Medium: A Mind Reading Party Game

 

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Designers/Created by:

Danielle Deley

Lindsey Sherwood

Nathan Thornton

Contributors

Unknown

Publisher

Greater Than Games LLC.

Storm Chaser Games

Published Year

Publisher Year

2019

Genre

Card Game

Number of Players

2-8 Players

Playing Time

30-45 minutes

 

Keywords

Party Games, Card Games, Strategy, Collaborative, Competitive, Humorous, Mystery

 Description

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This multiplayer party game is the perfect activity to play for the whole family. The game Medium is a card game that that requires you to summon your physic abilities and see who really has the best ability to read minds. Players are to pair up (or groups of 3) and make a connection between the cards with single words that they both received. This game can really be played by almost anyone, as the words provided are suitable for all audiences. There is minimal verbal communication involved in this party game, which makes it so much more of an amusing, mystery game. For the pair of players to win, all it takes is that mind connection and seeing if you and your pair think similarly.

 

 

Visual How to Play!

 

Themes

• Mystery
• Humorous

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Genre

• Board Game
• Party Game

 

Mechanics

• Collaborative
• Strategy
•  Coopertive

 

 

 

Annotated Bibliography

Crook, A. (2020, August 30). Medium. Game Rules. https://gamerules.com/rules/medium/

This particular source is going to help me knowledge of the game by giving me a full rundown of everything the game has to offer. The authors of this source go into much detail about the set up of the game, the game play itself, etc. This work also goes into detail about some of the extras this game has and what they mean for the players.

 

How to Play the Medium Mind Reading Party Game. (2021). YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from https://youtu.be/F1nGtjc4ZgI?si=C8YCntdSnxDFx8l8.

This source is a youtube video fully dedicated to the game. I feel as if this source could be very helpful in allowing me to get the whole picture of how this game is played. The creator of this video also gives a full overview of the game which will help me further support my work.

 

 

Medium. BoardGameGeek. (n.d.). https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242529/medium

This is another source that gives a full overview, as well as in depth details of the game. This source features reviews, playing time, the game publisher, etc. I especially like that this source included links to buy this game as a variety of different stores. I think it is helpful to see a price point for this game in order to form a good opinion about the game.

 

T., M. (2023, August 19). Medium – make a psychic bond in this word based party game – review. Tabletop Bellhop. https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/medium/

What I especially like about this source is not only is there valuable information about the game, but the author also includes strategies for this game. They included these straetegies that looks like makes the game that much more fun. The author also discusses the packaging of the game and what did and did not stand out to him.

 

Ruby. (2019, November 7). Medium-mind reading party game: Review. BoardGamesNMore. https://www.boardgamesnmore.com/blog/2019/11/09/medium-mind-reading-party-game-review/

This source is similar to the one listed above, but this one has a bit of a review. The author put in some aspects of the game that might be a tad more difficult for a larger group. I like that this one included a good group size that this game should be played with. This source also features many graphics which allow me to obtain a better understanding of what this game really looks like.