Entry #2 - KRAPPA KRAPPA KRAPPA

OBJECT: It's moving-in day, at the Krappa Krappa Krappa fraternity house! Come up with the most badass arrangement of personal Krap in your brand new room.

For 3-4 players.

COMPONENTS:

• One 12x12 game board, representing the second floor of the fraternity house. The board is divided into four 5x5 "Room" quadrants and two 12x2 "corridors" that intersect at the middle. The squares of each room are divided into sectors, and colored differently depending on whether they are "Floor Space," "Shelf Space," "Table Space," "Closet Space," or "Bed Space" (space allocations are different for each room). The rows and columns of the grid are each marked with numbers from 1-12.

• A deck of 80 "Krap" cards. On each card is written the following information:

  • Name of Item: (e.g. Boxed Set of Limp Biskit Albums, Giant Water Gun, Pile of Girlie Mags, Encyclopedia Britannica, Board Game Collection, Stuffed Meerkat, AK-47)
  • Space Quota of Item: How many different types of Space the Item named on the card can occupy (e.g. Table or Closet, for the Stuffed Meerkat; Shelf Space or Bed Space for the Girlie Mags) and how many blocks on the board it fills (from one to six).
  • Badass Points: Score from 1-9 based on how much the object will contribute to the overall swankiness of your abode. Generally, items with larger space requirements will have significantly greater bad-assitude, but also be harder to place.

• One pair of dice.

• Four sets of forty "Feng Shui" tokens, one for each player, plus ten gray "Beercan Pyramid" tokens.

SETUP: Each player rolls the dice. The highest roller gets to choose which room he wants, and so on down to the lowest roller. Players re-seat themselves around the table so that each is sitting closest to the corner of the board that his room is on.

Each player draws four Krap cards. This hand of cards will be his "Haul" - i.e. all the Krap he's transporting to the frat house from his bedroom back at home.

Somebody cranks the stereo, and each player chugs a quick brewski, for good luck.

STRUCTURE OF EACH ROUND OF PLAY:

"Swap meet" Phase - Each player decides whether he wants to trade any of his Krap cards with other players. For each card that he wants to trade, he informs the other players of its space quota ONLY; he does NOT mention either the Item's name or its quantity of badass points. His aim in trading is to acquire the most badass items he can that will fit into the space left in his room. This phase continues until all players have done all of the swapping they want to do.

"Feng Shui" Phase - All players place the cards for the items that they wish to use to decorate their rooms face up in front of them. Players then place Feng Shui tokens to cover each 'decorated' space accordingly. When this has been done, each player rolls the dice. If he rolls a six, seven or eight, one of the items still in his Haul may be used to decorate spaces in the hallway, rather than the inside of that player's room.

"Beerbash" Phase - The pair of dice are rolled twice. The two totals are used to determine which grid square on the board will be used as the beercan dump for that evening's beerbash. If the grid square selected by the die rolls already has Krap on it, the player whose Krap it is may choose to leave the square as is. Otherwise, a Beer Pyramid token is placed there. Players re-draw their Hauls back up to four cards apiece, and the next round begins.

The game continues until all but one of the players have their rooms entirely filled with Krap.

Scores for each player are then calculated as follows: - Begin by calculating the total number of Badass Points of all Items of Krap that have been placed in the player's room. - Add 1/2 of the badass points on each card for Items placed by the player in the hallway. - Add zero points for only one beercan pyramid in the player's room (wannabe!), five points if two beercan pyramids are in the player's room (badass!) and zero points if there are three or more beercan pyramids in the player's room (overkill!). - Add 4X(total number of players) points for the player finishing first. - Add 2X(total number of players) for the player finishing second. - Subtract the number of badass points of all the cards remaining in the player's Haul.

The player with the most points wins, and is declared President Elect of Krappa Krappa Krappa!

Entry #4 - Haulin' Assets

Objective

In this strategy game for 2 to 4 players, you play two roles: a Homeowner and a Moving Company.

Homeowners: move stuff to your new home, try to minimize the inevitable damage. Moving Company: break as much of your opponents' stuff as possible, but watch out for claims!

The winner is the Homeowner with the most undamaged possessions after a predetermined number of rounds

Equipment

Game board, four Moving Company cards, two dice, inventory score sheets, four pawns of different colors, four matching house tokens, poker chips and paper money (the "bank")

Setup

Each player takes $2,000, an inventory score sheet, a Moving Company card, one pawn and one house token of the same color. Place each pawn on the starred square. Poker chips are used to track mishaps.

