Looking for a great game to play with your friend? What about your significant other? Or roommate? Well, look no further than Jaipur! This two-player game is the perfect way to get your feet wet in the MASSIVE world of board games!
Playtime: 30 mins
Type of Game: Card Game
Player Count: 2
Complexity: Light**
**The complexity scale goes as follows: Light, Medium-Light, Medium, Medium-Heavy, and Heavy. The scale is quite arbitrary, however, the way i think of it is: the thicker the rulebook, and more time consuming games will lean on the heavier side.
Overview: The objective of the game is to trade and sell goods, earn tokens, and become the wealthiest merchant in all of Jaipur!
I have created a canva showing how to play Jaipur:
Reflection On Progress
There you have it, my first “how to play”! I love teaching board games so I quite enjoyed the process of documenting the steps and rules of the game in canva. Although, next time I would use a video software instead of canva, as it would be more tangible for the audience to see the progression of the setup and rules of the game. There are many “how to play” resources via youtube that show the basics of teaching board games. These channels include the following:
- Watch it Played – https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed
- RTFM – https://www.youtube.com/@RTFM
- One Stop Co-op Shop – https://www.youtube.com/@OneStopCoopShop
- Man Vs. Meeple – https://www.youtube.com/@meeple
The aim of this inquiry is to practice on being a better communicator, and what better way to practice than through board game teaching! As a future educator I hope to implement board games in the classroom and/or extracurricular space to allow students to have a safe space to express themselves through this medium. I hope that by the end of this inquiry, I will sharpen my skills enough to get students away from the TV screen and to the table!
September 29, 2023 at 3:17 pm
This is such a cool resource! I’m definitely going to refer to your blog when I go to a board game cafe next time. I love to play board games, but the thickness of the guide booklet always seems to be a deterring factor. I love how your canvas shows the rules in a short simple way, but a video would definitely improve on this. Another suggestion to try is to use twine. It may be useful for a more simple game.
September 29, 2023 at 3:21 pm
What an awesome post! I have never heard of Jaipur before but I am excited to try it out now!
I really appreciate your complexity scale so I know what to expect going into these games.
If you stick to your video idea for next week, some form of timelapse might be really useful.
Another cool idea could be similar to this blog where he explains how to play board games with friends online:
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/how-to/how-to-play-board-games-online
October 2, 2023 at 8:35 pm
I’m always on the hunt for new board games to try – I also liked how you justified your complexity scale, with which I’d have to say I’d agree. Using Canva to demonstrate the rules AND gameplay for Jaipur was an excellent idea, as someone who leans more toward visual learning that was very helpful. That’s useful that you provided how-to-play channels as well to give your readers other avenues to learn the game.
Your aim of “being a better communicator” through the inquiry process is very good goal, I look forward to seeing you achieve that over the course of your posts.