The Lost Islands

We have begun creation of a smuggling themed board game in which one must collect contraband and dabloons (money). Its primary features include a customisable board that can change as the game is played, duels between players, characters with special abilities and special items on certain islands which all allow for players to strategies and play to their strengths. This board game was created with livestreaming in mind – it was created for live streamers by live streamers. With constant action, minigames and high-risk high-reward gameplay, this board game is perfect to play for online viewership.

Our current team consists of only Esports and Livestreaming students - Alice Fitzpatrick, Josh Murtagh, Jaden Bridgeman, Elliot Groves, Rhys Harris, Tom Usher, Lucas French-Valverde.

We would require a game artist to help with board design, asset creation and possibly some 3d aspects to the board such as placeable assets like bridges and player pieces.

Key Components:

The Lost Islands is a 2-4 player based on pirate smuggling. The aim of the game is to be the wealthiest player with the highest value contraband by visiting a range of unique Islands, some of which are subject to change throughout the game.

Game Components:

• 14 Island pieces
• 6 characters
• 6 character tokens
• 1 rule book
• 5 companion cards
• 4 skull tokens
• 4 chest tokens
• Item cards
• Chest and skull cards
• Dabloons
• Minigames

Start of the game:

• Place the centre Island piece in the middle and proceed to shuffle the rest of the pieces face down
• Each player will role a D6. The highest will play first, the second highest will play second, etc
• The first player will pick one of the upside down board pieces and place it on the map wherever, and in whatever orientation, they would like
• The second will do the same, and so on, and this will continue until the board is a 3x3 grid. The centre island must be in the middle
• Each player is given one skull token and one chest token, they are able to place these face down on any tile of their choosing, with the consequence of said tile only known by them
• Highest role will pick their character first, then the second, and so on

Characters: 

The Smuggler:

•  The player has access to unique smuggling routes that are indicated on the island pieces. 

• 3 inventory space 
• Gets a free safe

The Pirate: 

•  The player has a cheat ability, every minigame/duel they are able to roll a D6. If they roll a 4-6 they automatically win. If it is not used for a turn the requirement changes to 1 lower (e.g 3-6). If it is used, the requirement changes to 1 higher (e.g 5-6)
•  3 inventory space

The Spy: 

•  The spy is able to mimic any of the other roles’ abilities if the target to mimic is on the adjacent island to them and the island you are on. Cannot repeat on the same character twice in a row. 
•  3 inventory space

The Barterer: 

•  The player gets unique effects on each item from the regular shops. 
•  3 inventory space

The Forger: 

•  Every 3 rounds, create an item on a D6 roll. 
  •  1-3 you gain a half dice 
  •  4-5 you gain a double dice 
  •  6 you gain a chosen dice 
•  5 inventory space

The Thief: 

• The player gains the ability to steal double when they would be able to steal normally
•  3 inventory space

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