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This is another game that’s on order after a demo, but I’m very excited to take an in depth look at it afterward. Because the scoring is based on the wager and not having the correct answer, even students who don’t know the facts can still try to guess what the correct answer is. The answers nearest the middle get the lowest payout and the answers at the extremes get a higher payout. Then, the answers are arranged from lowest to highest, and the players place a bet on which answer they think is correct. Each player is asked a question with a number for an answer (for example, “How many people signed the Declaration of Independence?”) and writes down their answer on a markerboard. Wits and Wagers – Wits and Wagers is a spin on trivia games in which you don’t necessarily have to know the correct answer – you can guess what the correct answer is. It’s a good sequencing game for older students, especially if you can get them to talk out their reasoning behind where a certain invention should go.

The first version of the game, Inventions, features various innovations throughout history including writing, the corkscrew, and the compact disc.

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Timeline: Inventions – Timeline is a sequencing game in which players need to put a series of cards in chronological order. The educational aspect of the game is learning about where the communication breakdowns occur and how they can be prevented. In one game, we got to see, through a variety of miscues, “wig” become “belly button”. Continue until the pad reaches its original owner. The pads are passed, and the players then have to draw the previous player’s guess. The pads are passed to the player next to them, who has to guess what the picture is. The players get a prompt (usually a one-word or two-word phrase) and one minute to draw it. Each player in the group has a markerboard pad with multiple pages.

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Telestrations – Telestrations is my big find of the convention, and the subject of my next full post. The best way to describe it is free-answer Apples to Apples – instead of picking a card, each player writes a response on a markerboard. Say Anything – Say Anything is a game I didn’t buy at the convention, but will be ordering soon based on a demo in the dealer’s hall. There’s some literacy, too, but I’m considering it as an option for lower elementary students who are working on ecology units in class (gotta address that NCLB-mandated curriculum relevancy, after all). It’s similar to Uno in that your goal is to get rid of the cards in your hand by matching, but differs in that all the matches are nature-themed (tree, water, bug, bird) rather than just color and number. Hike – A small-press casual card game I had never heard of before this convention. So, if your administrator questions using a game about sharks eating robots in therapy, you can respond by saying that you’re using an *award-winning* therapy tool – and then deflect the follow-up question about which award. Get Bit! – I discussed this game in an earlier blog post, but I wanted to bring it up again because it won this year’s Origins Award for Best Family, Party, or Children’s Game.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with storage for the previous expansions, so I’ll have to see if all the cards fit into my Dixit: Odyssey box. The artwork is of very high quality and less “cartoony” than previous Dixit games, and it comes with updated 3-6 player rules (although I haven’t had a chance to review those yet). While most of the games we played didn’t relate to speech pathology or the use of board games therein, I did find some gems I wanted to share:ĭixit: Journey – I mentioned this expansion for Dixit when I discussed the game itself, but I finally got my hands on a copy. We had a lot of fun, played a lot of board games, and lamented that we could not come for the entire convention due to its overlap with the school year. Yes, we paid for all the ones I’m going to talk about.Īs I mentioned in my previous post, my wife and I attended the Origins Game Fair last weekend. The games added to our collection last weekend (mouseover for list).

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