Playing a Round

At the beginning of each round, players roll two dice to determine who will Hire, Bid and Move first.

Hire Moving Company

Each Homeowner must pick a Moving Company by interviewing two different opponents. Each opponent must truthfully reveal their Moving Company's reputation. After choosing a company, the card is placed face-up on the table, along with the number of chips indicated beside Mishap Chips. A Moving Company can have only one customer per round. Note: in a two-player game, pick a random company each round.

Bidding for Insurance

Players bid board squares to control mover's insurance:

• New for Old – remove half of the mishap chips from Moving Company's card. Damaged or destroyed items result in a cash payment or replacement of items.
• Like for Like – limits Moving Company to one die (slower truck eliminates over 60% of possible mishaps) Damaged or destroyed items are replaced.
• None – affects all players for the current round

Note, the mishap chip adjustments reflect the company's strong aversion to paying claims.

High roller starts the bidding by moving his home seven or more squares away from his pawn.

Subsequently, each player moves at least five squares to accept highest bid or moves at least two squares beyond the highest bidder to reject it.

The maximum bid is 39 squares.

Bidding ends when all players have accepted the highest bid.

If the winning bidder selects a policy, every other player is required to choose the other.

If she selects no policy, then every other player must play without insurance.

Moving Day

Moving Day consists of yard sale (optional), packing, moving and settlement. High roller completes her Moving Day before play passes to the left for the next Moving Day cycle.

Yard Sale Homeowner may conduct a yard sale once per game.

Cross off any seven items and collect $500 from the bank. This is the only time players can use items that have never been moved.

Packing

Homeowner places the current round number in the TAKE box beside each item to be transported. Items can be left behind during any round but, no new items can be added after the first round!

Selecting all items may seem like a good idea, but it gives Moving Companies more targets.

Homeowner chooses whether to pack everything, some things or nothing. The choice affects total labor costs (but not mileage). It also determines whether Moving Company takes additional mishap chips, as listed on their card under Homeowner Packing adds Mishaps.

Immediately pay just Total Labor to Moving Company.

Using the shortest path to the new home, calculate the mileage fee. Include both endpoints. Jot fee down on inventory sheet.

Moving

Homeowner gives inventory sheet to Moving Company. Moving Company rolls one or two dice and advances Homeowners' pawn.

Each roll is an opoprtunity for a mishap, as the truck rumbles over potholes and railroad crossings.

Moving Company consults the inventory sheet and lightly marks one damage square beside one item from current round whose Mishap value matches the number rolled. If all boxes have been marked, the item is destroyed. Each new mark costs one mishap chip.

Continue rolling and damaging property until the pawn reaches the home.

If Moving Company uses all mishap chips during the trip, immediately move the pawn to the new home and proceed to settlement.

Settlement

Homeowner examines his inventory sheet for damage and destruction. If an insurance policy is in force, any claims should be settled before paying Moving Company for mileage:

• New for Old – Maximum cash settlement of $750 from bank, or replacement of each damaged or destroyed item.
• Like for Like – Replacement of each damaged or destroyed item.

If the cash cettlement is taken, cross off every damaged item. Otherwise, erase all damage marks from every damaged or destroyed item.

Moving Company must pay insurance premiums of $200 per chip to replenish Mishap Chips.

Winning

Count only undamaged property that was moved on the final round.

Entry #6 - Hand-Truck Hustle

Sometimes people need to move out of their homes fast (before they’re evicted). Some moving companies will even load the truck just as fast as you can pack your stuff, especially if you tip them. Players take the role of movers who win by loading the most items -- and the most important – into the truck.

Components

• 1 House Board

• 5 individual Hand-Truck Mats

• 54 Moving Cards

  • 13 Event Cards

  • 40 Item Cards (Heavy, Medium, & Light)

  • 1 Sheriff Card

• 5 player pawns

• 5 player scoring markers in matching colors

• 2 special 6-sided dice

Setup

Place the House Board in the center of the table, the scoring markers on the Start space, and the pawns on the Truck space in front of the house.

Remove the Sheriff Card from the deck and shuffle the rest together. Remove 10 cards from the top of the deck and shuffle the Sheriff Card into them, and then place the remaining cards on top of this stack. This forms the Moving Deck.

Draw cards off the Moving Deck and place them on the House Board in the Item Display area, filling from left to right, starting with the space matching the number of players. If an Event Card is revealed, discard it.

Play Overview

Select a start player and take turns clockwise around the table. On your turn you take two actions, and play proceeds to the player to your left.

