Maybe the title is not as deep as something Rustin Cohle might say, but I hope that season 2 of my blog isn’t like True Detective. Nevermind. I’ve already written about Timeline in my filler entry. But to be honest, it was one of the first games I was thinking of re-skinning for the purposes of […]
Category: Conference Games
Wits & Wagers
Trivia games are always a challenge for two reasons. First, someone with the right knowledge base will probably dominate, while someone without the right knowledge will just sit there feeling useless. Also, the limited mechanic of asking a question and replying with an answer can get stale fast. Various game authors have addressed this in […]
Charades
Charades is well-known parlor game, where the participants have to guess a word or phrase that is being mimed to them by one of the team members. In the most classical version, participants are divided into teams, each person submits one or more phrases written on a piece of paper and drops them into a […]
Bonus: Judge Letter
If you don’t know what Love Letter is, see my short description in my previous post. If you like the game and are in a creative mood, you can try making a judge themed version of the game. And if you do create a print & play version, send it to me and I’ll put […]
Five Fulfilling Fillers
Today something different – five quick games that can be played before your shift starts, during a long lunch break or when winding down after the event. Some of these could also be played during the trip to and from the event. Cardline / Timeline These are two series of two simple games. The goal […]
One in Ten (or Was That Fifteen)
One in Ten is a very popular (over 20 years on the air!) Polish TV game show based on the British format Fifteen to One (only five, ha!). It was adopted as judge trivia “game show” for the Polish judge conferences by Krzysiek “Szeszej” Ciesielka and Łukasz Bylica. Gameplay Players assemble into team, originally each […]
Time’s Up!
Time’s Up is a hilarious party game. The game combines charades and taboo, while adding a very interesting twist. The game is played with 40 randomly selected cards with different phrases (there are multiple versions of the game depending on your preference). The game is played over the course of three rounds – each one using the same forty cards. For an audience of Magic judges we prepared a deck containing the names of Magic sets.