Summary
The SciGirls design and build original board games, playtesting the rules until the math underneath makes the game fair and actually fun.
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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 5.
- What made an early version of the game unfair?
- Why does a game need playtesters who aren't the designers?
- What is one rule that changes how long a game lasts?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rules, playtest, fair, revise.
Try it: Invent a game with three rules and one way to win. Play it once and write the rule you had to change.