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Comment on Marshmallow Challenge by Peter Gfader

Peter Gfader — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:27:25 +0000

Great game!

Make sure to mention the rules at least twice.
Someone complained that they didn’t know that you can stick the spaghetti to the table. Learning experience: Just ask

Comment on You sunk my methodology by James Scrimshire

James Scrimshire — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:09:25 +0000

Hi Don

Much of the play testing I did with colleagues never seemed to last much longer that 30 minutes.. most of the other time is taken up with explaining the rules and the introspection of the outcomes.

One of the reasons we limited the number of playable pegs was to minimize the time it takes to run a session.

I’d be interested to see what the community can do to shorten it.

James

Comment on You sunk my methodology by Don McGreal

Don McGreal — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:09 +0000

Thanks James, this seems very interesting.
My only concern is that it could take a long time to play. Have you ever implemented a smaller, quicker version of the game?

Comment on Resort Brochure by Jochen Krebs

Jochen Krebs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:29:44 +0000

Hi Don, finally got the chance to play this one… I did decide to start with the visioning and backlog creation first and played 3 iterations of 5 minutes. The resort brochure worked out very well, even the transition from regular stakeholder to PO. the only thing I would leave out next time are the magazines. I felt they actually limited the participants in their creativity. Next time I will add more colored paper, markers and tape instead. Thank you!

Comment on 99 Test Balloons by Don McGreal

Don McGreal — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:58:01 +0000

Hans,
I’ve done it with 3-10 person teams without too many issues.

Comment on 99 Test Balloons by Hans Brattberg

Hans Brattberg — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:18:31 +0000

What size of teams do you tried/recommend?
Min/max?

Comment on Tangled Mess by Stephan reindl

Stephan reindl — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:35:07 +0000

I find this game very exciting. I play it with ropes instead. Hold N ropes (2 N ends) together. Each one grabs 2 ends, then step back. The ropes allow for more flexibility and decrease unwanted physical proximity.

Comment on What Were They Thinking? by Michael McCullough

Michael McCullough — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:44:59 +0000

Great question Mike.

So by imperative I mean a statement like ” It shall ….” or “It must …”

Hope that helps,

Mike McCullough

Comment on Human Knot by Matt Philip

Matt Philip — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:28:31 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, Tim. I went ahead and added a link to it in the “see also” section, though it’s possible that the two entries should simply be merged.

Comment on Human Knot by Tim Yevgrashyn

Tim Yevgrashyn — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:18:47 +0000

It seems the simillar game was already described under different name: Tangled Mess
http://tastycupcakes.org/2009/06/tangled-mess/