mr-a 2015-12-15 05:06
Hah. Odds of me playing this are slim, and I suspect it's vastly more fun to read the rules than play, but if one enjoys cynicism and parody then they are well worth reading. It's an acerbic humor essay in board-game format.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD34 → Family Board Game Night: The Board Game
By themonika
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 6 | 4.29 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 58 | ||
| Humor | 72 | 3.81 | ||
| Overall | 344 | 3.50 | ||
| Mood | 546 | 3.18 | ||
| Fun | 557 | 3.11 | ||
| Theme | 1007 | 2.72 |
Hah. Odds of me playing this are slim, and I suspect it's vastly more fun to read the rules than play, but if one enjoys cynicism and parody then they are well worth reading. It's an acerbic humor essay in board-game format.
Impressed that you made a board game, but I'm not going to have anyone or any time to really try it out with. Kudos though!
Sweet! I'm not the only person to make a tabletop entry! :D
Do you mind if I port this into Tabletop Simulator so I can try it with a full lobby of 5?
@Zarkith That would be amazing! I sent you a tweet. Curious about the process.
Tabletop Rising ! This Ludum Dare is full of this kind of game. Like it !
I like people who love playing board games... Creating a tabletop game is even cool. +1 for hand crafted games!
Interesting way to tackle Ludum Dare.
Kudos for going the boardgame route :) I doubt you'll get any plays but kudos nonetheless.
And... Has nothing to do with the theme?
Going through the rules and the cards it seems to be utterly unstrategic and completely luck reliant. So if I wanted to spend two hours seeing how lucky I am I would play something like... Actually I don't :/
If you would like to get further feedback on this from a more appropriate audience, I suggest posting this to Boardgamegeek.com's forums, there's a game design forum there and the people are awesome :)
Too bad, i haven't any family to play with :'(
@tuism - your board game collection starts at 4 boring games and can grow to up to 25 games. (We were also thinking about taking a picture with people using literal buttons as trackers for morale and current week.)
As for strategy, it's mostly in picking what you want to do throughout the week. Because you can see everyone's schedule at the beginning of the week before you claim days to DM, and because games are claimed by DMs on a first-come-first-serve basis, you can force family members to miss games they would benefit the most from and get stuck playing games they hate.
(And for the in-universe games, any game with "TAC" and "WM" in the corner is a strategy game, since it benefits from both tactical thinking and the ability to keep lots of things in mind.)
Anyway, thanks for the feedback!
I'll try to tackle this when boardgame-loving family are over for the Holidays. I'll withhold judging until then. >_o
Thanks for taking a risk and trying something different here, and sorry for any toxic feedback you get because of it. Looking forward to checking it out!
This looks awesome! I might try to play this with my dad
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I have to give it to you... it's pretty ambitious to make a board game for LD. I've been in the past 6 compos, and not once have I seen a board game. I might never get a chance to play it so I rated it fairly based on the idea of the game. Well done! :)
Keep going, more board games on LD!
I think the inclusion of a solitaire mode of some sort would help greatly in terms of getting people to play it.
This is actually very funny, even if it's borderline impossible to get five players to sit down and play through it.