Today, I taught the game of Blokus. Blokus is a simple game that involves laying tetris-like pieces on a grid. Players work to get rid of as many pieces as they can, attempting to block the moves of their opponents. After explaining the game to my group, I watches as they played, answering questions as they came along. One group member had played the game previously, enough to show considerable experience in laying the Blokus pieces. Her experience allowed her to visualize the board in a way that the new players were unable to see quite yet.
The second round of Blokus was a little more intense, as each player had now acquired a level of insight to some strategy in the game. Overall, the teaching experience was fun. The game is very basic to explain, but the strategy to master Blokus can be a little more complicated.
In the second half of class, I learned a new game called Fluxx. Fluxx is a unique card game in which the rules are constantly changing. There isn't really a strategy to win other than to hope that the cards go in your favor. This would be a frustrating game to play if you were a competitive person, but I quite liked it. It was carefree and surprisingly easy to follow and understand.
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