Blog Post 8: Final Project

My final project is going to be a video of me and my friends playing a game called One Night Ultimate Werewolf!

My inspiration came from Will Wheaton's Tabletop series. I've watched some Board Game let's plays but I had never seen one so comprehensive until I saw Will Wheaton's. He does a great job explaining the games without being too boring or just reciting the rules. He combines footage of the gameplay with cuts of the mechanics as they come up so that it's not just a bunch of rules at the beginning. It's engaging and interesting the whole time!

I figured I could work off of his model and play a game like the one I linked above. One Night Ultimate Werewolf is my choice because it's relatively easy to understand and doesn't involve too many mechanics. It can also be customized to be easier/harder depending on the cards you decide to include.

I have practiced the game and gotten a good group together. I believe we will have a team with a Werewolf, Seer, Robber, Drunk, Hunter, Masons, and Minion. It seemed to have a dynamic that was still interesting without being too simple or too complicated.

In my video, I plan on explaining the game but then giving the watchers the option of knowing who is who. I will either link to a different video or allow the viewer to click on the screen that will allow them to skip ahead past the "reveal." This is not something I have seen in youtube letsplays, sometimes I am in the mood to know what is going on and other times I want to watch the group dynamics and try to extrapolate the information myself.

Although I haven't filmed it yet, I am very excited to do this video and so are my friends! I plan on explaining some dynamics using the reference page on boardgamegeek. 

I'll update when I have the video made, thanks for reading!