| Similarities |
The game is interesting and challengingWe have to sell the ‘old handphone with keypad’, even though we have never done it or even used that kind of handphone before.So, even if the settings and audience change, we still need to stick to the actual ‘product’ that we got.Even if I’m being serious with you, someone can still think I’m trying to be other things like funny or cynical.The ‘Appeal to reason’ and ‘Appeal to people’ winning conditions are really creative if paired with fictional products.You can’t fake it if you are a single university student and having to talk about ‘unhappy couples’ or ‘a rich, crippled old man’.Product from domains like technology should be quite easy, but pairing them with certain audience or ‘prompt cards’ is trickyThe game can be quite strenuous to finishSo, we can choose for how long to think before every turn, right? But, if it’s too short, it’s not enough. If it’s too long, it can be quite taxing and a bit boring.This product kind of dragging you along with it, because you need to sell it but you don’t know much about it, or you never even seen it before. So, moderator needs to explain first – imagine if it happens many times throughout the game.If anyone gets ‘psychopath’ as audience, maybe you need bit of time to imagine first or emote first, haha!I have a lot going on in my mind right now because I am familiar with being ‘overexcited’, but I can’t seem to pick the best idea. |
| Differences |
Suitable type(s) of playersI think this game can only be played by older people because of their experience and their knowledge; you know, like about life, about things, the world, everything la.The game is actually interesting if being played by older students, maybe high school like Form 4 or Form 5 minimum. If played by older players like adults or university students, maybe they will be too serious or too picky about certain acts.You can’t put a certain level for this card game, you know like fixed age – you can’t. Something like the playing cards they use for gambling, that one easy because already popular and it’s fixed with numbers and letters. Rather than age, I’d suggest you put proficiency levels, like at least Intermediate or something. But if you do that, you can’t sell it. People would think like, “Oh, I’m not smart enough. I can’t play this” or smarter people maybe will say “Wah, this card game not for stupid people, huh? Very bad game la if not for everyone.” Also, how do you measure people’s proficiency level on the card game package? See, it’s too difficult to choose what level is suitable.Why don’t you guys imagine this – you’re travelling in a car, and it takes long time because of jam or long distance. Even the driver can participate you know, because driver just needs to talk with the correct dialogues and facial expressions. So, anyone can play this – even small children. I’m sure they will enjoy doing these things.If this card game is given to university students, they’ll like it. It’s because lecturers can guide them too, but this one can only be used sometimes or once-in-a-semester kind of thing. So, maybe lecturers will also say this game not suitable for English classes.Like us, right, we are now LG120 students. So, for some of us, it’s easy. But we never know what will happen if we give this to LG120 in other class or other campus, they might think it’s too difficult. So, I would say this is really suitable for learners who are learning in class or private tuition. For pure entertainment like toys or other card games at home, maybe not suitable unless parents or siblings can guide their family members a who are playing.I think anyone from any age or level can play this card game, as long as there’s a moderator like you to explain everything or anything. That way, people can play on their own after they know the rules. We don’t have to think of it as a challenge every time, we can always make adjustments at some points. I don’t think it needs to be limited with things that we can see or think on-the-spot, maybe we can use more time or resources while playing. I think that will ease things for anyone who is playing. So yes, I agree that anyone can play this card game and it doesn’t have to be very targeted. |
