I've been Talking with Nigel and the overall presentation will be a poster. The design of the poster will be like some kind of bard game, similar in style to the game of life in design. Every so often on the board there will be a year and a physical game created in that year. Background information will be on separate sheets to discuss. For digital games there will be off shoots on the board with plug sockets. These are connected to TVs which house the digital game name and Years.
I might make a power point with images of the games, to display more information while saving space on the actual poster presentation. I'll see what Nigel thinks about that.
Social Board Games: Scrabble
Name: Scrabble
Year of original Release: 1948
Rules:
This is a word based game where points are given to players who create words on the board. There are special areas where if a word crosses it in some way the player will gain points bonuses. Points are given based on the point values of each letter used in a word. The more common a letter is, the fewer points that letter gains. For example, E gains very few points whereas Q gains a lot more. words can also only be placed if it uses at least one letter from another word already on the board (except the first word).
What makes it social:
What isn't social about a game about words? Often arguments or discussions will arise as to whether a word is real or not and the player who made it should get points for using a load of rare letters. Scrabble also helps improve the vocabulary of the people playing as it encourage usage of less common words with less common characters. Talking between players help improve this aspect. People who play for the first time tend to not gain as many points.
Year of original Release: 1948
Rules:
This is a word based game where points are given to players who create words on the board. There are special areas where if a word crosses it in some way the player will gain points bonuses. Points are given based on the point values of each letter used in a word. The more common a letter is, the fewer points that letter gains. For example, E gains very few points whereas Q gains a lot more. words can also only be placed if it uses at least one letter from another word already on the board (except the first word).
What makes it social:
What isn't social about a game about words? Often arguments or discussions will arise as to whether a word is real or not and the player who made it should get points for using a load of rare letters. Scrabble also helps improve the vocabulary of the people playing as it encourage usage of less common words with less common characters. Talking between players help improve this aspect. People who play for the first time tend to not gain as many points.
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