamer first. So, for students' first days with me, they played games. Each day they played a short game that could be learned and played in a single class period. Each game was chosen because of its mechanics and so collectively, students would acquire familiarity with a good handful of mechanics, right at the start. Each group of kids stayed together, so over the course of three days, they each learned all three games.

This was a good idea, especially as an intro to the Quick Game Design Workshop, and the mechanics learned complement the games kids play when I put them into groups.

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PPG: Villains at Large

Mechanics: ​
​Auction/Bidding, Hand Management

cthulhu in the House

Mechanics: 
​Modular Board, Point to Point Movement, Secret Unit Deployment

*will probably be replaced next time with Hey That's My Fish!

Deep sea adventure

Mechanics: 
​Pick-up and Deliver, Press Your Luck, Roll and Move