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Overview

Task: Redesign the existing board game, Up The River.

Original game: Up The River
Goal: Each player tries to get all three of his or her boats into the harbor and to earn the most points for each boat.

My game - Block the river :
Goal: There are 2 rivers and 2 harbors. Each player has 3 boats evenly distributed on both rivers. The docks are limited in both harbors. Try to get as many docks as you can.

Role:

Game designer

Team Size:

Length:

2 week

Time:

Mar 2022

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Design

Original game picture:

My game picture:

I want to make the game more competitive. Main changes I made:

1. 2 rivers, 2 harbors and the docks are limited in both harbors.

The river will converge in 2 places.
The boat can only sail across the river only if they stop at the two places where the river converges.

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2. The blocking mechanism: the player can blocked other players.

There can only be a limited number of boats on each river card. If the number of boats on the river reaches this number, it means the river is blocked.
The number limitation depends on the player amount. (If, for example, there are 3 players, there can only be 6 boats on each river card and 3 boats on each river. )
When the river is blocked, no boat can pass through it. (If, for example, you roll a 3 but the river is blocked, you can only move your boat to the card behind the blocked one.)
Duck: The duck occupies a space. This means if there is a duck on the river, the amount of the boats that can stop on the river should reduce one.

3. Add frogs: allow the player to jump to the other river

The frog can carry the boat to the nearest frog across the river. This means you can cross the river by being carried by the frog.
The frogs are in different rows, so you can choose to move either forward or backward.