tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post4132299183602135023..comments2023-12-03T23:16:56.786-07:00Comments on Cumbersome: Watch It Played promo gameSeth Jaffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-14351265717616701192014-07-08T23:25:16.422-07:002014-07-08T23:25:16.422-07:00Interesting to know about the gaming industry! Tha...Interesting to know about the gaming industry! Thanks for the share!Game Development Institutehttp://www.backstagepass.co.in/about/about-institutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-19814551999970254362014-06-16T15:22:02.544-07:002014-06-16T15:22:02.544-07:00For those interested, Watch It Played card game go...For those interested, Watch It Played card game got an inaugural play at Origins last weekend... Andy and I played a 2 player game, and then I played a 4 player game as well.<br /><br />Let me begin by saying that, as any game designer knows, the first live playtest of a game is not always pretty. But I'm happy to report that as first tests go, this actually went very well!<br /><br />I'll certainly have some tweaking to do, and there's a question as to the game length (and how exactly the end of the game should be handled), but so far so good!Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-25590897297151607462014-06-08T00:35:51.914-07:002014-06-08T00:35:51.914-07:00@Chris - I think that's not outside the scope ...@Chris - I think that's not outside the scope of the thumb cards... the Thumb cards are the same as the Comment cards, which will be attached to videos and will add or subtract views or thumbs of various colors.<br /><br />The BACK of the cards will have generic thumbs, so if you have nothing better or really need 1 more thumb of a particular color to win majority, then you can spend your turn tucking any card face down as a generic thumb. Since that's the back of the card, I don't think it makes sense to make any of them unique. The card names that you mention would be what the other side f the card does when you play it.<br /><br />Interesting idea on the game end card. Is it much different than just playing until the deck is out? I guess it would introduce some variability to the game end.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments!Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-75359735480297714602014-06-07T21:54:34.854-07:002014-06-07T21:54:34.854-07:00The 18/36 distribution makes a lot of sense. As fa...The 18/36 distribution makes a lot of sense. As far as the thumb cards go, what about making 30 of the cards generic thumb cards and have 5 special cards. "Hot New Game", "Celebrity Endorsement" and others to add some spice to the thumb cards. These special cards would be a way to add multipliers to the videos rather than stick with a generic thumb. The 36th card could be a deck timing card. Shuffled into the last 10 cards at the start of the game, when it appears, that players turn is played and then all discarded thumb cards are reshuffled and the timing card is then shuffled into the last third of the new thumb deck. The second time it appears that players turn is played out and the game is over. Thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690221955179388126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-88814433292434829862014-06-05T03:00:51.882-07:002014-06-05T03:00:51.882-07:00For those interested, here's a first draft of ...For those interested, here's a first draft of the Video cards...<br /><br />https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4093/My%20Games/Watch%20It%20Played/WIP.pdf<br /><br />The first page is the backs of the Comment cards. The black Thumb icon can be tucked behind the Video cards, sticking out to the left, adding a thumb to the video. I'm thinking a Black thumb can count as any 1 color that video supports.<br /><br />The other pages are the fronts and backs of the Video cards. The backs show the game box, the cost (in comment cards) to post the video, and the distribution of thumbs you'll find on the other side of the card.<br /><br />The fronts show number of views (points), and some thumbs - color coded by category:<br /><br />Red = Gateway game,<br />Orange = Cooperative game,<br />Purple = Card game,<br />Yellow = Euro game,<br />Light Blue = Train game,<br />Green = Complicated game... which I apparently didn't put enough of on these cards!)<br /><br />I sorta messed up a bit - I think the score + thumbs should add up to 500 (counting thumbs as 100), 700 on the cards that cost 2.Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-28820728807318525512014-06-04T09:59:53.069-07:002014-06-04T09:59:53.069-07:00It would be nice to feature games from the past. L...It would be nice to feature games from the past. Like if we had 18 games, we could take the first 18 games Rod ran through, unless there is good reason not to? Perhaps pick from as many publishers as possible? Or perhaps even have parody names for games, like Imminent Dominance? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-22775532330511030442014-06-02T20:17:28.869-07:002014-06-02T20:17:28.869-07:00This is a really neat idea! I'm guessing that ...This is a really neat idea! I'm guessing that any publisher is going to be more than happy to have images of their games included in this game (including Stonemaier).Jamey Stegmaierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391877064937316343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-784489640537496122014-06-02T18:52:59.503-07:002014-06-02T18:52:59.503-07:00You could have an end game card called "Inter...You could have an end game card called "Internet down" shuffled into the last 1/4 of the draw deck....I hate auto correct btw. Count points when the internet goes downAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690221955179388126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-54826611115031153632014-06-02T18:37:35.964-07:002014-06-02T18:37:35.964-07:00Since the takino away of views is against the them...Since the takino away of views is against the theme, what about a slide scale of positive/negative reviews. You could add a troll card for a negative review that is really just a guy having a bad dayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690221955179388126noreply@blogger.com