Hello From a Strategic Board Game designer

I first attempted to modify Chess by adding the element of chance to it in the form of drawn cards. This experiment was a complete disaster. Chess is too perfect to be mettled with. I liked the idea of a strategy game balance by chance, but decided that I would have to create a whole new game. Using my chess board as a playing platform I hand drew a deck of cards and molded playing pieces out of clay. I played everyone I could for the next six months slowly crafting a set of rules that would balance skill and luck. I called my game Capere. That's Latin for Capture, which is one of the plays of my game. David Jones, a friend and graphic artist designed the board, cards and box. I searched for the cheapest method of producing it and put the games together at home. David and I have spent the last two years marketing Capere at ComicCons around California. At Strategicon, Playford Games became interested in my came and with their help, I have updated it to include a kind of RPG feel to it. Our Kickstarter to finance the new edition is coming up. I have other games in mind and thought it might be interesting and productive to communicate with other game designers.