Game Design

Components for Floyd's 'The Big Payback'.

'The Big Payback' design challenge results!

Congratulations to Floyd Pretz and his design for winning Spielmason’s ‘The Big Payback’ design challenge! Floyd’s ‘Sidekicks Big Payback’ design and theme achieved the highest scoring in post-test assessments among a field of challenge entries.

From Floyd: Sidekicks Big Payback is a set-collection, hand-management, take-that, strategy card game that is all about one-upping each other. You are the sidekick flunky of a famous adventurer. She gets all the glory and the gold, and you don't get squat. Who washes goblin blood out of her clothes? You! Who is constantly refilling her mana vials? You! Who has to wash troll poop out her hair? You! You and your fellow squires all finally decide that enough is enough. Tonight you will get your … Big Payback.

The Big Payback.

The Spielmasons are hosting a unique game design challenge open to anyone with an interest in designing a game. The challenge is called "The Big Payback" and here are the design specifications:

1. The game must be titled "The Big Payback" and it must have a theme that fits the title.
2. The game and all of its components must fit in this beautiful, aptly named, wooden box.

The box dimensions are 12" long by  8" wide  by  3.5" tall.

If you are interested in being part of the challenge, design a game based on the above specifications and bring it to a Spielmasons meeting during the month of July. Spielmasons welcomes all contestants (and anyone interested in testing the games) to be part of the testing for all challenge entries. The winner of the design challenge gets the "The Big Payback" box for their game!

Feel free to visit a Spielmasons meeting to learn more about the challenge and game design in general. All Spielmasons meetings are open to anyone with an interest in game design or to anyone who wants to test games in the process of being designed.  No experience necessary!

Spielmasons meet every other Wednesday evening from 8PM to 11PM at Spielbound. &Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 20th.