How to Make Your Own Board Game
Design and make your own board game to take family game night to the next level of fun.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE A BOARD GAME
- Posterboard, cardboard or cardstock
- Game tokens, such as small toys
- Blank note cards or construction paper
- Dice
- Pencil, markers, crayons, paint and stickers
- Paper
- Ruler
WHAT YOU’LL DO TO MAKE A BOARD GAME
STEP 1. Create an outline of your board game on a sheet of paper. This includes the title of your game, instructions, rules, the number of players and any storyline you want your game to have.
STEP 2. On a sheet of paper, sketch out what you want your board game to look like. This will be your go-by guide. Get creative!
STEP 3. Create your board game. Place the posterboard, cardboard or cardstock on a flat, hard surface such as a table or smooth, uncarpeted floor. Using the ruler, pencil and your sketch from Step 2, design your game. Ask a parent or older sibling for help with this step if needed. Make your board colorful using markers, crayons and stickers. If using paint, cover your work area with newspaper to prevent making a mess!
STEP 4. Make the pull cards by cutting blank note cards in half. You can also make the cards with construction paper. Fold the paper into fours, and cut out each rectangle. Create as many pull cards as you want. Next, fill in the cards with simple instructions. For example, they can require the player to go back to start, move forward or back a few spaces, or switch places with another player.
STEP 5. Gather the game tokens and dice. You can use the tokens from an old board game, buy new pieces or use items around your house. Examples of some tokens are toy cars, pawns, miniature toy people and math counters.
STEP 6. Finally, it’s time to play! Round up enough family and friends to meet the required number of players. Then grab the dice and roll!
LEARN MORE ABOUT GAME DESIGN
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This is helpful, but I think I will stick to using thick paper and markers for making a fun, easy to play game.
it looks hard but its actually not that bad! TSM!
thank you so much it helped a ton;)
This helps a lot.
You have probably teachen a lot of kids.
fun
I HATE THIS SM DONT EVERY TRY IT IT IS SOO COMPLICATED.
Well, maybe for u, i loved it
I only came here to comment other then that this was useless to me
Very logical!
This really helped thank you!
this was helpful and fun!
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im making this game for my math class with all the problems on cards sm fun!!!!
So fun to play with!
this is very easy and can even be used for sketching out a board game that sells
How can I come up with the name for my game?
MAKE UP ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!
nice
so fun
It’s fun to make your own game
thank you for teaching me this am going to create a game
that a good idea
i dont understand the game
Easy And Fun.
I don’t know how I can make peaole for my bord game