Steven Sojka and Amy Wilke

Assignment 2

New Game board rules:  Get off the “island” with 3 eggs.

1. Each player starts with 3 eggs and 1 dinosaur on the board.

2. Player draws UNO card and moves number of spaces on card.  Player tokens can move any direction but can not switch direction once they have started moving a direction.  Unless they have reached the end of the board.  If 0 is drawn the player does not move any spaces but gets to roll the die.

3. Player rolls dice after moving token.

4. Player can move dinosaur number of spaces on die.  dinsaur tokens can move one direction once they reach the end of lava field this is symbolized by the direction the dinosaur faces.

5. If a dinosaur lands on an oppents space, that player looses 1 egg and puts the egg in the “volcano pit.”

6. If number on dice matches number on card, that player may steal an egg from any opponent.

7. If a player token lands on another players dinosaur the player with the dinosaur gives up an egg to the player with the player token or that player can regain an egg that was put in the ‘volcano pit.”

An interesting motivation goal for a game, to get off an Island with 3 eggs.  I like the mechanic of dinosaurs with eggs and the adversion to the volcano pit.  The rules are simple and clear and the dynamics of the mechanics keep you activly interested in the game.

Amy J. Wilke

Monte Cook began game design in 1988.  He co designed, “The Dungeons and Dragons Game.”  From the first time he picked up a comic book, artist Jeanne Pierre Target knew what he wanted to become.  For fourteen years he created covers.  In 2000 he designed a cover painting “Circle at the Center” for a book.  He reflects a rare treatment of creativity that MOnte Cook utilizes in his game board artistry.  characters and designs that on a cover or as a role in a game regress to an evutionary state.  Human features that regress to evolutionary state.  A human that evolves and devolops apelike features while their character travels the game stradegy or path.  Or standing the appearance of a path’s movement on a hardcover.  Both contain cognitive shortcommings on a book cover.  Both contain cognitive shortcommings that hinder the ablity to weild weapons or wear armor.  Both combine the best characteristics of wild animals with calculation and the obviousness of wild animals with calculation and the obviousness of deadly warrior intelligence.

Hildegard of Bingen was a famous Medival Artist.  The Medieval Times encompasses one of the most interesting periods in the history of art.  Its subjects and content compare very well with the Medival game design of Dungeons and Dragons game designer, Monte Cook.  His designs and mediums more than just similar to Hildegard of Bingen.  Both involve roleplaying, defines the genre, and is fantasy orientated.  It involves that players devote hours of their time.  It contains heros, deadly monsters, and diverse settings.  Players create heroic famtasy characters, mighty warriors, stealthy rogues, or powerful wizards, and they guide through adventures to defeat monsters and other challenges.  It grows in power and achievement.  The game offers many possibilities and a multitude of choices.