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CHALLENGE: Tabletop
This week, create a mockup of an original digital board game. It can be a serious game or something utterly absurd.

Several existing examples here:

Puerte Rico

Lords of Waterdeep

Monopoly

Ticket to Ride

Small World

Canvas Size - Max 320 x 200. Either horizontal or vertical.

Colours - Max 22.

Transparency - No.

Animation - Optional. 
CHALLENGE RULES
Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
Only new pixels allowed.
Open to all members.
Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.
CHALLENGE JUDGING
Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
Winner announced the following week.

CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
No matter what happens you get challenged :)
CHALLENGE VOTING
Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!
CHALLENGE AWARDS
The Tabletop pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Heroes of Eldinia by Crimso
Battle of North by HZoltan
Space Panic by eigenbom

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 

Magi Nation by Iscalio
Terrain War by TropicalSnowcone
Settlers of Catan system by sjhwi1a
Chezz by Drazile
Castle Grab - Digital Minimalist Tabletop Game by CNIAngel
Colored Tiles by Sir Cutswood
Ambrosia by Unyinz
BOTTT - Battle On The Table Top by Froste

Edited by skamocore - 05 December 2014 at 9:36pm

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 12/1/2014: Tabletop Posted: 01 December 2014 at 12:00am
	CHALLENGE: Tabletop This week, create a mockup of an original digital board game. It can be a serious game or something utterly absurd. Several existing examples here: Puerte Rico Lords of Waterdeep Monopoly Ticket to Ride Small World Canvas Size - Max 320 x 200. Either horizontal or vertical. Colours - Max 22. Transparency - No. Animation - Optional. CHALLENGE RULES Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox. Only new pixels allowed. Open to all members. Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. CHALLENGE JUDGING Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged. Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries. Winner announced the following week. CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy. Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet. 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter. No matter what happens you get challenged :) CHALLENGE VOTING Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge! CHALLENGE AWARDS The Tabletop pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Heroes of Eldinia by Crimso Battle of North by HZoltan Space Panic by eigenbom Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Magi Nation by Iscalio Terrain War by TropicalSnowcone Settlers of Catan system by sjhwi1a Chezz by Drazile Castle Grab - Digital Minimalist Tabletop Game by CNIAngel Colored Tiles by Sir Cutswood Ambrosia by Unyinz BOTTT - Battle On The Table Top by Froste Edited by skamocore - 05 December 2014 at 9:36pm
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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 2:24am
	I don't quite understand what's meant by "original"- are we supposed to come up with our own idea for a board game, or create a mockup that depicts an existing one?
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3663	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 2:32am
	Your own game, however, it can resemble any mechanics there is. The point is, most existing board games already have a digital version.
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Finlal Rear Admiral Joined: 08 November 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 404	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 4:44am
	It would be funny if created mockup would match upcoming ludumdare theme.
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Drazile Commander Joined: 17 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 2:51pm
	I know, I'll do a version of chess with modified rules that I created a while ago (I called it chezz). There are two classes: sword and gun. All players move like a king would in normal chess. Each turn, one player can attack. Sword attacks all 8 adjacent squares, and gun attacks one line of squares. There are also walls and stuff.
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3663	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 3:09pm
	Sounds interesting already...
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Drazile Commander Joined: 17 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247	Posted: 01 December 2014 at 11:54pm
	WIP The location of those darker knights isn't permanent. It's just me getting their colours straight. The transparency is only there because I don't know what else to put there yet. Edited by Drazile - 01 December 2014 at 11:56pm
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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 02 December 2014 at 4:25am
	Interesting, though I think you should make the board tiles perfectly square- in these sort of top-down-RPG-ish views, visual appeal generally wins over realistic perspective. Also, I'm assuming vertical is allowed and the "horizontal or horizontal" thing was just a typo. If not, then I guess mine won't count toward the challenge- assuming I can even complete it on time. I've thought about doing a sort of simplified tabletop RPG-type game with a dungeon as the setting and the generic skeletons and bats and orcs and whatnot, although at this point I've really only planned out the GUI to show cards and options and all that.
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Tad-Long Seaman Joined: 03 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 02 December 2014 at 6:03am
	I have an idea I may work on. It's called "No Farm No Vowel."
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sormi Seaman Joined: 16 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 02 December 2014 at 1:49pm
	Does it have to display whole board? Edited by sormi - 02 December 2014 at 1:49pm
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 02 December 2014 at 2:47pm
	*Originally posted by sormi* Does it have to display whole board? That would be a good idea. What are you planning?
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sormi Seaman Joined: 16 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 3:44am
	Just wondering if one could just show couple tiles of monopoly board and draw higher resolution pieces instead of fitting whole monopoly board into 320x200 canvas. That would kinda ruin the whole idea of board game mockup, wouldn't it? Edited by sormi - 03 December 2014 at 3:45am
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 4:14am

