Board Game Artist's Secret Notes, MAKE 2: Release Edition
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Skills You’ll Learn
Board game prototyping
A fast and efficient way to prototype board games
Board game prototype testing
Characteristics and reasons for each group testing board games
How to write a board game manual
The core “rule!” of board games How to write a manual that appeals to publishers and players
Contract with Board Game Publishing
Know the difference between direct publication and contract, and launch a board game in a way that suits you
Class introduction
“Anyone can be a board game writer!”
All the know-how of a board game artist in the 10th year of 'From creation to release'
Are you curious about the know-how of board game writers who make creative and addictive board games? The secret notes on board game creation by Gary, a first-generation Korean board game writer who defeated the US and Europe, will be revealed!
MAKE Part 2: All about prototyping, testing, publishing, and contracting
In this class, I'll show you the final step of the board game class, the actual product launch process. Let's implement the board game you envisioned into an actual product, verify that players enjoy playing as intended, and launch it. In the contract and publication course, I will share all the contract precautions and know-how of a board game artist in the 10th year.
Course effect
You can learn how to gather ideas from board game artists and how to use them.
You can understand the themes and mechanisms for creating board games.
You can learn the entire process of making a board game and the core know-how within each course.
Recommended target
Those who want to enjoy board games in a more fun way
Those who want to earn money from a side job with board games
A person who likes board games and is also interested in making
Those who want to launch their own board game and make their debut as a board game writer
There are 2 reasons why this class is special
❶ You can't learn anywhere
Korea's only board game production class
We will share practical know-how based on our experience in developing over 80 board games. It covers the entire process of board game creation, from board game development theory to concept derivation using kits, prototyping, and actual production. Beyond making it as a hobby, I'll teach you how to sign a copyright contract with a publisher and how to earn money by creating and publishing your own products.
❷ From concept to launch of Board Game Master!
The board game class consists of a total of three sessions.
'PLAY' board game, play, player : You can learn the concepts necessary to create board games. You can understand the fun of board games and the types of gamers, and have a creative frame.
Making the 'MAKE 1' Board Game [Theoretical Edition]: You can learn all the steps of making a board game. We'll show you how to get creative board game ideas, the core mechanics of board games, and how to write game themes and rules.
Making a 'MAKE 2' Board Game [Practical Edition] : You can learn the later stages of making a board game. We will share all the know-how from how to make board game prototypes, user testing methods, contracts, and publication.
Class Kit · Coaching Session
Required for classes
Here's what you need to prepare.
1. [I am a board game writer] Game design card
This is a kit of supplies required for the creator 'Gary' to take the class. It combines game mechanics and themes and uses them as a practical tool to create board game concept ideas.
Number of players: 1-8
Game time: 15 minutes
Recommended age: 14 years and over
Box Dimensions: 92 x 63 x 13 (mm)
Card size: 57 x 88 (mm)
A game unique to classmates
Try making it!
You can try making new games with your classmates' own ideas.
Experience the joy of creating something with the “I'm a board game writer” card.
26 themes
26 mechanisms
Try combining different themes and mechanisms. You can face endless ideas.
HOW TO PLAY?
Pick a card
You receive 3 cards from one of the theme and mechanism card stacks.
Pick a card of your choice from the 3 cards and hand over the remaining 2 cards to the player on the left.
Pick 1 of the 2 cards you've been handed over and discard the remaining one.
You will receive 3 cards from another pile that you did not select, and repeat this process one more time.
Envisioning a game
Use a good combination of 2 themed cards of your choice and 2 mechanism cards to imagine a new game.
Be sure to use at least one theme and one mechanism! You must use it.
Game announcements and voting
After they take turns announcing the game they have imagined, they vote for the best game. The player with the most votes wins! “I am a board game writer_Game Design Card” is a card game where anyone can pour out their own ideas, and can be used in a variety of ways. As a brainstorming tool to stimulate new ideas! It's also great as a classroom textbook to boost children's creativity!
A message that came to you one day.
“Your subordinates have spies! If you want to know who it is, come to 000!”
I had an accident while heading to a meeting place to find out about spies, and I developed short-term amnesia... Remember where you were going, what is the best way to get around, and your destination and route! And find lots of spies among your subordinates! If you don't remember, your trip will get longer and longer, and spies will destroy you in the meantime.
Able to improve quality
We will introduce additional components.
