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Nice Games Jam: "Blame the Cat! (with Monica Fan)"

Episode 259 Published 4 years, 1 month ago
Description

Game designer Monica Fan joins us this week for a Nice Games Jam that is extra-mischievous and extra-cute. There's drama amongst the roommates, and we're pretty sure the cat's to blame. But can we prove it? Can your Nice Hosts (and Nice Guest) make a playable prototype by the end of the episode? How many times will Stephen say "meow" before the outro rolls? So many questions!

Prompt
From Dale this time: "Design a game where you discover clues and have to solve a mundane mystery. Bonus points if there is a cat in it. EXTRA bonus point if it's the cat who did it!"
Game type
Card game
Player count
4
Materials

Standard deck of playing cards

Coins or tokens to indicate the accumulation of blame

OPTIONAL: A real cat to sit in the middle of the game table

Setup
  1. Sort the deck by suit.
    1. Pull out the Aces and Jokers and set them aside. You'll use the Aces in a minute, but not the Jokers.
    2. Remove six random cards from three of the suits (Clubs, Spades, and Diamonds) and set those aside for the game.
    3. Shuffle the remaining cards into a deck and pull a random card from the deck. Don't look at it! This is the card th
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