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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 January 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 5:34am
	*Originally posted by sormi* Just wondering if one could just show couple tiles of monopoly board and draw higher resolution pieces instead of fitting whole monopoly board into 320x200 canvas. That would kinda ruin the whole idea of board game mockup, wouldn't it? "create a mockup of an original digital board game." Monopoly already exists so you can't use that.
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sormi Seaman Joined: 16 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 8:53am
	*Originally posted by jalonso* "create a mockup of an original digital board game." Monopoly already exists so you can't use that. Well that was not the point. The point was if I were to create a monopoly-like board game and zoom in to couple game pieces (tin soldiers for example) would it still be considered a board game? Edited by sormi - 03 December 2014 at 8:54am
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3663	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 11:40am
	*Originally posted by sormi* *Originally posted by jalonso* "create a mockup of an original digital board game." Monopoly already exists so you can't use that. Well that was not the point. The point was if I were to create a monopoly-like board game and zoom in to couple game pieces (tin soldiers for example) would it still be considered a board game? Of course it would. There are thousands of board games out there that use figures.
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Drazile Commander Joined: 17 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 1:20pm
	*Originally posted by Mrmo Tarius* -snip- What is it, some sort of dominoes RPG?
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 03 December 2014 at 3:37pm
	Yes :)
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 04 December 2014 at 7:29pm
	Sorry if this is clear to other people. By original does that mean you cannot base the board game on an existing mythology (ie. Starcraft or Final Fantasy or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be off limits as a subject matter)? I'd like to use an existing IP like one of the examples above to create an "original" boardgame. Is this acceptable? Thanks. edit: I guess to be specific I'd like to use the MagiNation IP which as far as I can tell has been a card game, gameboy game, and tv show. But never a board game in the sense of what I'd like to make . Edited by Iscalio - 04 December 2014 at 7:52pm
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3663	Posted: 04 December 2014 at 7:48pm
	*Originally posted by Iscalio* Sorry if this is clear to other people. By original does that mean you cannot base the board game on an existing mythology (ie. Starcraft or Final Fantasy or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be off limits as a subject matter)? I'd like to use an existing IP like one of the examples above to create an "original" boardgame. Is this acceptable? Thanks. Star Craft has an existing board game, but yes you can use an existing IP and as long as you don't copy the existing board game; it's original.
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 04 December 2014 at 8:24pm
	great thanks
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 05 December 2014 at 12:18am
	WIP1 Kybar's Teeth region. picked my ramps. tested out my light/shadow method thingymadoo. starting to design low res nation symbols. WIP2 Bograth region. An example map of the world I'm referencing here: the Moonlands http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110102060220/magination/images/8/8b/Moonlands.png Edited by Iscalio - 05 December 2014 at 1:26am
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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 05 December 2014 at 7:40pm
	Well, here's the mockup GUI for my entry. 20 colours, done vertically based on the assumption that it's allowed and "horizontal or horizontal" is a typo. I've basically got all weekend to get the actual board done, now.
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 1:13am

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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 4:23am
	I'm not sure if that water is meant to just be a rough sketch or not, but it looks awfully scratchy. I'd suggest putting your shading into larger clumps with smoother, thicker lines, especially around the brightest highlight. What you've done so far is pretty good, though; your colour ramps seem quite nice and I'm interested to see the final version.
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3663	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 9:30am
	*Originally posted by Crimso* I'm not sure if that water is meant to just be a rough sketch or not, but it looks awfully scratchy. Couldn't disagree more. This is more stylish as is to me.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 January 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 10:15am
	*Originally posted by Gecimen* *Originally posted by Crimso* I'm not sure if that water is meant to just be a rough sketch or not, but it looks awfully scratchy. Couldn't disagree more. This is more stylish as is to me. I agree. Throw a bit of AA to soften a bit and it will be beautiful.
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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 3:38pm
	*Originally posted by jalonso* I agree. Throw a bit of AA to soften a bit and it will be beautiful. That's the thing- I'm not sure AAing is really possible with those colours. And I'm not trying to be critical in saying that; it's just how it is.
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Drazile Commander Joined: 17 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 4:08pm
	Big gifs are hard.
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 4:44pm
	lol yeah the water is still WIP. I think part of the problem is there's still a large blue band that is't blended in. We'll see how much time I have to come back to it, right now I'm not even sure how much it will be visible if I put other elements on top of the water area, so I'm just trying to finish up the land first. thanks for the suggestions. not exactly sure how to anti alias the water with 4-5 available colors, maybe I could move the colors closer together. I've already toned down the high color.
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Crimso Midshipman Joined: 02 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 06 December 2014 at 5:35pm
	Pretty much got the board done, just need to add a few more traps/objects. I've still got no idea how I'm going to do the player and monster pieces; hopefully I'll figure something out in time.
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Volrak_Rutra Midshipman Joined: 26 September 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 63	Posted: 07 December 2014 at 8:34pm
	Damn, hours before the end of the challenge I come up with the best game: Hungry Hungry Games. Well, no time now, so may the odds be ever in your favor, all who participates. Edited by Volrak_Rutra - 07 December 2014 at 8:34pm
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Drazile Commander Joined: 17 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247	Posted: 07 December 2014 at 9:56pm
	What would 'Hungry Hungry Games' involve?
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 30 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 217	Posted: 10 December 2014 at 12:20am
	Cheetos and Mountain Dew are involved I'd wager.
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