Board Game Track Info and Jury Revealed

Boardgames! The foundation of computer games!

Now is your chance to create your own game during the NGJ 2011! Come and feel the power and freedom of game design (and execution) in its purest form.

The board game track is open to everyone with a passion or just an curiosity in creating an analogue game. No computer skills required!

Practical Info

We have tried to keep the framework of the Board Game Track VERY light in order for people to feel that they can come up with anything.

The rules

• Each group can produce one board game. This entails both all the physical objects and the rule-set needed to play the game.
• The board game and rules should be in English.
• The min. people in each group are two, so you have to find at least one wingman at Nordic Game Jam. There are no restrictions on team size, but 2-4 is a good number.
• A max. 10 min presentation must be made along with the game, to present it to the jury on Sunday.

Group-creation

Everybody gets a name-tag, where they also have to write their favorite board game on. This will start the discussion and matchmaking on Friday.

The Dump

In order to make a good physical prototype of your board game, we will create The Dump on ITU. The Dump is where we store scissors, tape, crates, flamenco and other junk for board game prototyping.

LEGO will provide us with their cool customizable LEGO-Dice and the board game distributor Enigma will provide trashed board games, where the participants can feel like grave robbers and steal dices, cardboard, pieces and other great junk for prototyping.

Prize and Awards

Two board games will be awarded – The Jury Award and The Audience Award. The jury will find one and the audience will vote for the other after the presentation on Sunday. This can be the same game. The Prize is a secret so far.

The Jury

• Martin Rauff-Nielsen
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  Master in Philosophy and History and Game Master from the award winning tv-show Barda on DR. Has at least +243 in Role playing Skills.
• Klavs Lunding-Sørensen
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  CEO of the Danish board game company Bezzerwizzer, who designs very popular mainstream quiz games.
• Denis Virlogeux
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• Lecturer at Danmarks Designskole (The Danish Design School) in digital interaction.
• Henrik Ståhlberg
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• Expert in strategic board games and from the board game store Games in Copenhagen. Teacher in Danish and has a nerd living inside of him.
• Jens Hoppe
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• Representative from The Board Game Club of Copenhagen (Københavns Brætspilsklub). Civil Engineer, IT-nerd and consultant at Logica. Board Games is not only his hobby, but a passion since he bought his first strategic game 30 years agon.

Sponsors

The Board Game Track at Nordic Game Jam 2011 is made possible in collaboration with:

Tips and Articles

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Gamasutra: Tips and Tricks from the Trenches of Paper Prototyping

The Board Game Track is coordinated by PJ Kuczynski (game designer & creative producer at NoGAP), Kim Dorff (Independent board game creator and vivid board gamer. Member of the Guldbrikken-jury.) and Thomas Vigild (Game Editor, Politiken, lecturer at ITU in Games Journalism and chairman of Guldbrikken and The Danish Game Counsil)