{"id":816,"date":"2015-02-19T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=816"},"modified":"2015-02-19T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:15:13","slug":"game-night-table-top-games-with-huge-replay-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/game-night-table-top-games-with-huge-replay-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Game night: table-top games with huge replay value"},"content":{"rendered":"
By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY\r\n Entertainment Editor<\/pre>\n
My friends and I have taken up to playing games.<\/p>\n
Right now, you might be imagining kickball or \u201cGrand Theft Auto\u201d; however — while those are both awesome — the games we\u2019ve been playing aren’t at home outside or on the TV, but instead on the tabletop (or the carpet).<\/p>\n
Game night has become a weekly tradition at my house, and in case you\u2019re considering making it a tradition at yours, here\u2019s a quick rundown of some of the best board and card games my roommates, friends, and I keep returning to every weekend. All of these games are best played with 2-6 players.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d <\/p>\n
My only disclaimer for this card game is this: it\u2019s not for everyone. Or maybe a better way to put it is that not everyone is for this game. The entire focus of \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d is on storytelling.<\/p>\n
Players have a hand of cards with fairy tale elements such as \u201cPrincess,\u201d \u201cDragon\u201d and \u201cDungeon.\u201d These are called Story Cards. The game begins as one player, the Storyteller, who begins telling a story, utilizing their cards to
\nfurther the plot, guiding it to their specific Ending Card.<\/p>\n
The other players can use Interrupt Cards to become the new Storyteller. The first player to play all their Story Cards and reach their ending wins. It may sound complicated, but you get the hang of it quickly. The more creative and inventive the players are, the better. The stories created during this game can be hilarious and exciting, and you\u2019ll find yourself wanting to write some of them down.<\/p>\n
\u201cClue Mysteries\u201d *<\/p>\n
If I have any complaints about the game \u201cClue,\u201d it\u2019s that games don\u2019t last nearly
\nlong enough. If you agree with that sentiment, and also worry that \u201cClue\u201d isn\u2019t complicated or convoluted enough, then \u201cClue Mysteries\u201d is the board game for you.<\/p>\n
Taking the mystery-solving theme of \u201cClue\u201d and expanding it from a single crime in a single house to 50 individual crimes in a whole town full
\nof suspects, \u201cClue Mysteries\u201d has a terrific amount of replay value. The gathering of clues involves getting statements from characters (many of them new, although the usual suspects are still present), cracking codes, and traveling all across town to catch a criminal.<\/p>\n
While the classic murder weapons are unfortunately absent, the game makes up for it with cool detective tools such as a magnifying glass, mirror, and key.<\/p>\n
\u201cFluxx\u201d *<\/p>\n
Another card game and one of the wildest, most wonderfully unpredictable games
\nI\u2019ve ever played. In \u201cFluxx,\u201d the rules are determined by the cards in your hand, and they\u2019re always changing.<\/p>\n
Complete aspects of the game can be changed with a single card, such as how many cards can be drawn, how many or what cards can be played, and what it takes to win. Games can last five minutes or they can last an hour.<\/p>\n
There are dozens of versions, ranging from \u201cCartoon Network Fluxx\u201d to \u201cCthulhu
\nFluxx\u201d and \u201cMonty Python Fluxx.\u201d Every play-through is different, making \u201cFluxx\u201d endlessly enjoyable.<\/p>\n
Board and card games are fun; that\u2019s kind of the whole point. And while some are
\nmore fun than others (I\u2019m not a huge fan of \u201cSettlers of Catan,\u201d but it\u2019s a popular one you should also check out), try to be open to whatever games come your way. You\u2019ll find the ones that stick.<\/p>\n
Tabletop games may not be as popular as sports or video games, but they can be just as much — if not more — fun. <\/p>\n
*Shout out to Sarah Cotter for recommending these games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By NATHANIEL DUNAWAY Entertainment Editor My friends and I have taken up to playing games. Right now, you might be imagining kickball or \u201cGrand Theft Auto\u201d; however — while those are both awesome — the games we\u2019ve been playing aren’t at home outside or on the TV, but instead on the tabletop (or the carpet). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}