Thursday, July 17, 2008
Boardgame Design: Tales of the Arabian Nights 2
Work is almost finished on Tales of the Arabian Nights, the big game design project I've been working on for Z-Man Games. Finally, the cover is confirmed:
Box cover
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The cover features three illustrations from the original 1912 edition of Arabian Nights illustrated by the wonderful artist René Bull.
Since my first preview, I've done more work on the cards and improved them somewhat. The card front design has been simplified a bit, and the type of card is now shown on it. These types may yet be differentiated more, probably by colour.
This sample city card shows how players can easily find the location of a city both by a thumbnail image of the board and an image of the city and surrounding area.
This status card gives you a sample of the many wonderful and horrible things that can happen to adventuring characters. And of course there are many creatures and people to encounter in the world of the Arabian Nights: for example, this card and this card--not to mention the 3,000 or so paragraphs in the Book of Tales!
Fortunately, there are many wonderous treasures to be found as rewards for the brave and lucky--here's just one of the many. All the encounter and treasure cards are illustrated by the talented Dan Harding.
And finally, a look at the entire board, close to final approval. Hope you like it, even if the sea isn't blue. Note that I was careful to put the numbers for the score tracks outside the actual spaces!
Board
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Hopefuly you'll all grab a copy of this great game when it's released--I know I'm looking forward to playing ...