05 March 2009

Post-exam stuff

A-Peeps:

Here is an idea for after the AP exam. I don't know if it will work or not, but how cool would it be if it did?!?:

AP Euro: the CCG

For those of you who don't know what a CCG is, it stands for Collectible Card Game. Imagine something akin to Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering or something along those lines with Charles V or Queen Victoria instead of Dire Lizards or Charmanders? Basically, you have resource cards, which allow you to play either character or monster cards OR actions... We have all in our curriculum! And more importantly, we have enough twisted and nerdy minds to make this work. We also have enough people in the class to keep the geekiest of us grounded in reality...

A-Peep 1: I play two nationalism cards, allowing me to then play my "Polish Revolt" card.

Jones: I play my "autocracy" card, followed by my "principle of intervention" card. Your Polish revolt has been crushed!

A-Peep 2: I play my "Lord Byron" card, which grants me a bonus against your autocracy. The European public favors the revolt!

Jones: Weak. I play my "Otto von Bismarck: realpolitik" card, befriending your "Byron" card, twisting public opinion against him and then stabbing him in the back when he least expects it.

Other A-Peeps watching: Woot!

Thoughts? This would take a lot of work, but with delegating the work and putting all of our various talents to work could be very fun and be a good way of "keeping it real" after the exam. Imagine it! Rob's "explanations", Alex's journalistic skills, any given A-Peep's creativity and wicked smart knowledge and Jessie's art all on one card... The combinations would be hilarious!

Jones

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a rad idea. I can't wait to get started.

Jones

Anonymous said...

Amazing how you even thought of it! I"m looking forward to it

Chelsea said...

Can us old A-Peeps post?

Anyway, I'm going to say that this sounds absolutely AMAZING and I'm really bummed that we didn't get to do it last year after the test. I hope that you guys have so much fun! Maybe I'll be back in time to come see you guys play... can I, Mr. Jones?

-Chelsea

DocJones said...

Of course you can still post! Once an A-Peep, always an A-Peep!

You can come play, too, if this is what we decide on...

Jones