About.com 2006 competition

This one looks interesting. I am so glad that the requirements say that you must use regular gaming supplies. It will be much easier to prototype. Time to get to work.

I am actually going to enter this contest. I looked at the rules and it will only require minor adjustments to my game Dice Invaders to meet the requirements. I am going to replace any self-made cards or tokens with chess pieces to represent special powers.

I am not making this strictly a 2-p game, because it is designed for up to 5. I will just have to make sure it works really, really well with 2 if I want any shot of winning.

I see no reason why Knockabout wouldn't be eligible. Heck, I've wanted to try that since I read about it in Abstract Games Magazine several years ago. If you still have them for sale, please let me know off-list.
I don't see any mention of an age limit, top or bottom. If you're inspired, I say you should go for it!

Clark

So, who submitted a game for this competition?

Entries were due today at Noon. I got Dice Invaders in, even though I didn't playtest it as much as I wanted to.

Good luck,
Mark

My entry was Tricky, a simple trick-taking game. If you're curious, I used the following rule set to communicate with my play test team:

http://www.bgdf.com/files/My_Uploads/CDRodeffer/Tricky.txt

Clark Rodeffer

I entered Climb On!, a race game (of sorts) with a climbing theme. Your goal is to raise your climbers (dice) as high up a mountain as possible before the game ends. Larger climbers (dice with more sides) are harder to raise up the mountain, but score more points at the end of the game. My favorite mechanic is that you can sacrifice future turns for immediate gain.

Climb On! will be our Game of the Month for April '06. Although it's not due to go live 'till the 15th, you can read it at http://www8.a2hosting.com/~invisibl/play/367/.