{"id":9600,"date":"2026-05-08T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:37:51","slug":"vc-cup-board-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/vc-cup-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"VC Cup Board Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over two action-packed days, teams battled it out across a mix of trivia, teamwork, bluffing, and fast-thinking party games in what turned into one of the most entertaining events we\u2019ve had yet.<\/p>\n<p>The opening day featured a brilliant mix of classics and chaos, with teams taking on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Trivial Pursuit<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Battleships<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You\u2019ve Got Crabs<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 Second Rule<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From tactical guesswork in <em>Battleships<\/em> to frantic pressure moments in <em>5 Second Rule<\/em>, the leaderboard stayed incredibly tight throughout the day. Teams quickly realised that general knowledge alone wouldn\u2019t be enough \u2014 communication, creativity, and keeping calm under pressure were just as important.<\/p>\n<p>Day two brought a completely different challenge with a lineup focused on psychology, teamwork, and persuasion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Herd Mentality<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Upside Down Challenge<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chameleon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Articulate<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Suspicion ran high during <em>Chameleon<\/em>, while <em>Articulate<\/em> produced some truly unforgettable clue-giving attempts. Meanwhile, <em>Herd Mentality<\/em> rewarded teams who could think alike \u2014 which was easier said than done.<\/p>\n<p>After two closely fought days, <strong>Last Ones Standing<\/strong> and <strong>BDRI Bunch<\/strong> finished tied at the top with <strong>20 points each<\/strong>. While Last Ones Standing claimed the highest raw score, BDRI Bunch\u2019s bonus point pushed them level in the final standings, making it one of the tightest finishes of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>A huge congratulations to all the teams involved \u2014 and especially to our joint leaders, <strong>Last Ones Standing<\/strong> and <strong>BDRI Bunch<\/strong>, for topping the leaderboard after two brilliant days of games.<\/p>\n<p>Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCSXzS\">here<\/a> for photos captured from the event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over two action-packed days, teams battled it out across a mix of trivia, teamwork, bluffing, and fast-thinking party games in what turned into one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/vc-cup-board-games\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84971,"featured_media":9603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[313631],"tags":[149514],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9602,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions\/9602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}