As you may or may not know I am working on a board game called “Big Badass Barbarians: The BoardGame“. The concept of which is that you are trying to be the biggest, most badass barbarian whoever bashed his way to glory.
Gameplay
The game is very simple whilst at the same time having enough rules to keep it engaging.
Players (Barbarians) choose a model or draw a picture to represent them. Barbarians start off with 10 gold, a Weapon (Sword, Axe or Club). They then have Five points to allocate between Strength, Toughness and Badassness.
Strength is what you add to your attacks
Toughness is what you detract from incoming attacks
Badassness is your level, I’ll explain this later on
Players then roll to see what order they progress through the Dungeon but roll separately once combat happens. This is so there is no inherent advantage to the first player.
(Marching Order (Order of movement through the dungeon) stays the same until a player returns to town, they are then put last on the marching order)
The game has two main areas; The Town and the Dungeon.
The Town has various crucial services that the Barbarians can employ, the most important being the blacksmith, who forges all the weapons. But there are other services available;
Temple – Dead players can be resurrected here, though likely with their equipment stolen by their “friends”. Lose half your Badass level and any withdrawn gold (Split this up to the remaining players.)
Blacksmith – Bring materials (Found after defeating a monster) and pay 10 Gold per material to upgrade weaponry.
PR Agent – Can be used to quickly seem more Badass, for every 10 Gold gain 1 Badass point. Fly posting campaign, short play in your honour or even a sponsorship on a new weapon!
Bank – A place to store items just in case you feel you may die and want to have something to use when you come back.
The Dungeon is what I’m most proud of though. Using the stack of rooms (Shuffled at the start of the game) the Player entering the room draws a tile and joins two entrances together however they wish, then draws a card from the Encounter pile.
If the card is a Monster (Kobolds, Dragons, Angry Flail Wielding Nun, Vending Machine Golem) the card will say where on the grid it spawns (With an arrow indicating where the Player entered). Players then roll for combat order and rush to defeat the nasty monsters.
Once a monster is defeated the surviving players gain the XP and a share of the gold. The player who landed the killing blow gets the materials which can be weapons, armour, magical items, bear traps or scraps to be added to a weapon.
Another possibility is that the Player draws a Magic card in which something beneficial or tragic happens.
Lastly, a Player could draw a Treasure Card. These rare cards offer up a bounty of gold or the player accidentally performs a deed that bestows a boon upon them. (Finding an ancient relic, accidentally saving a god or being doused with a bucket of Toughness potion.)
Goal
The ultimate goal of the game is to be the most badass barbarian. To prove this, the Players must defeat the beast that lies at the bottom of the dungeon.
When the Players enter the final room (The large tile placed once the other tiles run out) the Most Badass Player draws from the Boss Deck.
An Elder Dragon, A Cosmic Horror, A Dark God, A Leviathan…
The winner of the game is whoever survives the fight with the Most Badass Points. But if you’re alive at the end of the game, you still make it onto the podium and can call the dead Players babies for dying.
Where Do I Get Such A Wonderful Thing?
Currently? Nowhere, but follow this blog and when I release the game, you’ll be able to find out exactly where to get it.
Why Do I Want This?
You want this because you watched Conan (Or read the books, weirdo) and thought “Damn, I wish I could do that!” With Big Badass Barbarians, you can do that and much, much more. Badassery does not comply to normal laws and if you want to use a drake tied to a club as a weapon, I think that’s awesome and promise you’ll be able to do that.
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