Card modeling, for me, has slowed...sorry, but I've a new co-passion.
Since the Fall of last year, I've been designing tabletop games (Board/Card/Dice games)
It started last year, when I was looking for ways to market a Cribbage board I had created about 20 years ago.
I had created, and regularly played, a Stock Car racing themed card game.
In 2022 I came across a site (The Game Crafter) that helps you manufacture and sell all kinds of tabletop games.
They provide a print-on-demand service with a wide range of customizable game parts.
This means an affordable way to get your ideas to market.
So I set about redesigning/recreating my Cribbage game into a sort-of board-game.
That became "Super Speedway Cribbage".
While working on that project, I got the idea to create something unique for my Daughter.
Something related to Rodeo Barrel racing, which she competes in.
Things didn't go exactly as I had planned, but I did create something very unique, and presented it to her for Christmas.
I have since redesigned that game for the public: "Turn 'n Burn - The Barrel Racing Game" comes in Pocket and Party editions.
By this time, I was enjoying the artwork and design side of it all...too much...
I was spending way too much time on all the artwork and detail...and loving it!...it had to continue...
So, I immediately set about creating another "Rodeo" related game.
Something that had buried itself in my mind when I was creating the first game.
And that became "Busted Barrel Racing".
(lol originally Drunken Barrel Racing, it evolved to be more family friendly)
I am just wrapping up work on BBR...right now organizing a test game session with my Daughter and some of her friends.
The game is proofed, printed and finished...I have a complete test copy in hand...but not publicly published yet.
A final run through will allow me to double check everything, get some honest reviews, and shoot some photos and video.
If you wish to know more about BBR, please visit my site or my facebook page.
madsgrandad funandgames or
facebook-madsgrandad-funandgames
Which brings me to my newest and current project...
an idea I had a long time ago, and only recently was inspired by my paper modeling, to put on the design table.
I always wanted to create a tabletop game about Drag Racing...specifically vintage Drag Racing that I knew and loved as a younger person.
The late 1960s to late 1970s was, in my opinion, the koolest period in Drag Racing history.
And the cars and drivers from that period have gone on to be legends of the sport.
I have a special love for hot rods and kustoms from that period, as it shows in many of my Koolwheelz model designs.
And, I imagined a way to connect or even incorporate my paper model designs into the game.
But maybe, not specifically dependant (on paper models), since I want to market the game to any tabletop game fan.
So, I focused on my game idea and decided to add a paper model connection at a later time.
I didn't actually have the name for the game until much later into the project.
I realized, once I had settled on a paper modeling connection, that the KoolWheelz name would work for the board game,
even if you didn't already know the name or get the paper model connection.
Lets face it, Drag racers of that time were the Koolest Wheelz!
More to be revealed...
