Analyzing: Betrayal at House on the Hill

Introduction:
So, time again for another blog post. The second one for the Game Design: Analysis course. This week me and my group have been playing Betrayal at House on the Hill.

The Game:
This game is all about exploring a house with your friends. You can play as one of 3-6 players which must walk through a haunted house to find different items and rooms to defeat a traitor in their midst. In the beginning of the game, none of the […]

Board Game Analysis: Last Night on Earth

For the second board game analysis of this course, my group chose to play Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game.
Last Night on Earth is a zombie survival game for 2 to 6 players in which both the human and zombie side are player-controlled. The human players must survive to win the game, and the zombie players must stop them at any cost.
The game is divided into a base game, with the core rules, and an advanced game with additional […]

System analysis of Arkham Horror

Week 3, and our second game to analyse, Arkham Horror. I was sceptic that I would like the game, as the only time I have heard “Arkham” have been in the Batman series, which I am not too fond of. I was gladly surprised to see they got no connection what-so-ever, and I actually enjoyed this game quite a lot (though the games could drag on for a very long time).
The game is a co-op turn-based PvE. I will go […]

Portobello market

London 1921… Market traders gather at the world-famous Portobello Market to set up their markets stalls on the most valuable places. Build your stalls in the most profitable districts and steal the best streets in front of the eyes of your opponent. Bobbyn (police) determines where stalls can be built, but with a little effort, you can move him anywhere.
Parts of the Portobello Market that was good
When you have four players to play with, the game has really good intense […]

Board game analysis Stratego.

So here we go! Second board game analysis. Stratego.
For our second board game we chose Stratego, a strategy game with strong focus on memory, tactics and deception. After some research it seems that it was the so called official modern version , it uses the original rules with two players and the ranks of the pieces are counted upwards (1 is the least powerful piece and 10 is the most as opposed to the American version where 1 is most […]

Board game analysis Stratego.

So here we go! Second board game analysis. Stratego.
For our second board game we chose Stratego, a strategy game with strong focus on memory, tactics and deception. After some research it seems that it was the so called official modern version , it uses the original rules with two players and the ranks of the pieces are counted upwards (1 is the least powerful piece and 10 is the most as opposed to the American version where 1 is most […]

Last Night on Earth the board game

Last Night on Earth the board game
Analysis Introduction
Me and my group chose to play and analyze the game Last Night on Earth, which is a zombie themed board game for two to six players. When playing this game there should be at least four human champions on the field against of the players who must play as the Zombie team and controlling several zombies. There are event cards that is drawn at the beginning of the game, deciding the goal […]

System analysis of Arkham Horror

Week 3, and our second game to analyse, Arkham Horror. I was sceptic that I would like the game, as the only time I have heard “Arkham” have been in the Batman series, which I am not too fond of. I was gladly surprised to see they got no connection what-so-ever, and I actually enjoyed this game quite a lot (though the games could drag on for a very long time).
The game is a co-op turn-based PvE. I will go […]

Last Night on Earth

ForewordWhat you are about to read is an analysis of a board game. The analysis will be structured in such a way that it will be easy to follow. It will begin with an introduction and then carry on with a basic look at what the game is followed with a listing of mechanics and explanations; then a list of the good and the bad followed by target audience and conclusions. Each subject matter that is touched on and explained […]

Pandemic – Board Game Analysis 2

This week me and my group played another board game and here is the analysis of that game.
The game we chose was Pandemic. It’s played by 2-4 players. The goal of the game is to fight diseases and find cures for them. When all cures are found you win the game. This is done together with the other players where you help each other fighting outbreaks around the world. You play on earth and […]

Last Night on Earth the board game

Last Night on Earth the board game
Analysis Introduction
Me and my group chose to play and analyze the game Last Night on Earth, which is a zombie themed board game for two to six players. When playing this game there should be at least four human champions on the field against of the players who must play as the Zombie team and controlling several zombies. There are event cards that is drawn at the beginning of the game, deciding the goal […]

Stratego Analysis

This week we got to choose a new game to write an analysis about. We picked the game Stratego; a game that I would describe as “Chess meets Memory meets Roshambo”.
Stratego is a game made for two players and takes place on a field of 10*10 squares. There are two lakes close to the middle and no units can walk on them.
This is the game space:

Each player is given 40 game pieces and gets to place them however he […]