“Swongsburg Realty” Game

Portfolio Age 12.5 Jul 27, 2020

Interested in enhancing his skills as a board game designer, the kid signed up for a six-week-long online class on the subject. The class project was meant to be very simple, but he had the vision of a much more complex game in materials, mechanics, and ways to score. So he went for that, creating a very elaborate board game around the theme of real estate development.

The game board shows differently colored lots of land along with their cost and popularity value

The End of Round board tracks five game rounds and the bonuses earned for each

Some of the materials: Prospect cards, Worker cards, Barren cards, Bonus cards, and building tokens

In addition to the excellent product he delivered, and the video presentation he made all on his own, this project provided him with some new experiences:

Working on assignment with given deadlines, which was challenging given the larger than intended project scope he pursued.
Using Figma (a digital design tool) to create a neat deck of cards and tokens

Video: https://vimeo.com/441895714

00:00 Intro
00:47 Game materials
05:11 Setup
06:53 Actions available in a turn
10:36 The project counter
12:05 Actions at the end of a turn
12:52 Mechanics of a round
15:01 Actions when a project is fully built
17:01 End of game scoring

Learning: creativity, critical thinking, design, verbal communication
Interests: board games