Kevin Ellenburg, Board Game Designer

Spotted at Target: A Bluey retheme of the 90s hit children’s game Looping Louie!

04.09.2023 06:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Print and play robot attack cards ready to cut out. The card art features black and white sketches of 5 different robot characters.

Poster board with five fight tracks roughly drawn with pencil. Each track has a betting area for betting on which robot will win and whether the win will be by unplug or destroy. Each track also has spaces for robots’ “Killer Moves” that pay out $1000/$2000/$3000.

Prototyping the next iteration of my robot fighting game! 🎲✂️

Back in 2015 this was conceived as a 2 player robot battler. Now I’m trying a 3-5 player sports betting version with players customizing+programming robots and betting on all the fights resolving simultaneously.

30.08.2023 00:29 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have so many prototypes that I've debated self-publishing on Gamecrafter or as a print-and-play file versus pitching. I think a big factor for me keeping many of these in the prototype stage for now is wanting better production, art, and graphic design, which publishers are great for helping with.

29.08.2023 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It reworks several systems to feel more like Civ. The base game had unusual combat where you use control points to attack adjacent control points. The expansion replaces that with more straightforward army units. It also adds exploration, governments, districts, and forts to capture as an objective.

29.08.2023 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Terra Incognita expansion to Civilization: A New Dawn

29.08.2023 15:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mechs vs Minions is another board game with an online custom scenario generator (na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/...). Studio Midhall taking that one step further by running contests for scenario design was a great idea.

29.08.2023 01:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Studio Midhall made a custom scenario generator for their board game Beast and uses it to run contests where the prizes are typically more game content like miniatures or expansions. This is a great way to drive community creation of awesome content. contracts.studiomidhall.com

29.08.2023 01:16 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0