Owls Hollow Visits West Kent School For A Class On Designing Your Own Boardgame

Owls Hollow Happy To Participate In Design Your Own Board Game Course At West Kent School

Owls Hollow was lucky to be asked to join a group of West Kent Students for a class on designing their own board game.

We started off with a list of games designed in Canada:

Rummoli
Trivial Pursuit
Gift Trap
Crokinole
Glide
Ruk-Shuk
Big League Hockey Manger
Canadian Trivia Game

We even discussed a few from Prince Edward Island:

Jump (by John Ansams)

Race 0 Runny (by Mike Corney)

We then went through a list of types of boardgames which included:

Strategy Games
Family Games
Card Games
Party or Get Together Games
Solitary Games
Role Playing Games
War or Battle Games
Educational Games
Collectable Card Games
Electronic Games
Word Games
Memory Games
Dice Games
Action / Dexterity Games

We went through a list of Things To Think About when designing a Game which included:

Topic (something you are interested in) 
Ex. Sailing, Soccer, Race Cars, Fantasy

Type of Board Game: 


Strategy
Family
Card
Party/Get Together
Role Playing Games (RPG's)

Who will be playing it? 

Your Friends

Your Parents
People in Japan or Australia

What age will it be for?  

Little Kids, Teens, or Adults

How Long will it take to Play?
15 minutes, 1/2 hour, 1 hour, or all night

What will it be made of? 
Plastic, Wood, Recyclables, Cardboard, etc.

Some Game Examples Owls Hollow took in for the Students to have a look at:

Carcassonne
Race The Wind
Bang!
Bohnanza
Dixit
Soccer Tactics World
Ticket To Ride
Zoologic
Wordigo