Lets Go!

I played a game of Marooned yesterday with a friend... scratch that, I played several games of Marooned yesterday with a friend. There seems to be a pattern that happens when people play the game it goes something like this....

First game... what the? You mean I don't roll the dice? Why can't I do that? Oh I see... Well you've won but you would wouldn't you, you invented it. Ok...Give me another go.

Second Game... I'm Getting it... Oh, that can kill me? Yes I forgot.. And you've won... yes but you would wouldn't you. Another Game.

Third Game... Right! ha Ha! That Shocked you didn't it... No I'm gonna... HA! Right... Got it now.... AGAIN BITCH!

This to a varying degree of language is the usual way things go... I played a few other games with another friend who said something along the lines of "well you know I hate board games, but I'd play that again" which is high praise indeed coming from her.

This week I have been wrestling with a design program to make the boards and other components that are needed to make the game. I used to use Corel for my design work but no longer have it on my computer so am now using a combination of INK and GIMP two freeware programs that do the same job. I've been trying to keep things very paired down for this incarnation. Theme isn't that important to Marooned, it is more or less what you would call an abstract game, it's not trying to recreate building castles in the 16th century, the rise of the industrial age or the fight against a pandemic (all good themes for very good games) but simply the plight of your little men as they try to get from one side of the board to another.

This is a good thing I think... sure if X games company take the game on board and say they want to re theme it in a automated cake factory I'll say hell yeah and take the royalties but until that day comes... I'm keeping it wide open.

This is a bit of a quickie as I have to get other things done, but I wanted to put a couple of things up here... the first I put up on my Facebook Page is the Logo...

Look at that Dunnit look lovely! and the little meeples falling off! Argh! off they go the little buggers

And the design for the Death Square in the game....

I See Dead Meeple.

Silly Huh?

Oh and one other thing... This Blogger thing lets me see where people the people are that read this blog... and I'm intrigued... who are you lovely people? there are some in the UK but also some from The US and Canada... even some from far flung places like Bulgaria... so if you fancy putting me out of my mystery then why not post a little comment after this blog to say briefly who you are, where you are from, how you found your self here and why you read this blog... Go on... you know you want to.

IH OUT