New here, would like help on own game and artwork :)

Exactly, its played as a classic " roll dice, move character forward " game. There are actually guard figures walking around in the corridor/game space, starting from their guard posts at the top of board.

Depending on how many prisoners, the guards increase in numbers, so if a prisoner gets a dice throw that makes him run into a guard, the prisoner gets caught and will be taken back to cell after guard makes his round.

Once returned a Prisoner, the guard contiunes forward, and can carry a total of two prisoners but due to game balance and capture rate, its likely that will change to just one.

For instance, what I done with four players was to roll dice for guard after each turn, and the cells are constructed so that say a cell closer to the offices surely increases the chance to get there faster.

But if caught by the guard, since he must make his round, adds the drawback of having to come along until delivered back to cell.

Picture an analog clock, each number is a cell where 12 is guard post where guard starts, if prisoner 1 gets caught and closest cell is 2 ( cant go backwards ) , Prisoner 1 has to wait until they return back to 1

At the moment only a rough layout of the game board prototype but Im sure I can fix up something easily :)

And thank you very much :)

See above regarding that hehe.

Atleast digital so easy to print out.

For the game board, divide into 4 with an easy tool like paint and prints for A4, then just tape them together. Figures, only needs an A4, cut out, form and tape together. Cards, just print out, cut and tape over to make harder like a card, if you have photo paper then saves you the trouble.

If interested to try out, let me know with an email and Ill send you :)

Yeah I hoped the concept should work, and had some great play sessions where alot of fun things happened against my friends, from blocking them to get out to fights out of spite hehe XD

1) To clear some, Guards start at a dedicated Guard Post, and move depending on the dice result, instead of a static number because I want to keep that uncertainty, even in real life ” will he catch up to me, will he notice me, can I outrun him ? ” .

And yes, one will run infront of a guard unless there is a turn one can take as marked on the game board, that is the only way to directly avoid the guard. But its true that having some static rules gives everyone equal chance to avoiding the guard, but then comes the next problem with that.

Since player can start at opposite sides of the cells, if the guards movement is static, there is a much less chance for the prisoners on the left side to avoid the guard even with low rolls due to the guard maybe having a static movement that will more likely catch up with closer cells than those further away.

2) The board is squareform with two corridors in the middle top leading to the right, meaning that all go clockwise but only reason to move to the right, in essence back towards cells, is because a guard is in the way or too many other prisoner players that might risk fighting.

Depending on amount of players, there are X amount of guards, so I assume if a 4 player game, there is 1 Guard, that Guard moves clockwise after end of each turn, so those on the other side are safe unless they roll low and guard rolls high.

At the beginning, right side has more guard coverage, putting those in the right cells more at risk, with the bonus that if they are slower and the guard is faster, they dont risk getting caught as much. That makes the choice of cell itself be of strategic value than just chose color or character picture.

3) I currently have no direct bonus to who wins first, other than to sabotage for the others by taking his items cards with him, greatly making it harder for those remaining to get out, so its just the usual brag of being first.

Not at all just about high rolls, even that has its drawback, since for instance, rolling high and into a guard is not favorable, or when getting to the garden to roll for Event Cards, maybe one prefers other things in the list that needs less high rolls.

Even if one rolls high when needed, has a good position and items, the key is knowing how to use them best or otherwise one can quickly lose the advantage, and worse, give others the edge. So one can say the reward is to keep the others from getting out. Maybe if based on a storyline, all are from a gang that tried to screw each other, so makes sense that the one that escapes wants his former friends to rot for what they did. But Ill see what I can come up with ” first winner ” bonus.

I toyed with the idea of a larger board with more freeroam but that made it easier for players to dodge each other and also give alot of dead empty space, which is why the moving around to reach garden and lawyer and such is key, but its nothing more that a movement move and not intended to focus on how you move, when and where based on some other objective on the board.

But yeah, thanks for the feedback, let me know if you wish to see how it is laid out for easier feedback :)