I'm in need of a boardgame designer for a project

As you may or may not know I publish games. You can check them out on www.zmangames.com.

I want to offer a chance for someone here to get published (or add another one to their credits if published already).

I am looking for someone to create and develop a boardgame (as opposed to a card game, though their could be cards in the boardgame) about the classic monsters: but not the titled ones, just their types: vampires, wolfmen, gillmen, mummies, etc.

The game could be serious or humorous. It could involve monster hunters chasing these guys or it could be you are representing a type of monster seeking supremacy.

Now, the best way I see this taking place here, is to ask you to submit a proposal on the game. Describe the theme you envision, how you think the game will proceed, the victory condition, what elements you feel will stick out as cool and/or different, what components you expect to have, etc.

I'll pick the 2-3 best proposals then ask for a second stage whereby you develop a working prototype. From there the person whose design shines the best will be asked to completely develop the game for which you will receive a royalty based on sales. Yes you are doing this on spec for a possible publishing agreement. You will always own whatever design you send me and is not used.

I look for originality as much as possible. I also want it to be fun and relatively fast. 1 hour optimum, no more than 1-1/2 hours. Don't go nuts on the components - I don't want to sell the game for more than $40 retail.

Most likely plastic figures will be out of the question, but it might depend on # of different figures and total quantity of figures.

Deadline for proposals will be July 18. If you are chosen you'll have a few months to develop the actual game.

Be open to change and criticism: the goal is to make a good game and it takes work and revisions.

Hopefully I don't open a can of worms by posting such a thing here, but I wanted to hit a large group of people who are interested in designing games. I am not posting this anywhere else so this offer is exclusive to the BDGF.

Email me with any questions. and I apologize if this approach upsets anyone.

Good luck!