Actions

On your turn take two actions, the same or different ones. The Restack action is a double-action and consumes your entire turn.

Move

Move your pawn from one space to an adjacent space on the board, crossing only over orange lines.

If you move across a line marked with the dice symbol, you must determine if you’ve dropped your load (see below).

If you move onto the Truck space, unload your hand-truck and score the appropriate points (see below).

Load Items

If your pawn is in a room with a symbol matching one of the available Item Cards, take that card and place it on your hand-truck. You must follow these rules, and may not take the card if you would break either:

• An item placed on top of another must be of the same weight or lighter, and
• Your hand-truck may never be stacked to more than a height of 7

Place the card on your Hand-Truck Mat, above any existing items. Slide the remaining cards on the House Board Item Display to the left to fill the empty slot. Draw a new card and place it on the far right. If you draw an Event Card, follow directions on the card.

Restack

NOTE: Restacking is a double-action, and is the only thing you can do on your turn. Rearrange the Item Cards on your Hand-Truck Mat as desired, following the rules listed under Load, above. You must restack all of the items and may not leave any behind.

Dropping Your Load

If you move your hand-truck across a line marked with the dice symbol, you must determine whether you’ve dropped your load. Roll both dice and add them: if the total is less than the current height of items on your hand-truck, you have dropped your load. (A height of 3 or less always succeeds and you need not roll.)

If you have dropped your load, remove the item cards from your mat and set them beside it. Your turn is over, and on your next turn you must take the Restack double-action to place the items back on your hand-truck.

For each dropped item card that had the Fragile symbol on it, immediately reduce your score by that number of points and discard the card.

Scoring

You score when unloading your truck, receiving points for each Item Card as shown on the card. Discard all Item Cards on your Hand-Truck Mat.

Events

Instructions are written on each Event Card. Some are placed on the Item Display, flowing to the left as items are taken, discarded when they reach the far left. Others are discarded, and a new card is drawn as a replacement.

Example events:

• Nosy Neighbor: Flows on the display. No new Item Cards are added to the right of it until this card is discarded.

• Broken Air Conditioner: Flows on the display. Maximum stack height is six.

• Dog on the Loose: Flows on the display. Subtract one from die roll total when checking for dropped loads.

• Grandma Visits: Discarded and replaced. Items from the Attic are discarded.

Game End

The game ends immediately when the Sheriff Card is drawn. The player with the most points wins.

Entry #8 - Pirate Treasure!

Join in the wacky battle between two gangs of pirates by moving the bomb out of your ships (to your enemy) or bringing in their treasures!

Player: 2 players

A. Game components:

Game board: 9 x 6 grid 8 six-sided dices (4 red, 4 blue) 2 treasure chest 2 bomb chest

B. Flow:

Players take turn to move their pieces and push their bomb chest to their opponent’s ship (while pushing treasure chest back to their own ship). The player who has:

• both treasure chests on his ship; or
• both bomb chests on his opponent’s ship, wins.

Each player has 3AP to control his dices during his turn. All the actions cost for 1AP:

• Move
• Push a chest/ die for 1 grid
• Climb up a chest

Move:

Move a die for a distance equal to its strength by rolling. Die cannot roll across other die. See image below.

Push:

A die can push one surrounding die or chest for one grid as long as its strength is equal to or larger than that of its target(s). A “6” die cannot perform push action. See image below.

Player cannot push any chest out of the board but he can push dice out of it. If a die is pushed out of the board, it will be eliminated and immediately respawned on one of the home point of its controller’s choice. Home points cannot be occupied by any chest.

Climb:

A die can climb onto any chest to make it heavier to be pushed. Player can move the die- chest stack sideway for one grid (see image) as long as a die he controls is on the chest.

Jumping down from the top of a chest while moving does not cost any additional AP but climbing does.

At the end of any turn, the player who has both treasure chests on his ship or both bomb chests on his opponent’s ship, wins. If a player wins and loses at the same time, he loses.

Entry #10 - Man with Van

Overview

Number of players: 2-5

Your objective is to service in movement and arrangement of a small house. You are one of Moving Company staff. Having to move a few pieces of furniture you need to load the Van and to arrange the new apartment according to plan.

Components

• wooden blocks - pieces of furniture - in different colors, shapes and sizes (cubes, cylinders, pyramids, regular and irregular cuboids),
• board (Vans transportation area, rooms, counting track),
• two dice,
• cards depicting apartment arrangement plans,
• meeples (two per player),
• start player marker.

