Do you want a fun board game to play but none interest you? There's always the option of making one!
Step 1
Think of a theme for your game. Will it be one where you are a pirate and must travel the seas to find lost treasure, or will you be trapped in haunted mansion and must avoid the monsters and ghosts? Use your imagination when deciding. You could use ideas from existing games if you like.
Step 2
Find a material to put your board on, cardboard or long piece of card stock. Make the board and add start and finishing places. Set out a path or road for the character(s) to travel along.
Step 3
Design the images and pictures to go on your game.
Step 4
Print images off onto printer paper, then tape or glue them to your preferred material.
Step 5
Print off any other pieces, like rules, cards, tokens, etc. Use card board and construction paper provided by teacher.
Step 6
Test play as many times as you can.
Step 7
Have a friend or another person test the game too. If your friend likes the game then you know that you have a good board game.
Step 8
Have a fun time playing your board game!
Tips
- Model the game board after a map, music note, or movie.. For example, if you are doing this based on a city, you could involve stores from it.
- Add spaces that take you to other spaces or triple of your next roll. Use your imagination.
- Have more than just one objective. This keeps the game interesting after multiple plays.
- Play around with rules. Rather than moving a set number of spaces, for example, have a player be allowed to move freely for a set time period.
- Have an objective instead of a finish space -- land on the water fountain 10 times, collect all the gold pieces, etc.
- Use variations of colors and patterns for an interesting appearance.
- Ask for a clean takeout pizza box from a restaurant or buy some from a restaurant supply for the base.
- Minute timers, dice with 6 to 32 sides, and replacement playing pieces are available at game and comic book stores.
- For really young players, instead of a standard dice with numbers, you can make a dice which corresponds to the colors of the game spaces, or make cards that show which color to move to (like in CandyLand).
- Use a ruler when drawing in order to make it look nice and professional.
- Don't rush, but don't do it at the last minute.
- Get other opinions before you finalize it.
- Once you've put on your final touches, you can laminate it or put on a large piece of clear tape to protect it.
- Make it fun -- no one will play it if it is boring!
- You can make an end spot, or you can make it loop like Monopoly does.
- Make it unique -- people won't want to play it too much if it's already been done.
- Be Creative Bright colors or colors that grab your attention are always good.
Warnings
- Make the game fair with consistent rules.
- Anything 3D should be done on sturdy paper.
- Make the game rules fair.
- Dont make the pieces too small.
Things You'll Need
- A mount (i.e. pizza box, cardboard, display board, etc.)
- Characters (can be anything from clay to pieces of paper)Make out of plaster paris
- Dice (make this from one of the cubes)
- Card stock (if you are going to use cards)
- imagination
