Collectable Board Games

I had posted a thread about the same thing (collectible board games), as well as a journal entry.

My idea was based on the collectible Homies characters. Check out those links, I think the idea had a lot of potential.

- Seth

Hi there

I agree with what a few of you guys have already said about there being more 'customisable' board games rather than 'collectible'.

I imagine this boils down to capital requirements at the launch of the project. If you go the 'collectible' route you've got to have a collection broad enough to appeal to the 'collector-player' and that's going to cost a lot of cash. If you add different rarities into the mix the initial production run would need to be high to make it workable. CCGS work because cards are cheaper to print than boards so fairly small firms can enter the market.

The 'customisable' route is much more easier to control and launch with a smaller initial outlay.

I have to admit that the 'customisable' board game is the model I'm using for the main game I'm developing. The difficulty I'm finding is in stopping myself from galloping into the expansions without firming up the core rules.

The thing is the core rules need to have enough flexibility to leave you options for the future (hence looking at how expansions work) while having enough depth to stand alone if a consumer only ever bought the core set.

It's tricky but a problem I'm enjoying playing with - and so far my initial play testers have enjoyed themselves with the core game. I'm working on a couple of 'core set' mock-ups now to blind test with (one test group is adult another is 10-12yr old males, my main target group).

Good fun this designing game :)
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as far as CDG, CCG, or CBG,

is it just me, but I hate those games.
for 1 reason, its all about money, for
them (game company).

I spent lots of money on dragon dice,
and nobody plays it anymore.
(Hard to find someone.)

And if you do, they got all the best pieces.

collectible game to me means rip off.

does anybody share or can relate to this feeling?

I have had a similar idea to this. I was thinking of having collecatble boards.

Each board would be made up of 19 hexes, shaped in the same way as the "Settlers of Catan" board layout (however the individual hexes can't be changed - they are preset and each board in a set is unique).

Each of these boards would be a region that a player can own/control. The boards could be slotted together in the same way the the individual hexes on each board are layed out.

Players can collect boards (with their individual layout of hexes). Players move armies and consruct facitities on each board (facilities would take up more than 1 hex each and what hex types the facility covers would influence the efficency of the facility).

The collectable nature of this system is that players can keep boards that aid their units and facilities and can hamper their opponents. Also through this system the game is expandable as each player can bring their own boards to the game and expand the playing field.

Boards may also have special functions (spells, technology, etc -depending on the genra and setting). The number of teritories that a player can bring to the game would be limited so as to create a ballanceing mechanism.