July 2014 "This Game is Stacked"

We have a winner!

Stack Skirmish by JewellGames!

Also congratulations to the 2nd and 3rd place entries:

1st - Stack Skirmish by JewellGames

2nd - Workload by kevinburg

3rd - High-rise by nazcagames

Now get on over to the critiques thread and leave your feedback

Back up to speed with 17 entries this month, with a breadth of themes and uses of stacking. Take your time with reading through the entries. VOTING ENTRY FORM

You have from today, 9 July through the end of 15 July to submit your votes.

When reading entries, select your top three entries (you may not select your own)

Gold (3 points)

Silver (2 points)

Bronze (1 point)

Please Read: Details on entering the Game Design Showdown.

Board and card games are inherently two-dimensional. They're played on flat boards with flat cards, with depth often being an artistic choice.

Games that play vertically are few. And those that exist are often dexterity based "stack the pieces until they fall" games. An exception are the icehouse-family of games, and some bigger-games like Rampage that have a stacked element to them.

What doors does a third dimension add to your design? What choices can you give players to make in that dimension? Can you treat it as something other than a novelty?

YOUR CHALLENGE

Design a game that uses stacking as a primary element. Whether it's a mechanic or pre-set components, make sure that stacking is involved

as a primary element. Whether it's a mechanic or pre-set components, make sure that is involved You may use whatever theme you like, and whatever scope you like. The game can be a casual 20 minute affair, or an epic three hour game where stacking something is just a main concern of the palyer.

Now the details:

Word Limit: Standard 500 word

Voting: Award a Gold, Silver, and Bronze (worth 3,2, and 1 points respectively) Medals to your three favorite entries. Any entrant that does not award all three Medals will receive a Pyrite Medal (that's "Fool's Gold") worth -3 votes!

When submitting your entry: PLEASE USE THE FORM LINKED HERE.

Submissions: Tuesday the 1st through to Tuesday the 8th.

Voting: Through the 15th. Votes will be through a form (link posted after submission period is ended).

Voting Format: Each person has 3 Medals (Gold, Silver, and Bronze - with values 3, 2, and 1 vote respectively) to distribute any way they choose among the GDS entries with the following restrictions: Entrants may not assign any Medals to their own entry! Entrants must assign all 3 Medals. An entrant who does not assign all 3 Medals will receive a Pyrite Medal (-3 votes) as a penalty.

Comments or Questions: Comments and questions about this Challenge are handled on the Comments Thread

CRITIQUES: After voting has closed the entries will be posted for comments and critiques. Post constructive critiques and commentary about the entries to this Challenge in the Critiques Thread.

GDS Details: For more details on how these Game Design Showdown Challenges work, visit the GDS Wiki Page.

Enjoy, and good luck!

-Rich and Mindspike