Creator Gary's board game mechanism
This is a board game with 8 additional components selected as an example.
1. Circus star : An example of a game that uses a luck test mechanism
2. FOXY : An example of a game that uses a memory mechanism
3. Nakve's Treasure : An example of a game using a dice throwing mechanism
4. Point salad : An example of a game that uses a set collection mechanism
5. Master of skewers : An example of a game that uses a pattern making mechanism
6. Century 3: Pioneer of a New World : An example of a game that uses a worker-laying mechanism
7. Venture Angels : An example of a game that uses a bluffing mechanism
8. Cartographers Board Game : An example of a game using a drawing mechanism
8 board games with additional components
Learn more
1. Circus star
As an example of a game that uses a luck test mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary. Circus Star is an easy and fun card game that you can enjoy in a short time.
Show the best circus by choosing and focusing on whether to focus on your own acrobatics or to ruin someone else's acrobatics!
Number of players: 2 to 5
Game time: 20 minutes
Recommended age: 8 years and up
Box Dimensions: 112 x 155 x 30 (mm)
Card size: 58 x 88 (mm) _60 cards
Game components: 60 cards (6 colors, numbers 1 to 10), 30 character tokens (5 of each of the 6 colors), 1 starting player marker, 1 score sheet, 1 rule book
Tonight, Jamie and Coing are performing fantastic circus acrobatics! However, you can't perform all the acrobatics at once. If you focus on crafts you can do well in each round, you can have a better performance. Of course, you have to be able to deal resolutely with other team interruptions!
HOW TO PLAY?
1. Each person takes 1 character token of each color and places it on the front.
2. Mix all the cards well and get 5 cards each. Place the cards you've received in a row in front of you.
3. The remaining cards are piled up in the center of the table.
Circus Star game in progress
In your turn, you must do one of two actions.
[1. Replacing your own card]
Pick as many cards as you like and throw them on the front,
As many cards as you have discarded, draw new cards from the pile and spread them out in front of you.
[2. Replacing 1 other person's card]
Pick one of the others Pick one of that person's cards and throw it away in a pile of discarded cards,
Take 1 card from the deck and lay it out in front of you.
End of round and calculation of points
When everyone takes turns 3 times, points are calculated at the end of the round.
Choose as many tokens you want to use in this round from the tokens you have in front of you.
The score for this round is the score for this round when you add all the points of the card with the same color as the character token you decided to use in this round, and subtract the number written on the rest of the card from that number, to be the score for this round.
3. Each person records their score on a scorecard and turns the token they used on the reverse side.
Collect all the cards, shuffle them again and prepare for the next round.
End of game
4. End the game after 3 rounds. The person with the highest total score wins.
2. FOXY
As an example of a game that uses a memory mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary. It's a fun memory party game where you go out with a curious fox.
2. 1 double-sided game board (score calculation side/summary side)
3. 5 individual editions
4. 5 marker pens
5. 1 fox card
A new kind of memory game!
The number of players in the game is unlimited!
Remember and record the number and types of animals you've met so far! If you're not greedy, you can get points. It's a fun memory game that everyone is confused about.
Enjoy it alone or with multiple people at the same time! Anywhere with no time or number limits
It's an attractive party game that goes well together.
Watch carefully and remember!
How many times have animals appeared?
Foxy is a new kind of memory game. You must remember the various animals that appeared on the cards and match how many times the animals depicted on the currently revealed cards have appeared so far. The closer you get to the correct answer, the higher your score.
HOW TO PLAY?
1. Reveal the card and check the animals.
Each card depicts 1 to 3 types of animals.
2. Write down the sum of the number of times the animals have appeared.
If the number you write down is greater than the correct answer, you won't get a score.
If you're not sure about your memory, lower the number.
1. Predicting the number of appearances : Remember how many times it has appeared on the card so far, and write down the total number of times it has appeared.
2. Guess how many species : When the fox card is revealed, write down how many types of animals have been revealed so far. However, foxes are not included.
3. Once in the game! Circle the numbers that seem obvious.
If you match the correct answer, you get twice the score.
4. Score is calculated after 20 rounds.
Each person checks how many points they have earned in each round.
The number written down for this round
If the answer is less than correct, you get points for the number you write down
If it's greater than the correct answer, no score x is displayed
If you hit the circled one correctly, you'll get a score twice the number you wrote down
3. Nakve's Treasure
As an example of a game using a dice throwing mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary. It's an escape racing game full of tension.
