Multiplayer Solitaire?
Solitaire is a game that was originally designed to be a single player game. I'm not too familiar with the game actually. The only time I ever really attempted to play it was back on my old Windows 98 computer when the only two games were Solitaire and Minesweeper. Anyways, the basic concept of the game is to sort the cards in descending order by suite and number. The player has a deck that they can reshuffle to find cards and then sort them into side piles that they can organize their numbers. In order to turn solitaire into a multiplayer game, one possible method would be to have two people race against each other to see who can complete it the fastest. This multiplayer method would be played by two people. This was my initial idea that I thought would be remarkable. Unfortunately I discovered that this game already existed in the form of Solitaire Showdown.
So in order to build upon that idea, I decided that adding a point system may make the game a bit more competitive. Basically how this would work is that the two players would share the zones where the cards must be sorted, and a player would receive a point for each card that they place. Seems a bit too easy? But in addition to this, I’ve added a rule that if any player places more than one card in a row, they will receive a bonus point. This will allow some players to gain an advantage.
A Veggie lover's version of 'President'
The given task is to design a type of game that can inform players about season vegetables. I have chosen to design a card style game; I’ve decided to call it “Vegeta”. The game will basically consist of cards with many different vegetables. On the card there will also be a number representing the actual calorie value of that particular vegetable. Though this was not a requirement for this task, it is an added bonus to those who wish to learn about the different vegetables. Each card will be categorized under a different color. The blue faced cards will represent vegetables in season during the winter, the orange cards will represent vegetables in season during fall, the yellow cards will represent vegetables in season during summer, and finally the green cards will represent vegetables in season during the spring. There are also red faced cards that represent a vegetable that is in season all year long. The cards can be seen below:
In addition to these cards, there will also be cards that a player can play to change the season, these will have purple faces. These cards will be explained later and can also be seen below:
The game can be played by 2 – 6 players. There will be a total of 10 cards per vegetable as well as 10 season cards. The gameplay will play similar to the card game “President”, players will start in the winter season representing the beginning month of the year, January. Players can decide however they wish to determine who will go first. The entire deck of cards will be dealt face down to all players. Once done, the players will get to look at their cards, and the first player will have to play a vegetable card from the winter season. The next player will have to play a winter card also with a calorie count that is higher than the previous card if they can. If they cannot, one alternative they can choose is to play a season card. The season card will allow that player to change the season to one of the two seasons that are displayed on the card. At this point, they cannot play another vegetable card. Another alternative would be to play wild card. These can be played during any season. Once a person cannot play on the previous card, the previous player will win the round and can begin the next round with any season and card of their choice. This cycle will repeat until all players have zero cards left.
Vegetable Calorie References: http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-vegetables-ic1100
Vegetable Season Chart: http://www.foodland.gov.on.ca/english/availability.html
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