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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7842206" data-attributes="member: 4937">I tried to play the kiddie version of this &quot;Dread House&quot; with my kids, and it just really didn't work.&nbsp; And, it really raised my skepticism for how the main game itself would play out, because not only do I think a lot of the problems we encountered would show up in the full game, but the &quot;Dread House&quot; version actually had a number of cool mechanics - like eliminated players get to play the monster - that I think actually solve major issues that the main game would have.I have this suspicion that when Dread works for people it works because their emotional experience of the game of Jenga itself is one of nervous anticipation, anxiety, and well &quot;dread&quot; and that the game cultivates that or is intended to cultivate that.&nbsp;&nbsp; But, I'm not sure my experience of Jenga has ever been that, and that the game can add to Jenga what it doesn't have in the first place for me, nor am I sure that playing Jenga can add to the &quot;dread&quot; if it isn't in the game in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7842206, member: 4937"] I tried to play the kiddie version of this "Dread House" with my kids, and it just really didn't work. And, it really raised my skepticism for how the main game itself would play out, because not only do I think a lot of the problems we encountered would show up in the full game, but the "Dread House" version actually had a number of cool mechanics - like eliminated players get to play the monster - that I think actually solve major issues that the main game would have. I have this suspicion that when Dread works for people it works because their emotional experience of the game of Jenga itself is one of nervous anticipation, anxiety, and well "dread" and that the game cultivates that or is intended to cultivate that. But, I'm not sure my experience of Jenga has ever been that, and that the game can add to Jenga what it doesn't have in the first place for me, nor am I sure that playing Jenga can add to the "dread" if it isn't in the game in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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