gameplay and ludology
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Gameplay and Ludology
Amy O’Toole
Game 1
Horse:
The aim of the game is to arrive at your destination with the most Points.
Rules
Can play with up to 4 people.
Every time you pass a horse or a horse related object * you shout out horse.
You can only say one horse per field e.g.. If you pass a field full of horses it only counts as one point.
E.g.. Horse box, Pictures of horses, seahorse.
The Twist
If you pass a graveyard the first player to say “graveyard” keeps their points but all the other players points get cancelled out.
Game 2
Blind Illustration
2 or more Players
Can be teams
One person (in the team) is blind folded
Rules
The person who is blind folded is given a word and they have 20 seconds to draw it.
The person who draws it the best wins
Team or person with the most points wins the game
Game 3
Animal in the Dark
For 4 players and up
Aim: Find the right person
Rules
To begin: everyone stands in a circle except for one person who is it. They stand in the middle of the circle.
Someone turns off the light and everyone in the circle shuffles around the room.
The person who is “it” calls out one persons name and they have to respond with an animal noise
More Rules
The person who is “it” has to find his/her way to the person who made the noise
They have 3 chances to get it right
If they get it wrong they have to be “it” again
If they get it right then the person they caught is “it”
Game 4
Traffic Lights
2 players and up
One person is the traffic warden
What to do?
The warden stands with their backs to the other players
The players take steps towards the warden
The warden shouts red and turns around
The people caught still moving are out
The warden calls green and the players move again
The first player to reach the warden is the winner
Game 5Pin the tail on (insert name)
This is a drinking game version of pin the tail on the donkey
You stick one of your friends pictures on the body of a donkey*
*example to follow
The picture has sections surrounding it
The sections will have tasks to do
If the tail lands on one of the sections they have to do the task
For example “drink 3 shots in 10 seconds”
If the tail lands on the donkeys body then you can pick someone else to take a shot