When an expedition team dispatched to the ancient Mayan city of Nakve discovered a treasure room in a forgotten temple, the Guardian guarding it woke up. Dodge the Guardians and grab the treasure to escape.
Number of players: 2 to 7
Game time: 45 minutes
Recommended age: 8 years and up
Box dimensions: 225 x 225 x 55 (mm)
Game components: 1 double-sided game board, 1 Guardian game horse, 7 Tamwon Daewon game horses, 1 scoreboard set, 1 dice, 7 sponsor cards, 30 treasure tokens, 14 score tokens, 1 snake token
No matter how many people you're with, don't get bored, find players who support a common expedition, pack treasures, and be the first to escape.
With transformation rules and expansion rules
An even more intense chase!
The basic rules, variant rules, and expansion rules hide each other's identities until the end, and reinvent each play with new obstacles and more intense chases.
Undisputed best board game writer
New work by Rainer Knizia
Reiner Knigia's novel game balance and game rules that are easy for anyone to understand immediately bring even more fun.
Reiver Knizia (Reiver Knizia) : A board game designer who has published around 700 board games so far and has sold over 10 million copies and has received praise and love from people all over the world. It has an unrivaled position in creating mathematically perfect works, and is famous not only for introducing fresh and ingenious ideas to board gamer users around the world, but also for making detailed games that require quite a lot of thought.
HOW TO PLAY?
Desired according to the number on the dice
Pick an expedition member and move them.
You must advance exactly as many times as the number on the dice, ignoring slots with other scouting agents and counting the blanks to advance.
Avoid the traps and get the treasure!
There are 0 to 3 treasure tokens. Aim for extra points when calculating points at the end of the game.
Don't be disappointed if you get 0 points! I don't know the outcome of the game until it's over!
Escape the Guardians from being chased!
And stay alive!
If you fall into a trap, you'll be dragged in front of the Guardian. Expedition members, no matter how advanced they are, can quickly become prey for the Guardians. If the Guardian captures an expedition member, they stop at that slot. The first expedition member caught gets a lower score.
The Guardian's Never-Ending Pursuit
Although they made it through the temple safely, the Guardians haven't given up on their pursuit.
Escape the jungle, where a new threat lurks now!
4. Point salad
As an example of a game that uses a set collection mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary. It's a set collection card game that's easy to enjoy, and the rules are very simple, but the various score combinations created from over 100 choices are “one more game!” It makes me shout.
The good-looking salad is also good to eat! Six beautiful colored vegetables have appeared on the market. What vegetables should I choose to make a delicious salad?
Point Salad has 108 different score cards. Choose carefully which vegetables and how to score points. There's no right answer!
Because it's a game where you have to make your own salad!
HOW TO PLAY?
Game ready
[The card consists of a vegetable side and a score side.]
Prepare each vegetable (number of players x 3). Put the rest of the cards back in the box.
Mix the cards well and divide the three piles at similar heights so that the score side is visible.
Take two cards from each pile and place them vertically under the pile of cards so that the vegetable side is visible. This place is called a vegetable market.
Game progress
When it's your turn, be sure to pick one of the two actions to get a card.
Get a score card from a pile of cards
Get two vegetable cards from the vegetable market
Place the imported card high in front of you so that the imported side is visible.
Finish one turn
If you get a card and there's a blank space in the vegetable market, flip the top card from the pile of cards with a blank line and fill it up so that the vegetable side is visible. And I finish my turn.
End of game and score calculation
If both the deck of cards and the vegetable market drop, the game ends and scores are calculated.
Each person calculates how many points they get for each score card.
(Each vegetable card is used to calculate all score cards.)
5. Skewer Master Board Game
As an example of a game that uses a pattern making mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary. This is the winner of the Best Game of the Month Award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the first half of 2020.
However, if you don't make skewers as fast as you'd expect, customers will quickly get disappointed and leave for another restaurant. Become a skewer master by making skewers faster and more accurately than anyone else while satisfying all orders from customers so as not to lose customers to competitors!
“Master of Skewers” makes skewers according to orders
It's a quick-witted game that must be made quickly.
However, if you make a skewer in a hurry, you mistake it for a tomato and steak, or
You'll find yourself messing up the order of ingredients.
Make skewers as fast as you would actually cook, but calmly create the perfect skewers!
