Ring Jax

A two player game of chance and blind skill.

1.  Player 1 is blindfolded.
2.  Player 1 chooses two jax pieces.3.  Player 2 tells Player 1 the color and related actions of picked jax.
Red – spin
Spin around in a circle 4 times, then complete action #2.
Orange – throw
Throw the ring onto the shark’s nose.  Should always be action #2.  Two chances.
Green – sit
Player 2 will place one of the rings behind Player 1.  Player 1 must sit on the ring without using their hands.
Purple – catch
Player 2 will throw one of the rings to Player 1.  Player 1 must catch the ring.

4.  Player 1 attempts actions.
5.  Player 2 helps Player 1 accomplish actions by giving them verbal cues.
6.  If Player 1 accomplishes both actions, they receive 5 points.
7.  Player 1 and Player 2 switch turns.  The first player to earn 15 points is the winner!

Today we played this game with students of all the Design sections.  It was really fun to see what other groups had come up with and how they utilized their parameters and props.  Ring Jax ran fairly well on its own.  Participants were more than capable of figuring out the directions on their own and overall they admitted to having fun while playing.

We realized after this exercise that Ring Jax works best as a spectator game, meaning that it is more fun to watch blindfolded people do silly things than it is to be blindfolded and doing silly things.  In the future, if Ring Jax is ever played again, we would like to add more colors and actions and to make sure that each combination of actions has a defined combined-action.