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Cyvasse by JakobS
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Valhar Morghulis!
And all games must be reborn, just in time for Season 7.
There are plenty of great versions out there of George R.R. Martin-inspired Cyvasse board games. Jonas Platte’s Cyvasse Online and DutchMogul’s monumental printable project are two stand-outs. This is my contribution.
Passages from throughout A Song of Ice and Fire are foundational for the game design, though there may be small discrepancies. My goal was to design a game that might well have been played between Tyrion and Young Griff, but whose creation wasn’t dictated by every quote.
The biggest innovation of this version is, I think, the choice of which side of a piece to use during set up. Since the mechanic has its inspiration in the face-changing of Jaqen H’ghar, I like to imagine this version as ‘Braavosi Cyvasse’, born as a part of the Faceless Men’s training, which then spread beyond the House of Black and White as more casual entertainment.
A Rules Guide, Board, and Labels for the pieces are included in the Thing Files. Basic Tacky glue has worked fine for me to attach labels to pieces.
The board: I got myself a custom 18x18in. playmat made by Inked Gaming, but you can print a working version on two pieces of 11x17in. paper as well.
Screen: Create your own! I plan on making one out of two cereal boxes, one slightly smaller than the other so they can slide in/out, and have them double as storage for the pieces.
I’m fairly new to both game design and CAD, so comments and pointers on either are welcome.
And all games must be reborn, just in time for Season 7.
There are plenty of great versions out there of George R.R. Martin-inspired Cyvasse board games. Jonas Platte’s Cyvasse Online and DutchMogul’s monumental printable project are two stand-outs. This is my contribution.
Passages from throughout A Song of Ice and Fire are foundational for the game design, though there may be small discrepancies. My goal was to design a game that might well have been played between Tyrion and Young Griff, but whose creation wasn’t dictated by every quote.
The biggest innovation of this version is, I think, the choice of which side of a piece to use during set up. Since the mechanic has its inspiration in the face-changing of Jaqen H’ghar, I like to imagine this version as ‘Braavosi Cyvasse’, born as a part of the Faceless Men’s training, which then spread beyond the House of Black and White as more casual entertainment.
A Rules Guide, Board, and Labels for the pieces are included in the Thing Files. Basic Tacky glue has worked fine for me to attach labels to pieces.
The board: I got myself a custom 18x18in. playmat made by Inked Gaming, but you can print a working version on two pieces of 11x17in. paper as well.
Screen: Create your own! I plan on making one out of two cereal boxes, one slightly smaller than the other so they can slide in/out, and have them double as storage for the pieces.
I’m fairly new to both game design and CAD, so comments and pointers on either are welcome.