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This is the latest near final prototype with the box and folding board.
The rules are solidifying now but the students suggested one interesting variation we are going to try out.
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This is the latest near final prototype with the box and folding board.
The rules are solidifying now but the students suggested one interesting variation we are going to try out.
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The other smaller components are arriving from numerous places this week.
After vacillating between hexagonal pieces or a playing mat, I decided to go with a traditional quad folding board for this prototype. Curious to see how legible that will be.
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This week I split the game board into 15 puzzle pieces, printed them on sticker paper, stuck them on 3mm foam board and cut them up with a sharp knife.
Here is the assembled result.
In production this would be done with a die cutter and even someone else might have done better with a knife.
I really hacked it up. 馃槤
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. We just need a few more tips to put us over the top (and for me to stop nagging you!)
Please help: https://tiptopjar.com/kevinjardine
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Ever since the first Gaia Mission data release in September 2016 I have been working on prototypes to use the data in a star-themed board game.
There have been three major versions:
Achernar, which includes relativistic velocity and time dilation
Guniibuu, which focuses on stars within 10 parsecs of the Sun, and
Acrux, which focuses on stars within or near the Local Bubble (about 400 parsecs from the Sun) and adds research stations and trading posts.
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After six months of play testing I think the game is basically finished so I am now looking at ways to promote it and find a publisher.
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The Acrux prototype is looking more and more like a real board game!
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Still I don't feel too bad about that considering that's my best score so far and I felt like I knew what I was doing. Maybe four intervening years of gaming experience was useful 馃槉
#boardgames #scifi
(incidentally the digital version and DLC is on sale on Steam until 25th November so grab that while you can!)