A game where you play as a bar keep who has to make orders of drinks. And in order to complete these orders you have to play ingrediant cards to make them. For each order you complete there will be a reward or how much the beverage
cost. These will be victory points.
The player with the most victory points wins...just a thought...I was in a bar when I thought of this. Lol
tavern game
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 12:44
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:59
#1
maybe...
Maybe put some bonus VP "tips" on each card as it comes out which tick away as it sits there? Plays up the tension and the theme. It might be better to call victory points 'money' in the game, just to remove unnecessary vocabulary.
Maybe add some "double" cards which work like investment from lost cities: so in this case you would play it to make the base value double, but you need twice the ingredients. They could be played to up your own points on simple drinks, or to slow down your opponent when they are almost done a hard drink.
If you could make the game <10 minutes with a clear loser it would be fun as a "who buys the next round" game.
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:39
#2
Your idea reminds me a little
Your idea reminds me a little of this game:
http://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/12/11/potion-making-practice/
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 19:41
#3
Don't forget...
Don't forget about adding bar fights :)
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 20:57
#4
senorbaub wrote:Don't forget
Don't forget about adding bar fights :)
EVERY board game needs a combat system ;)
That potion game looks like a good ingredient model: I really like how the graphic design works to enable cards as both ingredients and recipes.
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 22:27
#5
I don't know how detailed or
I don't know how detailed or complex you're trying to make the game - but just an idea here is that you could have some sort of "quality" points or judgement phase or something like that. For instance, maybe you can make a really easy drink with cheap vodka and cranberry juice and win X amount of points. OR, you could spend some extra time (collecting ingredients or whatever) to make the same drink only with top-label vodka, and some added flourishes (like a orange peel or something). Same drink, same VPs, but the more quality drink earns you some extra reward. Or, along those same lines, maybe you can earn your bar "respect"points or something of that nature, depending on if the drinks are better quality. Or you could win a "bar of the year" award. Something like that.
Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:23
#6
Tips
The victory points could be called 'Tips'.
I would like it to be an easy to learn game for people that don't play many board games, but it might get them interested in more complex ones later.
this is just an idea of course nothing detailed.