菜老師的英文教室

4吳庭妤  11陳玠妤

    GUESSTURES is a board game which is suitable for everybody.

    After playing the game, we all think that this is a great game. Not only can we learn plenty of the Bible shrine but also verse. During the game, teammates should cooperate with each other within a short time in order to get the most points. Moreover, for the other group, it is a big test of explaining a word through body language. Therefore, it can help us to learn the Bible and improve our explaining skills. Besides, it is helpful for English learner, for it is much easier than other English board game.

    Sometimes, though you present well in front of the guesser, he or she still might not understand due to the lack of the knowledge of the Bible. Thus, you had better have basic knowledge before you play it.

10莊筑馨  19楊念潔  21葉妍歆

        “GUESSTURES: Bible Edition” is a fun board game even for those who are not so familiar with Bible. Don’t worry if you are still a new learner to English since it contains words of varying levels of difficulty. Children and adults alike would find this game interesting. It’s a game which needs lots of gestures and body movements to help your partners get the words given, before the toaster-like machine EATS your cards. No speaking is allowed. One should depend on his/her imagination and good teamwork to figure out the words. As the timer runs, the intensifying excitement of the game will definitely keep you screaming and shouting, or at least, we all DID!

        However, frankly speaking, if you are looking forward to a “Bible-Learning Board game,” this one is not highly recommended. Though it is a “Bible Edition” board game, actually you can play it in a non-Bible way, which can hardly help you have a better learning in Bible.

        Therefore, “GUESSTURES: Bible Edition” is a fantastic game to spend your lousy rainy day, but be careful if you are a school teacher rather than a parent. Don’t set high expectations if you’re in want of an educational game! 

7林芷伶 3曲芝以

Bible Board Game Reviews: Bible Taboo  

    The board game Bible Taboo is highly recommended by most of the customers in Amazon. Since the rule is rather simple for one to get familiar with it, it is an ideal game that people of all ages can have a great time. To start the game, participants would be divided into groups, and one of the team members would be chosen to pick up one card from the stack. On the top of each card, there is a certain word given. It could be names in Bible, but not so obscure that no one knows who they are. In that way, it’s no need to worry about lacking of adequate information to Bible. Below the certain word, taboo words are listed. To get one point against the opponents, the chosen member should avoid saying the taboo words when describing the certain word to team members. During the guess, time would be limited by an electronic buzzer. Counting down together adds spice to the game, making it more exciting. With the game, we can have a further understanding of Bible as well. While troublesome in describing, the taboo words are helpful in learning. We can get a general grasp about the related words and memorize the key information of each word. In addition, learning to describe a word in different ways is one of the benefits of the game. Viewing things from various aspects promotes our alternative thinking. In short, if you are searching for an interesting and educational board game, Bible Taboo is certainly the game of choice!

2王筱涵 12 陳冠伶  17 黃欣慧 18黃庭堅

Learning Bible is a difficult process for new readers like us. However, if the action turns into a game, it will become interesting and more acceptable for us immediately.

We have had much fun in Biblebanz, a board game which consists of many word cards about Bible stories, it can increase our Bible knowledge and vocabularies. Players have to wear headbands with a word chosen from Bible on their foreheads, asking others questions which describe the words. Moreover, each player only has one minute to finish her round.

By this game, we can review what we have learned, and enhance our learning at the same time. In addition, we can train our listening and speaking skills. What’s more, even though we don’t know much about Bible, we can enjoy the game through discussing and explaining.

During playing Biblebanz, we found a lot of words we don’t know. Therefore, it motivates us to know more about Bible in order to keep playing it. Biblebanz does delight our interest in learning English and the religious culture of westerners. To sum up, it is such a good game for both Bible readers and English learners. We extremely recommend Biblebanz. Hope you enjoy it too!

李韻如 游羽琛 潘宜君

This is the third Bible board game that we played, and it is more easily to play since we were not raised in the places rooted in Bible culture. As we are the Taiwanese students, we can learn more about important people and keywords in the Bible from this board game. We used to be confused by other Bible games like Cranium because it is too difficult for us, who had learned about the Bible for only a short time. What’s more, it is so hard for us that we could not even get an understanding to the rules. One of the advantages of “Bible Bingo Game” is that it has exquisite and vivid pictures. Also, there are elaborative and detailed explanations on the back of each card, making us curious about the chapters and verses involved in the Bible. Most important of all, as a bingo game, it is extremely exciting for players since it is the fate that decides whether you can win or not. If you are not that familiar with the Bible as we are, do not worry about that it is too much trouble for you to play such a game! It is the best Bible game we have ever played. We hope all of you would have fun with this board game!

13曾安婕 16覃事嫻 20楊曄

  Among all the Bible board games, I like Bible Sequence the most. Since the rules are simple, everyone can be absorbed in the game easily. Though the rules are easy, the game is really fun since you have to try your best to get five tokens in a row. Also, you should find out some ways to block your opponents’ ways. The numbers of the tokens and the card are adequate. You will find it easy to get four tokens in a row. However, the fifth is the most difficult one, especially when everyone is trying their best to block others’ ways. The special ADD and REMOVE cards are also great design to increase the interest and the difficulty of the game. It is common that you get intercept just before the way to success. There are ‘TWO’ ADD and ‘TWO’ REMOVE cards, which is an important thing to remember. Though you remove one token of your opponents, thinking about the success in your hand, you might get block by the ADD card and learning that there is still a long way to success. Despite the interesting rules, you can learn more about the Bible with game squares related to famous Bible stories. With all the reasons above, I strongly recommend Bible Sequence as a game to play with families and friends of all generations.

Choose one Bible Board Game among the three you have played and write a 200-word review.

Notes:

(1) Titile: "Bible Board Game Reviews:_________(the game you review)"

(2) On the top of the page, put the names of the group members (writers only).

(3) When finished, put the article under the folder of "Bible Board Game Reviews" & under the category of "Bible Game Review-0408"