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Monday, March 15, 2004

Attention: creative types and game lovers

Alex has to create a board or card game by tomorrow (she forgot about it, apparently) for school. There has to be an element of chance to the game.

Does anyone have any great ideas? Mack had to do this last year and it was no fun at all. I was thinking of using something like a map as the board and then the players draw cards for air, land and sea points and they have to travel around using toy planes, boats and cars, but I can't really think of an object for the game. I don’t want to get bogged down with having to go a certain number of miles or something like that. Nothing too complicated.

I was also thinking of a map of the US or something. I like the idea of using something like a map because then there's not much to do in the way of designing the board.

She may come up with an idea, but in case she doesn’t, I want to have a few ideas for her so she doesn't panic.
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My brain is so not working right now - but wouldn't anything requiring dice have an element of chance to it? I know - that's boring --but in a pinch.. If you use a map you'll have to figure out a way for the game to end. If I were helpful at ALL, I'd make a suggestion on how to do that. If.
- 3/15/2004 12:27 PM
- notagoose (message)
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Hm, here's a half baked attempt for a board game. If you used a map and some dice perhaps you could route out different ways across the country and each person has to get from one end to the other rolling the dice for spaces. Or you could use the states as spaces, if they're outlined on the map, and have cards (for when they roll a certain number or something) that they choose that might say, go back 2 states or move to New Mexico, etc. Hope this helps or sparks an idea for you.
- 3/15/2004 12:42 PM
- Stash_living_dangerously (message)
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Good idea by Stash. I thought your headline was "creative typos," and thusly, I thought I'd be of some help.

I do think that dice and a map of the US, as well as using the states as a board are all good ideas. You could do little arrows from state to state showing the direction one has to travel in order to complete the game. You could entitle it "Last Minute Campaign," and all the players are presidential primary hopefuls. They travel by bus, plane, train, boat, and mostly by private jet.

If you land on certain states, you've received funding from a particular sector of the population--the dairy farmers, for instance. So that's a short-cut (or penalty!) to Wisconsin. You don't have to do those up for every state, but for, say, 10 of them. That would make it a little more interesting.

Have fun.
- 3/15/2004 2:07 PM
- eFairy (message)
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I guess what you could do is have "draw a card" on those states, then the cards would reveal which funding you'd received. Make sense?
- 3/15/2004 2:10 PM
- eFairy (message)
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And use Monopoly money for the cards. Hardy har har.

Wait, can *I* please get a grade on this?
- 3/15/2004 2:11 PM
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I'm no help. I just wanted to see what ideas everyone else has.
- 3/15/2004 2:57 PM
- simplywriting (message)
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I like those ideas - map as a board is great, and then the states as spaces. clogged up over in the East, but that's ok.

maybe you could draw cards to see how many spaces you go, and need a special card to cross the Mississippi?

or you could have a score card (ala Yahtzee) and have to visit every state. and you need to have a special card to get to Hawaii (Alaska you just have to whoop on Canada, which is easy), and still do something that makes it hard to cross rivers, or mountains.
- 3/15/2004 3:06 PM
- terwilligher (message)
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Wow, a cavalcade of good ideas!
- 3/15/2004 5:21 PM
- yardenxanthe (message)
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I love the map idea. It would be cool if players drew cards or rolled dice for their choice of mode of transportation. And/or if they had to draw cards for particular destinations. The hitch is that if they have an airplane, for example, they can only travel from airport to airport, and they might have to stop somewhere to earn money for airfare. (This is getting way too complicated.) A car may be slower, but gas is more affordable, so less delays for "earning money." Let us know how it works out!
- 3/15/2004 6:10 PM
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If they're all driving hybrids gas wont be so good and maybe they could calculate how much ozone they saved at the end of the game haha, being silly now. Please let us know how it turns out.
- 3/16/2004 7:42 AM
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