Each wooden block has a number in range from 1 to 6 printed on it. The number describes the weight of the piece (6 = the heaviest one).

On the board there are two Vans transportation areas with a place for dice. The dice at the Van will tell the maximum weight that can be loaded.

There are rooms of the new apartment pictured on the board.

On a single card there is the room's plan drafted. The plan consists of several outlines of furniture in the form of shape and color.

On each card there are numbers printed describing the VP that can be gained or lose for appropriate room arrangement.

Preparation

Place the board in the center and put all wooden blocks next to the board. Put players' meeples at the beginning of the counting track. Shuffle all cards. Select twice as many cards as players and put them visible next to the board. Players select and take one card at time (the first player can be selected randomly and is given a marker). Then each player takes one random card from a pile to possess three cards.

Gameplay

Loading Vans

Roll dice and put one dice at each Van - it describes the maximum load for a round.

Players in clockwise order select one piece of furniture (wooden block) and put it onto one of Vans. The block can be put on any of its sides (cylinders can be put only on flat sides). Each block has its weight printed on it. Only the blocks of weight lower of equal to the Van maximum load (the appropriate dice) can be put onto the Van. A block can be put onto another block only if it is lighter. The blocks can make stacks of unlimited height.

Run

At any moment instead of loading the Van a player can decide to run the Van. The player places its second meeple next to the Van and become a driver. Other players may stay loading another Van or decide to run as well (place their meeples in a queue after the driver). After all decides the Van is being examined against the height rule - the highest furniture/block is now being removed from Van (if there are more than one, all are removed).

The players who stayed loading another Van continue their job, until one decides to be a second driver. The second Van is also examined against the height rule.

Arrangement

Players in order of meeples present next to the Van are unloading the first Van. The players take one block at time and place it in any room. The player's goal is to place the furniture according to possessed arrangement cards. Players may also place blocks to mess up another room.

At any moment the player can decide to check the room against any of the possessed cards. The player reveals the card and the VP are counted.

After unloading the first Van the players going at the second one are arranging rooms as well.

After unloading both Vans players take their meeples back and the start player marker is given to the next player. The next round of loading Vans takes place.

Counting VP

The VP are counted according to the arrangement plan cards. On the card there are three numbers printed. The first number (green) is the number of VP if the room is arranged precisely according to the plan (all shapes and colors of furniture match and there is no messing block).

If the arrangement is not precise the second number (yellow) is the number of VP per furniture for each block that matches either shape or color. The third number (red) is the number of negative VP per furniture for each messing block (neither shape nor color matches).

The VP are summarized for the player - the meeple is moved along the counting track.

Game End

The game ends at the moment one player reveals the third card. Others may finish their turn and reveal the remaining cards as well. There is no another loading round, so after counting the revealed cards the winner is decided. Of course the winner is the one who gains the most VP.

Voting Results

I received votes from the following 7 people: Mitchell Allen, tinymachine, Robert_C, Isamoor, KJHarder, MatthewF, and Pfreer.

After doing the math, we have the following results:

• 1st Place - Hand-Truck Hustle (Entry #6) by MatthewF - 14 pts (3 4 pts, 1 2pt)
• 2nd Place - Haulin' Assets (Entry #4) by Mitchell Allen - 11 pts (2 3pts, 2 2pts, 1 1pt)
• 3rd Place - Moving Dice (Entry #9) by jeffinberlin - 10 pts (1 5pt, 1 3pt, 1 2pt)

The rest of the entries received the following votes:

• Moving Trucks (Entry #7) by magic_user - 8 points (4 2pts)
• Macho Moving Men (Entry #1) by Isamoor - 5 points (2 2pts, 1 1pt)
• Krappa Krappa Krappa (Entry #2) by lordgoon - 5 points (2 2pts, 1 1pt)
• Pirate Treasure! (Entry #8) by ronnyay - 5 points (1 3pt, 1 2pt)
• Man with Van (Entry #10) by Robert_C - 5 points (1 4pt, 1 1pt)
• Panopticon (Entry #11) by tinymachine - 2 points (1 2pt)
• Schools Out! (Entry #3) by kodarr and The Geek Split Caper (Entry #5) by fecundity received no votes

Thanks for all entrants and voters ... especially with your patience (again).

Look for the September Challenge to be announced later this week.

CRITIQUE THE ENTRIES: As always, it's very helpful to the designers to receive constructive critiques of their entires. Please post your critiques in the Critiques Thread.

Enjoy, -Bryk