HOW TO PLAY?
Business preparation
Place the plate in the center of the table.
Mix the cards well to form a pile and place them in the center.
Everyone brings a bar, 4 ingredients (steak, tomato, bell pepper, shrimp), and 1 topping (bacon, cheese).
Order received
The starting player unfolds the top card of the deck in front of them.
Making skewers & serving
They all make the same skewers as the order card at the same time.
When all the skewers are made, “Bon appetit!” Shout and place the skewers on the plate.
What if I made the wrong skewers? : After retrieving the skewers, you can no longer make skewers this round.
What if the skewers were made correctly? : Get an order card, place it in front of you, and open a new order card as the starting player for the next round.
Pick and eat whatever you like
A variety of skewers!
Satisfy the tastes of customers with diverse tastes by combining ingredients and toppings.
The harder skewers you make, the more points you get.
Come on, Obshow!
When the “Come on Obshow” card comes out, everyone immediately gets up from their seats and says, “Come on, Obshow!” I have to say hello! The person who greets first takes 1 order card from 1 other person.
Business is closed!
The game ends as soon as the Closing of Business card comes out.
The person with the highest sales by adding up all of the order card amounts they got wins.
6. Century 3: Pioneers of a New World
This is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary as an example of a game that uses a worker placement mechanism.
It started with spices
The last part of the long journey!
Centuries ago, those who grew up fiercely trading spices on land and sea
I set out in search of another world, and finally, I discovered a new continent.
In the New World, you must get help from indigenous people, use tools, and hire new workers to get as much corn, meat, tobacco leaves, and fur as you need.
Open up a new continent by efficiently deploying a limited number of workers!
HOW TO PLAY?
Game ready
Make a game board by pasting 4 pieces of game boards together.
Place bonus tiles and exploration tiles in the appropriate slots.
Take the player board one by one, and take 6 of your workers' horses.
You'll receive starting resources based on the order you play.
Game progress
[When it's your turn, you can only do one of the following: work or rest.]
Work: Post a comment from a worker
Place as many workers' horses as indicated in the place. If there is already another player's worker in that place, you should place one more worker than the number of workers that are in place. In this case, the original worker's words go back to the owner.
Working: Using the Places feature
The worker leaves his horse and immediately uses the location's features.
(1) Production : Receive the displayed resource cube
(2) upgrade : Upgrade the resources in your vault as many as indicated.
(3) Trade : Exchange the corresponding resource in your vault for the displayed resource.
(4) The town : Open resource cubes and get points cards and bonus tiles.
(5) Point card : Every victory card shows points, features, and one of the four icons. Depending on the card's function, fewer workers may be needed in a specific location, more resource cubes may be obtained during production, more new workers may be added, or exploration tiles may be obtained.
(6) Exploration tiles : Players who get an exploration tile immediately take the desired tile from the exploration tiles placed on the game board and receive the bonus displayed on that tile. And those places that no longer have exploration tiles can now be used by everyone.
(7) Bonus tiles : If you place a worker's horse on a town location, you can also get bonus tiles in addition to points cards. At the end of the game, you get additional points for meeting the conditions listed on the bonus tile. If you want to get a high score, you should consider not only the points written on your points card, but also the additional points.
(8) Take a break : Collect all of your workers and bring them to your player's board. No other action can be taken.
End of game
If someone collects 8 points cards, advance to that round, the game ends, and the person with the most points wins.
7. Venture Angels Board Game
As an example of a game that uses a bluffing mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary.
You're a billionaire who enjoys investing in amazing ventures.
Secretly invest in successful ventures.
If that company succeeds, you'll be recorded as the investor that led that venture to success!
Let's start Venture Angels, a private bidding game where people fight fiercely to become the best investors.
Is the investment chip that the opponent just placed “0 or 3?”
“If I invest in events, will other people invest?”
No matter how much you think about it, you won't know the definitive answer until you open the chip.
Understand your opponent's tendencies and become the best investor in Venture Angels, which goes back and forth between advanced psychological warfare!
HOW TO PLAY?
Game ready
Mix the venture tiles well and form them into a single pile.
Take 1 player token and take 5 investment chips of the same color.
The game is played in 3 rounds. Venture tiles are unfolded according to the number of people in each round.
Game progress: round 1
tenders : When it's your turn, pick one of the investment chips you have and place it backwards under the tile of the venture you want to invest in.
