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        2nd day: Dixit (只言片语)                                                                3r d d a y : T y cer o n e
                        只言片语
        On 9th June, the second              and players vote to guess which                 10th June was the last day of the     of  the  nine  squares,  they  can

        workshop for the game Dixit          is the storyteller’s card.                      series of workshops, which was        generate    first-level   pawns
        was held. Like before, the                                                           special because they introduced       (Pawns) with a defense power



        committee members explained          If every player guesses the card                Tycerone, an original game            and  attack  power  of  1.  After

        the rules of the game and            right, every player except the                  by four members of the Board          accumulating  enough  first-
        separated participants into          storyteller gets two points, but                Game Society: Fong Tzyy Yu,           level pawns and arranging

        separate  rooms,  each  room         if every player guesses the card                Ng Wei Enn, Chan Wen Xu and           them into a fixed formation, the

        containing  three  to  eight         wrong, they all get one point                   Hamza Ali.                            first-level pawns in the middle
        participants.                        each. If some players guess                                                           can be upgraded to second-
                                             right but some guess wrong,                     One of the game’s creators,           level pawns (Defenders) with

        Before each game, players will       players who get the answer                      Ng Wei Enn explained the rules        a defense and attack power of
        be  given  random  cards.  There     right and the storyteller get                   of Tycerne to the participants.       2, or even third-level soldiers


        will be a storyteller each round     three points, while the players                 Tycerine is the simplified            (Hoppers) with a defense and

        of the game; a role every player     that get it wrong get one point.                version  of  Tycerone.  It  is  hard   attack power of 3.
        will have a chance to be. At         At last, the player who has the                 to  play  Tycerone  without

        the  start  of  each  round,  the    most points wins.                               first  mastering  Tycerine,  as       When  both  players  collide,
        storyteller must choose a card                                                       Tycerone’s rules are even more        the sum of the defense and

        and describe it to the other         Besides having fun, this game                   complicated than Tycerine,            attack  powers  of  the  two
        players. Then, the other players     helps to encourage empathy                      which makes it very challenging.      colliding chess pieces and the


        will  need  to  find  the  card  in   and  imagination,  perfect  for                                                      pieces around them (within 9
        their deck that seems similar        those who may find these skills                 Tycerine is played with 2             squares) is calculated, and the


        to the card the storyteller          challenging. It is also perfect for             players.  The  two  parties  will     one with the lower power will
        described.  After  every  player     team building.                                  occupy the opposite ends of           get destroyed, along with the


        chooses a card, every card                                                           a  special  rectangle.  Then,  the    pieces around it.
        chosen is shown on the screen,                                                       players will take turns moving
                                                                                             as pawns, and within the range



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