Who is the Werewolf? Chose wisely.

"The game ain't always fair and that's the thing though. You can play your heart out and everyone don't get a ring though"- Drake.

For the elective STEAM course Game Changers. In the course we learned about board games from designers. We even designed our own prototype board game. As the weeks went by,we played multiple games that some of us knew and some we didn't know. We played games we didn't like and games we loved from Pandemic to Scrabble. For this action project, we made recommendations for board games for a scenario. I found it easy to pick a scenario, but picking game I thought met all my needs for my scenario was hard to do they either met only one or two of my needs. I eventually learned to just make do with the games that met only a few of my needs for my scenario till I found games that met at least four of my needs(Outburst and Werewolf). I am very proud of myself for finished product.

In my scenario, a high school swim team is on a road trip for the a competition. They need a game that can be played on the bus and can have as many as 12 players.

The biggest needs are:

• Capable of having more than 12 people
• playing at once 
• 10 minutes or longer 
• Easy to travel with 
• Easy to play 
• 40 - 100$
• Cover to so that if a player who is wet plays it doesn’t get messed up

• I have chosen two games (Outburst and Werewolf) that fit what the needs for my scenario.

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The swim team would benefit from either of these games. Since both are party games and both can be player for more than 10 minutes. Outburst has the positive of the red card holder which will protect the cards from getting wet. They are both fun games that connect the players in a fun and easy way and both would be suitably for the needs of the swim team.

If I had to chose one of the these games I would chose werewolf even though Outburst cost wise is better and has multiple cards to play which can last for hours. Werewolf has many other characters that can be added to the mix and make the outcome of the game change by just adding the seer or the town idiot to the game. The game is better for travel all you need is the cards and the a solution to the cards getting wet is to get covers for the cards. While Outburst would be hard to bring. You can easily lose the cards since there are so many. Outburst is really met for only up to 4 players while werewolf can have up to 16 or more players. This game is easy and simple and makes you think of ways to prove who the werewolves are by determining who is to quiet and who is talking to much. This game is the best choice in my opinion.