Battle Grounds Rules

Pick up your Game Kit

When you come in you will be given a blank game design kit from Ad Magic Print & Play.

Draw a Random Game Theme. (You will draw 2, and choose one of the.)
Draw 3 Random Game Mechanics rules. Your game will be required to include at least 2 of those mechanics, but you can include others as you like beyond those 2.
Games must be for 4 players. You will have 10 to 15 mins to teach the rules on Saturday Game Sessions. 8 rounds will be held

Designers will drop off their finished design

Friday Sept 13th, 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Game play, voting and awards

Game play sessions with 8 sets of 4 players will play each game for a set amount of time in a round robin format. After each game is played, players will fill out an evaluation form for the game they just finished.
Designers must be at the event all day to teach players about each game.

G eek Week Game Forge, Play Group One

Saturday, Sept 14th, 10:30Am - 2:30pm

You are invited to be the first people to play 4 brand new board game designed in just 5 days by local game designers/enthusiests. You will be asked to play 4 new games then jot down your thoughts for our team to determine the favorite game of the batch. Those teams will receive prizes and epic bragging rights! ($15.00 per participant.) Think of this as a Speed Date where the game is your date. One hour on each game then move to the next. Then each player will score each game. There will be 8 pods of 4 players who will play one game per hour. Your pod will be randomly assigned to play 4 of the games created in 4 rounds.
Session One Schedule:
Round 1: 10:30am
Round 2: 11:30am
Round 3: 12:30pm
Round 4: 1:30pm
Be sure to indicate if you have a partner you are wanting to play with. Each of you will need to RSVP separately to hold your place for the event.

Geek Week Game Forge, Play Group Two
Saturday, Sept 14th, 3:30pm - 7:30pm

You are invited to be the first people to play 4 brand new board game designed in just 5 days by local game designers/enthusiests.You will be asked to play 4 new games then jot down your thoughts for our team to determine the favorite game of the batch. Those teams will receive prizes and epic bragging rights! ($15.00 per participant.) Think of this as a Speed Date where the game is your date. One hour on each game then move to the next. Then each player will score each game. There will be 8 pods of 4 players who will play one game per hour. Your pod will be randomly assigned to play 4 of the games created in 4 rounds.
Session Two Schedule:
Round 5: 3:00pm
Round 6: 4:00pm
Round 7: 5:00pm
Round 8: 6:00pm
Be sure to indicate if you have a partner you are wanting to play with. Each of you will need to RSVP separately to hold your place for the event.

Once all the games have been played and scored, awards will be given for several categories such as Fan Favorite, Most Original Design, Closest to Theme and Mechanics, Best Overall Aesthetic, Best Rules/Teach, Most Fun Overall, etc…