Games design resources

A bunch of examples of Print and Play games have been added to our resource folder. These are all fairly simple amateur-made games which are designed to be printed out and then played with a minimum of fuss. You'll have to cut out cards and pieces some times, but that's it. These games are all good examples of what individual amateurs can create - several of them are also re-themes. A re-theme is when you take an existing game, and change the visuals and theme of the game to turn it into something else (the folder includes several re-themes of the popular PNP game Cheese Chasers).
A sub-set of Print and Play games is Mint Tin Games. These are games which are designed to fit in a single 'altoids' brand mint tin (which are about the size of a deck of cards). There are some very clever games of this type, including several which have taken a much larger and more complex game and streamlined it down to the point where it can all fit in the tiny mint tin. It's worth checking them out to see how much game you can fit into a tiny space using limited components.

Making games in Term Two

All though out Term Two we are making our own games!
We are writing rules, making boards and cards, designing boxes, the whole shebang. By the end of the term, all of our members will have their very own, original, hand crafted board or card game. Not only that, but you have the chance to win the coveted SPIEL DES JAHRES (Game of the Year - it's not my fault if the world's most prestigious game design award is German!).

In the first few weeks of term, we will discuss and plan how to design games, including the elements that go towards making a game, rule mechanics and gameplay.
Then we will start to play test our game designs to make sure the rules work and the games are fun.
When that's finished, we'll start working on designing the components - boards, cards, counters, rule books etc.
By the end of term, we will have our games finished and the judging of the LSC SPIEL DES JAHRES can happen!
You can find a resource folder on Google Drive which contains important planning documents, templates etc.

Want to make your game super professional looking? You can actually get it printed by The Game Crafter. The Game Crafter is an online store which prints home made games so they look just like things you can buy in the shops. If you want to use TGC, you'll need to get all of your art onto a computer and make sure it fits the printing templates. Games cost a touch more than things you'd buy in the shops (since they're one offs) and take about a month to arrive (since they're made in the US).
I used TGC to get my game Kitnapped printed, and it's also available for sale from them.

LSCWC Season 2017

Term One: Season of Random Gaming
Boardgames, card games etc. A new game each week, including:
Citadels, Toppollo, Carcasonne, and Kitnapped.

Term Two part one: Craft Term Mk.1
Learn to make your own board and card games.

Term Two part two: Craft Term MK.2
Learnt to paint wargames figures.

Term Three: RPG Term
Play various quick, rules light RPGs including All Outta Bubblegum and Lasers and Feelings.

Term Four: Tabletop Wargames
Take part in multiplayer skirmish games such as A Song of Blades and Heroes and GruntZ.

Toppy publishes game (sort of)

You can now buy an actual, physical, properly printed shiny hard copy of Kitnapped, Toppy's game about stealing other people's cats. It's available via The Game Crafter, a print-on-demand games site in the US. When you order a copy, TGC will print it up, box it up and send it out to you!
And whay would you not want a copy? It's a game about stealing other people's kittens so you can have ALL THE KITTENS!
Go forth and order freely!

Welcome to 2017!

Should I do the survey? Do THIS survey to find out!

Greetings strange bipeds!
2017 is upon us, and it's time to think about what games we'll play during the coming year!
There's a shiny new Google survey you can fill out (you will need to login using your school email address) - sometime during the next week (when we get enough results) there'll be some sort of announcement about what we're going to play during Term One.
Terms Two and Three, as usual, will have some sort of craft component - you can also vote for what you want to do craft wise on the survey!
NOW GO DO THE SURVEY!

Semester Two 2016: What Shall We Play?

What sinister machinations do you feel like taking part in for Semester Two?
Do you desire to delve in dark draconic dungeons?
Do you long to soar through space?
Do you mean to gather magics?
Would you rather just play a mind-numbingly large amount of Uno?
I am currently after suggestions for what we should do during the coming terms. Post a comment below to let me know what YOU want to play. Bear in mind cost, number of players, and time needed to play and prepare for the game when making suggestions.

Master Painter 2016

We're starting to paint GruntZ squads today - which can mean only one thing! Time for LSCWC's Master Painter contest to return! This year, MP will form part of the GruntzArena season. It's simple. For the next two weeks, we will be painting GruntZ squads in B11 during Friday lunchtime for use in the crucible of the GruntzArena. Once painted, all GruntZ will be photographed and posted to this blog, where a poll will be held allowing the world to choose the best painted squad. That squad's painter will be crowned champion and showered in glory.