Exploring Necromancer Heretic by Junk Food Games and how traditional games can be modified and recontextualized as the basis for modern board games and TTRPGs.
When I taught game studies at Loyola, my favorite assignment was having students modify the classic card game War to introduce player agency. It was cool to see how they all thought of player agency.
seems like a really cool game! i love the premise/pitch :) i love hearing about all these interesting mechanics, and find the cross-pollination between different genres of games especially neat :3 i voted for the category with whist, because that was a game i played growing up, whereas i didn't play poker nor blackjack ^^ so, more familiarity than what has most potential perhaps – and also because i couldn't choose otherwise, i really think all games have a lot of potential in inspiring new things :D i could've maybe went with dice games though, as someone who played a ton of yahtzee growing up as well ^^ thank you for sharing and writing <3
Cribbage. I spent over a decade working at a board game store. You're trying to buy a gift for someone who likes trick-taking games? I can name ten good titles off the top of my head. A gift for someone who likes cribbage? There are none... so let me show you our collection of locally-made cribbage boards.
Trying to choose cards to add to a crib, trying to win a counting game with cards you chose because of they way they score in the next round, trying to set up plays or block your opponent by keeping the count close to 31... these are all things I think other game designers should steal more often.
When I taught game studies at Loyola, my favorite assignment was having students modify the classic card game War to introduce player agency. It was cool to see how they all thought of player agency.
I'm stealing this for my next game design workshop.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
seems like a really cool game! i love the premise/pitch :) i love hearing about all these interesting mechanics, and find the cross-pollination between different genres of games especially neat :3 i voted for the category with whist, because that was a game i played growing up, whereas i didn't play poker nor blackjack ^^ so, more familiarity than what has most potential perhaps – and also because i couldn't choose otherwise, i really think all games have a lot of potential in inspiring new things :D i could've maybe went with dice games though, as someone who played a ton of yahtzee growing up as well ^^ thank you for sharing and writing <3
I'm quite interested in this game based on whist-style trick-taking: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382909/a-very-civil-whist
Thank you for the comment!
Cribbage. I spent over a decade working at a board game store. You're trying to buy a gift for someone who likes trick-taking games? I can name ten good titles off the top of my head. A gift for someone who likes cribbage? There are none... so let me show you our collection of locally-made cribbage boards.
Trying to choose cards to add to a crib, trying to win a counting game with cards you chose because of they way they score in the next round, trying to set up plays or block your opponent by keeping the count close to 31... these are all things I think other game designers should steal more often.
Wow, I know absolutely nothing about cribbage. Perhaps it's time to look into it!
Thank you!