Rabbits

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

I'll make sure to cover all those in the rules, and will modify to allow for special rabbits to burrow.

Any other suggestions would be excellent, especially in relation to the mechanics of the game :)

Thats an interesting way of doing it Mosker, could you please elaborate a little?, im just trying to vision what you mean. Does that mean when a rabbit passes him he turns in that direction and then moves?

Okay so one of the things that Jay pointed out was the game board and that the fertile grounds are different for 2 of the 4 players (and a bit unfair), ive been looking at the board but having a bit of trouble re-organizing it around to be fair no matter which side you start on :\

I only wanted 6 fertile ground spaces to match with the number on a standard die so that no matter what number you rolled it would correspond with a piece of land.

Hey all,

I figured it would be easier to bump this thread than to start another to provide an update for where im at with this.

Most of the mechanics in the game are in place and right now im just working on how they would best fit in with the turn sequencing and making small adjustments to how each appear or are triggered within a turn.

The goal of the game is still the same, with 2-4 players starting with rabbits on one side of the board and they have to navigate them across to the other side to their burrow.

The biggest things im trying to tackle right now is how to best do movements of the rabbits when it is your turn. In my current iteration i just have a set number of movements (6) and players can distribute them across their rabbits with each rabbit only being able to move a max 3 spaces (to prevent players from just beelining across the board in 2 turns essentially)

My issue with having fixed movements is it makes moving seemingly very straightforward and doesnt allow for much in the way of 'combo moves'. Can anyone recommend other grid based tile movement games that handle movement really well i could use as inspiration for this or have any suggestions on a good ways it could be handled?

The other thing im trying to tackle is board powerups. These are bush tiles that popup on the board in random locations (a die is rolled twice to determine the X axis and Y axis to give a growth location). When players hop onto these bushes they are revealed on the other side the type of powerup (or none). When collected the powerups can be used to have various effects on rabbits etc.

Now the issue that im having with these or maybe im just thinking too much into it is, when they spawn (not sure whether to do at the end of player turns, the round or use something else to determine when they pop up and where) isnt the player who starts the round always going to be favoured to collect them? Unless of course they are way across the board from them they have a greater chance of reaching said powerups.

If you are the player to go 2nd or in a 4 player game last you would be in a very poor position for collecting powerups.

My best solution for this dilemma thus far is having the bushes stay there for more than 1 round and allow for multiple people to land on them, when they do they draw from another card stock that says the powerup gained from it. Thoughts?

Aside from ironing out these few things the game has made some great progress in the time and im looking forward to doing heavier playtesting and moving onto the next stages.