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New board game project
12-02-2018, 01:03 PM (This post was last modified: 12-02-2018 01:06 PM by rpgspree.)
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New board game project
After playing LNoE, Zombicide, among others, I got ideas for game elements that I hadn't seen before (or not done well) so I decided to try and design my own. The basic premise is a small group braving a storm at night along a rural highway to find much needed supplies and shelter to survive the night. Things such as the storm and rain reduce visibility, which effects both melee and ranged combat. The current version has waves of zombies, but the basic setup can be expanded to alien invasion, post-nuclear apocalypse, etc.

One of the things I've been wanting is a more "interactive" scene. In movies, the hero/victim can dodge behind furniture or leap over the diner counter to escape a zombie. Find a locked door: they can search for a key, pick the lock, force it open, or break a nearby window and climb in. Once inside: they run for the gun or shut the door and push the desk in front of it. The scenery in every game I'd seen is mostly ornamental--proving little to no opportunities or actions for the player. I've been working on ways to add "depth" to the environment. Some have been implemented, other I'm still working out.

So far, I have an alpha version of the manual, most item and character cards are done (though the artwork needs to be redone), and some scene designs laid out. Character and zombie tokens, various bits like markers and the such to keep track of stats and actions.

       
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New board game project - rpgspree - 12-02-2018 01:03 PM
RE: New board game project - jeffd1830 - 12-09-2018, 11:16 AM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 12-09-2018, 06:10 PM
RE: New board game project - mqstout - 12-12-2018, 03:14 PM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 12-13-2018, 10:18 PM
RE: New board game project - mqstout - 12-14-2018, 04:21 PM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 12-17-2018, 10:16 AM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 12-20-2018, 12:15 PM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 02-03-2019, 09:37 PM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 04-05-2019, 09:14 AM
RE: New board game project - Old Dwarf - 04-05-2019, 10:49 AM
RE: New board game project - rpgspree - 04-05-2019, 08:34 PM

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