1. 
Board Games & Robots
MAKING BOARD GAMES IS HAAAAAAARD

2. 
Inspirations and Precedents
(The starting seeds!)

3. Robot Animation
Various styles and animation studios!

4. ‘Gunpla’
Gundam Plastic, or simply Plastic Models!

5. Various ‘futuristic’ Video Games
Sci-fi like stuff!

6. Collectible Toys/Figures
Random pot-luck is fun!

7. Customization in Video Games
Small feature, many possibilities!

8. Other Inspirations (non-pictured)
 Card games with a „personal load out‟ focus –
Guts of Glory, Dominion
 Frame Arms – a figure line based around taking
a frame and buying add-on/armor pieces to
personalize

9. 
Agenda
(What‟s all this about?)

10. What’s this game trying to accomplish?
 The feeling of creating and building your own
warrior, with easy entry
 Fun, outlandish „robotics‟ with an easy to jump
in, entertaining setting
 Players to have a different robot each play
though, and feel proud of it

11. Why should anyone care?
 A more handheld take on the customization in
video games; midpoint between D&D
customization and more limited approaches
 The enjoyment of playing through and seeing
the result of your actions/endeavors

12. Glossary
 Robotics, Mechanical, Futuristic
 Customization, Add-ons/Pieces, Altering,
Modification, Creation?
 Personification, „Personal Narrative‟
 Toys, figures, designer, etc.

13. Visual Map
Map made at
http://www.text2mindmap.com/

14. 
Demographic

15. 
The Project
(The good stuff!)

16. Elevator Pitch
 “A card game
where you buy,
repair and steal
robot parts, to
build your own
pilotable robot.
You then pit your
robot against 3
others in a final
showdown to see
who wins the
robot tournament.”

17. Narrative
 The year is 2150, and robotic drones have become a widespread pop
culture commodity. Among their more widely known roles in society,
these drones are used as combatants in the GearBrawl, a tournament
waged between controlled drones, outfitted with various accessories
and performance-enhancing parts. With these modifications, these
drones are made to fight in a four man free-for-all death-match. You,
as a prospective competitor in these games, are given a base
framework to use to your heart's content. How you accessorize and
improve this base it up to you – will you do odd jobs to obtain
guaranteed, top-of-the-line parts? Or will you commit to salvaging
through scrapheaps to find, tweak and adjust parts to make them truly
yours? Maybe stealing will be your best plan of action – why put forth
more effort to find parts yourself when your opponents can do it for
you? All options are on the table, with only one goal in sight – to have
the best fighting drone and come out on top!

18. Setting
 Robots are used for
multiple things, but mainly
sport
 Not a huge leap into the
future, but clear distinction
between now and “Blade
Runner” (Year 2040-
2110?)
 Brightly-designed future,
not very bleak and ridden
with decline (See Image)

19. Card Game Rules
 Players draw each turn, picking up cards from
the pile (these cards represent parts)
 Any card type can represent a part – some
cards work better with others, and same suits
are encouraged!
 6 cards all together equal your robot/hand –
The 5 parts to the robot, and its weapon
 Players take turns attacking each other‟s
robots, last one standing wins!

20. Robot Card Concept
 5/6 main parts to Robots:
Head, Arms (L Arm and R
Arm are separate), Torso,
Legs, and Weapon
 Parts can have HP, DEF,
or SPD; some have ATK
values/modifiers, Most
cards have effects

21. Going Forward
 Card Game only or Board Game w/Cards? If
only cards, how do the buy/repair/steal
mechanics come into play?
 Proper design: What will the cards/mat look
like? How are the effects and modifiers be
displayed on the cards? Who the hell is
drawing all of this anyway?
 Distribution: Shareware/Print and Play? Starter
pack + add-ons? Full on production of one
singular game?

22. 
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