End of round: Once everyone has used all of their investment chips, the bid ends.
Investment results
Investment failure : If the total number of investment chips is lower than the score of the venture tile, the investment fails!
bubble investment : The venture tile with the highest total number of investment chips turned out to be a false investment and failed!
successes : All investments were successful except for the above two cases!
Get the Venture tile
Among those who bid for a successful venture tile, the person with the highest sum of investment chips takes that venture tile. If multiple people have the highest sum of investment chips, the first person to bid takes the venture tile.
Which venture should I choose?
Starting from round 2, you will publicly bid on investment chips for as many venture tiles as you have earned.
“Refrain from winning players!”
End of game and calculation of points
After 3 rounds, the game ends. For each color of your venture tile, add the score of the tile with the highest score. After that, the remaining tiles are calculated as 1 point per tile. Whoever has the highest total score wins!
8. Cartographers Board Game
As an example of a game that uses a drawing mechanism, this is a board game with additional components recommended by creator Gary.
As cartographers explore new regions, they put what they see on a map.
You set out on an expedition to uncharted land, to become the best cartographer among them. Grab your pencil and set out to draw a map!
The perfect map
Let it be born!
There are rivers with clear water, forests and farms rich in fruit, but monsters also appear everywhere.
You must place all of these things in the most reasonable way on a limited map to create a perfect map. The conditions for receiving good reviews vary from season to season.
HOW TO PLAY?
Game progress
[The game is played over four seasons, and points are calculated at the end of each season. Repeat the following sequence for one season.]
(1) Exploration stage : Draw the top card from the exploration card pile and unfold it.
(2) Drawing steps : Each player must select the area and shape shown on the exploration card that unfolded this time one by one and draw them at possible positions in the empty space of their own map. At this time, you can rotate or reverse the selected shape.
Monster Attack
When the raid card is unfolded, each player immediately hands over their map to the person next to them in the direction of the arrow shown on the card. On the map you received, draw a monster as shown on the raid card. After that, the raid card is removed from the game.
(3) Confirmation steps : Repeat the previous process until the sum of the hours written on the exploration cards that have been revealed so far is equal to or greater than the length of the season shown on the current season card. If the sum of the hours is greater than or equal to the length of the season, the season ends and the score is calculated.
Calculation of points and end of the game
For each season, two edicts are applied to calculate points.
Now that spring is over, scores are calculated according to the A and B edicts.
Using the same method, progress through spring, summer, fall, and winter, and the game ends.
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Curriculum
Creator
Gary Kim
Kim Kun-hee, 10th year board game artist
I'm Kim Kun-hee, a board game artist. I've loved board games since I was young, and I made them as a hobby when I grew up. However, I had no idea that I would work as a board game writer. After living as Chief Kim, an ordinary employee who had nothing to do with board games, he left the company in his mid-thirties to work as a board game writer. Until today, which is 10 years since then, I have been making my favorite board games and, thankfully, living a happy life of unanimity.
History
2003~ CEO of Korea Board Game Developers Association (KBDA)
2013~ CEO of Gary Kim Games (freelance board game writer)
2014-2018 D Cube Academy Board Game Developer Course Lectures
2014-2016 Smartin App Challenge Mobile Game Planning Course
2018-2019 Attended Gimpo University's Game Contents, Board Game Introduction, and Board Game Production Course
2021~ Krafton Blue Hole Studio Casual Game Advisory
2022 ~ Trevari “Life is like a game” club manager
Major awards
Abraka... what?
2015 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
2015 Lys Grand Public Finalist
2014 Meeples' Choice Nominee
2014 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nomine
Bunnies and turtles
2015 Origins Awards Best Children's, Family, & Party Game Winner
2015 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee
2014 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Winner
There are more and more people enjoying board games in Korea, but there are still very few people who make board games. What I've felt over the past 10 years of making my own board games and sharing my work is that anyone can make board games. I hope that the board game culture in Korea will become more mature as more people enjoy the joy of this creation and that there are more good works. People who were interested in board games through this course didn't just enjoy board games, but asked, “Shall I make one too?” I hope it motivates you to do it.
Q. Is there anything you would like to tell the students?
Anyone can create and release board games, whether as a hobby or as a side job, even if they're not a full-time writer. I hope you all enjoy the pride and joy of seeing your work come to the world in real life.
