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Cheesy Little Prototype

10/13/2012

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When designing I Thought There'd Be Zombies! I happened to draw a 9x6 grid for the game board. Nine times six is 54, the number of cards in a deck. Then, when I found The Game Crafter's custom mini cards, half the size of poker cards, I did the math, and 9x6 cards fit perfectly within the 18x18" game board that the company also makes. Such serendipity, it's like it was meant to be.

I mention this because playing with full bridge size cards as we have been requires a very large board, taking up most of my table. What I'd really like is a prototype with the actual size board and cards. So I priced it out: 96 mini cards=$8.67. Game board=$10. Markers=$2.40. Box and insert=$3.40. Handling=89¢. Total=$23.36. Not bad.

The only problem is I have no art for this game, which leads me to the title of this post... I found some cheesy Halloween clipart on clker.com, and I think it will do for my first prototype. It will be nice to play the game as meant to be, with the correct size cards and board. For the time being I can live with cheesy artwork.

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    Dusty (CrassPip) has been playing geek games for 30 years(!) and making his own for nearly as long. Recently, he's actually gotten games beyond the imagination stage.

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