Like cooperative games? You’re in luck, it’s time for an eclectic blend of light to heavyweight games. First, we have Gibberers, which sold out on the first day so I’ll have to wait to get a chance to play this create-a-language cooperative game that only plays in 1 to 3 hours! Ship Show is another co-op where two teams work together in a sort of real-time Amazon warehouse worker simulation. The classic Marvel Legendary has a new version with characters from the alternate-timeline What If…? stories. We finish with the very much NOT a cooperative Love-Letter-style card game based around the Spy X Family anime series.
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Gibberers: Invention of Language and Civilization
Perhaps the strangest game of the convention for me was Gibberers – a cooperative language learning game where people invent an entirely new language over the course of one to three hours!. If you’re looking for a hard-core language learning game experience, look no further. In Gibberers, players take on the role of prehistoric humans trying to teach each other words and communicate with a small vocabulary. Starting out small, a few slips of paper are laid out where players assign made-up words to a specific, common word. Simple things like Up might be “Joo” or No might be “Kiko.” Over the course of the game, players slowly develop their own language that culminates in discussions entirely within the newly developed language. Every game will play differently. The game has some suggested sets of sounds that can be chosen but experienced players are encouraged to use their own sounds when playing the game. It can be a rather intense brain-burner so the game can be played in a 60 minute game or a full 180 minute “expert” version. The game does not yet (that I know of) have a US distributor but they hope to set something up by the end of the year.
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