Strategy and Design

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Week One – November 30th - December 4th

Monday – Introduction to class & Playing Blokus

Classwork: Play Blokus or DVONN

Tuesday – Playing Blokus, Gemblo or Fjords

Classwork: Play Blokus, Gemblo, Fjords and/or DVONN

Classwork: Set up an account on boardgamegeek.com

Wednesday – Blog entry #1

Classwork: Discuss the rubric for blog entries

Homework: Write up Blog entry #1

Thursday – BGG & What makes a good abstract game

Classwork: BGG: Quickbar, Plays and Ratings

Classwork: Read the description of Abstract Games

Homework: Read J. Mark Thompson’s article “Defining the Abstract

Friday – Discussing blog entries / Playing Pueblo or Blokus

Classwork: Play Pueblo/Blokus

Homework: Log your game

Homework: Complete Blog entry #4

Week Two – December 7th - December 11th

Monday – Other games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Rumis, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Tuesday – Other games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Homework: Write up Blog entry #2

Wednesday – Other games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Thursday – Playing Take It Easy!

Classwork: Play Take it Easy!

Homework: Log your games

Homework: Listen to Joe Peterson’s podcast on abstract games

Friday – Other games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Homework: Write up Blog entry #3

Week Three – December 14th - December 18th

Monday – Teaching/Learning Ingenious, Hey! That’s My Fish, YINSH and DVONN

Classwork: Play Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Tuesday – Teaching/Learning Ingenious, Hey! That’s My Fish, YINSH and DVONN

Classwork: Play Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Log your games

Wednesday – Discuss Abstract Games Unit Project

Classwork: Discuss Abstract Games Unit Assessment

Homework: Begin Abstract Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)

Thursday – Games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Abstract Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)

Friday – Games with characteristics of abstracts

Classwork: Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH

Homework: Abstract Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)

Week Four – January 4th - January 8th

Monday - No School

Snow day

Tuesday – No School

Ice day

Wednesday – Puzzle Races

Classwork: Play Flix Mix, Ubongo, Ubongo Extreme and Set

Homework: Log your games

Thursday – Puzzle Races

Classwork: Play Ricochet Robots, Turbo Taxi and Bongo

Homework: Log your games

Friday – Puzzle Races

Classwork: Play Rapidcroco and Carrousel

Homework: Log your games

Week Five – January 11th - January 15th

Monday - Puzzle Races

Classwork: Choose a puzzle race game to play

Homework: Log your games

Tuesday – Work Period

Classwork: Make up any missing blog posts

Homework: Finish your Abstract Games Unit Assessment

Wednesday – Dice Games – 10,000 and Can't Stop

Classwork: Play Can’t Stop and 10,000

Homework: Log your games

Thursday – Can’t Stop & 10,000

Classwork: Log your games

Homework: Write up your response to Blog entry #15

Homework: Write up your response to Blog entry #16

FridayNo School – Progress Reports

Week Six – January 18th - January 22nd

Monday – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No School

Tuesday – Template for Creating a Rules Summary

Classwork: Discuss Template for Creating a Rules Summary

Classwork: Begin reading rules for Airships

Wednesday – Reading rules for Airships and Yspahan

Classwork: Prepare for tomorrow’s Airships game

Homework: Be completely ready to play Airships tomorrow

Classwork: Discuss rules to Yspahan

Homework: Write up a Rules Summary for Airships

Thursday – Parent Conferences – No School

Friday – Parent Conferences – No School

Week Seven – January 25th - January 29th

Monday – Reading rules for Airships and Yspahan

Classwork: Prepare for tomorrow’s Airships game

Homework: Be completely ready to play Airships tomorrow

Classwork: Discuss rules to Yspahan

Homework: Write up a Rules Summary for Airships

Tuesday – Airships

Classwork: Play Airships

Homework: Log your games

Wednesday – Yspahan

Classwork: Play Yspahan

Homework: Log your games

Thursday – Yspahan or Airships

Classwork: Play Airships or Yspahan

Homework: Log your games

FridayYspahan or Airships

Classwork: Play Airships or Yspahan

Homework: Log your games

Week Eight – February 1st - February 5th

Monday – Calculating Probability in Dice Games

Homework: Calculate the probability of achieving a given card from Airships with one of each type of dice

Tuesday – Readings on Dice Games

Classwork: Read my entry on Dice Games

Classwork: Read Rick Holzgrafe's intro & first 6 geeklist entries

Classwork: Read the following excerpts from Dave Shapiro's Dice Fest article: The Fine Line and Traditional Dice Games (including the sections on Traditional and Games with Dice)

Homework: Revise Rules Summary for Airships (due Thursday)

Homework: Blog entry #17 (due Thursday)

Wednesday – Work Period

Classwork: Revise Rules Summary for Airships (due tomorrow)

Homework: Blog entry #17 (due tomorrow)

Homework: Log your games

Thursday – Open Gaming / Work Period

Classwork: Play Airships or Yspahan or work on Blog entry #18 or #19

Homework: Log your games

Friday – Open Gaming / Work Period

Classwork: Play Airships or Yspahan or work on Blog entries

Homework: Log your games

Homework: Blog entries #18 and #19 (due Monday)

Week Nine – February 8th - February 12th

Monday – Learn and Play Dominion

Classwork: Play Dominion

Homework: Log your plays

Tuesday – Dominion

Classwork: Play Dominion

Homework: Log your plays

Wednesday – Dominion

Classwork: Play Dominion

Homework: Log your plays

Thursday – Dominion

Classwork: Play Dominion

Homework: Log your plays

Friday – Open Gaming

Classwork: Open gaming

Homework: Blog Post #20

Week Ten – February 15th - February 19th

Monday – President’s Day – No school

Tuesday – Dominion

Classwork: Discuss Dominion blog posts

Homework: Play Dominion & Log your plays

Wednesday – Probability Work Sample review

Classwork: Notes on Work Sample #3

Homework: Begin Work Sample (due Monday)

Thursday – Dominion

Classwork: Play Dominion or work on Work Sample

Homework: Log your plays

FridayDominion

Classwork: Play Dominion or work on Blog Post #21

Homework: Blog Post #21 (due Monday)

Week Eleven – February 22nd - February 26th

Monday – Ticket to Ride

Classwork: Learn to play Ticket to Ride

Homework: Blog Post #22 (due Thursday at the start of class)

Tuesday – Ticket to Ride –

Classwork: Play Ticket to Ride

Homework: Log your plays

Wednesday – Ticket to Ride –

Classwork: Play Ticket to Ride

Homework: Log your plays

Homework: Blog Post #22 (due Thursday at the start of class)

Thursday – Ticket to Ride

Classwork: Play Ticket to Ride

Homework: Log your plays

FridayTicket to Ride – Juniors on Zoo Field Trip

Classwork: Play Ticket to Ride

Homework: Log your plays

Week Twelve – February 29th - March 4th

Monday – Trick taking games – Tichu and Tarot

Classwork: Learn Tichu or Tarot

Homework: Log your plays

Tuesday – Final project work period / Open gaming

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Wednesday – Final project presentations

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Thursday – Final Exams

FridayNo School - End of Trimester