Play Test Tracker

Play Test Documents: 1/16/20 (beginning of Spring 2020)

Test 3

Test 4




Play test after the Printing by Game Crafter

Version Z

Document for note taking and Summary Report (at the bottom)

  • Each table should collaborate on its own summary report.
  • Add photos to the report that shows the test environment and helps to explain issues.

Table 1 Google Doc

Table 2 Google Doc

Google Drive Folder for the Photographs

Photographs Folder

From Fall 2019 below

Test on Dec. 5 with Old Streets Teams at KCAD

  • Rm. 214
  • Set up the rooms Tuesday Dec, 3
  • There will be 9 persons in each room (11 from Powderkeg and 7 from Old Streets)

Materials needed

(2) card decks (Becca will print)(Becca and Sean will cut)(Becca will label backs)

(4) instruction booklets (Bill will make)

(1) intro video (with shortened credits)(Done... just don't play all the way through)

(1) instruction video (Maddy and Megan)

Play Test Set-Up

Do this on Tuesday Dec. 3

    • Station 1: Megan, Maddy,
    • Station 2: Tony, Derrick

Play Test Table 1

uneven # of players

Teacher/Photographer (plays videos & takes photos)

  • Derrick

Players

  • Fabian Fronz
  • Lauren
  • Alex

Play Assistants

  • Tony

Observer Note-Taker

  • Katherine Kehoe (instructions observer)(will have a booklet)(blue)
  • Sarah Ling (Interpersonal communications observer)(yellow)
  • Catherine Pasman (timer)

Play Test Table 2

even # of players

Teacher/Photographer (plays videos & takes photos)

  • Julia Hernandez

Players

  • Nolan
  • Luke
  • Hansol
  • Lexy

Play Assistants

  • Maddy
  • Megan

Observer Note-Taker

  • Jillian Oberts (instructions observer)(will have a booklet)(blue)
  • Laurel Powers (Interpersonal communications observer)(yellow)
  • Sarah Drews (timer)

Google Docs

Notes from Sean and Becca

When they printed the deck, they played the game to see if all the cards were there

  • Hey Bill! Here are the problems that Becca and I found while playtesting powderkeg
  • Powder Keg cards sometimes called Major Event and sometimes called Powder Keg cards
  • “building” was spelled wrong on the second page first sentence
  • write that ME/PK cards are to be placed in order by year
  • instructions don’t tell what to do with tiebreaker cards in the beginning
  • ME/PK cards should say +1 for revolutionaries on epic characters
  • Unclear if there is anything that happens if either epic character is affected by the ME/PK
  • pg12 “their” is spelled incorrectly
  • pg13 says 3-6 players when you can only play 5 players
  • Needs to be at least 5 declaration cards
  • More information that stages need to happen
  • Points on the bottom of war cards doing different things depending on the stage is confusing
  • During a war what happens if more than two players tie?
  • where do event tiebreakers come in?
  • If we discard a character do we still pick up a character for the round?
  • are advantages and disadvantages compounded?
  • currently no slave owner cards in the epic characters set despite them being a type that is effected in the ME/PK cards