u/Kromaticgames

Less than a year ago, I was looking for an artist to work on the cover art for my board game. I spent weeks scrolling Instagram, and eventually I found some posts showing off art drawn for League of Legends (a game I also love). As I scrolled through their page, I found a post about the Fortnite secret lair cards. He was the artist for these cards I bought so long ago. I knew I would never be able to afford his work right now, so I follow his account in hopes of one day having him draw a card for my game.

I'm not sure why, but I decided I would message him and just see what he would charge to draw the cover art for my game. And guess what? It was so far out of the budget that I had to say I couldn't afford it. However, my girlfriend convinced me to just message him one more time, telling him how much I love the art he drew for League and Wizards, and that the cards he made are in some of my favorite decks (I went to college for art, so I'm very partial to card art). Thanks to that extra message, he offered to do the cover for less. And guess what? It was still double my budget for the cover. However, I knew this was such a great opportunity, and I'd be an idiot to pass it up. So I told him yes.

I spent the next week or two selling some of my magic cards and working to raise extra money to cover the cost. Looking back now, it was so worth it. This is one of the coolest things about my board game. I've played magic for over 12 years (I know that's not a lot to some people), but I really can't believe my board game cover was drawn by the same artist who worked on some of my favorite magic cards. It's crazy to think that, because of Magic: The Gathering, I was able to work with such an amazing artist on my own game. This might not seem big for others, but to me, all this hard work made me feel one step closer to my dream of having a successful board game.

For anyone wondering, the Wrath of God card is in my mono-white Voltron Commander deck, Yoshimaru, and Ardenn. The Swamp is in my mono-black Tinybones, Trinket Thief deck, and I love it so much that the deck has all unique swamps. I do have the whole set of secret lairs, but they're scattered around all my decks.

I created Lombard's Labyrinth as a physical board game, but made a digital version of it. I wanted people to be able to playtest and enjoy the game before committing to a purchase, so I made my game a free workshop download on Steam's Tabletop Simulator. I think being able to play games online with friends is something I didn't appreciate until COVID happened. That's when I first bought Tabletop, and I spent a week learning how to add my own versions of games to play with friends. Thanks to all that work, now anyone who has Steam and Tabletop can play my game.

If anyone wants to check out my game, here's the link: TableTop

It's honestly really easy to make a digital version of any game if you can create the assets through Adobe Illustrator or other programs like that.

Hi, I'm new to Reddit, but I wanted to share the board game I created.

I started my board game years ago as a simple, fun project. I had a basic copy of the game that I would draw and then erase after each time I played. Eventually, it turned into the version you can see in the photo (the white board with all the green and orange pieces, all hand-cut by me). That version was used many times in playtesting with my friends one summer; we probably played over 100 games that summer.

Eventually, I was convinced by friends and family to really take the game seriously and make a physical version. So I did, I hired multiple artists to work on the cards and other promotional pieces (you can see more of it over on Instagram). I even held a drawing contest with one of the artists I worked with, where the winning drawing would be printed as a promo card in the First Edition copies of my game (The Kickstarter just launched so it will be printed in those copies). Eventually, I got a new board, also shown in the photo; it's my current prototype with all official art and special-ordered cards.

It's amazing to see something I worked so hard on get to this stage and yet be so far from being completed. I have big plans for the game with multiple expansions bringing new playable champions and even new bosses to face off against. I'm not really sure what this post is for, but I just wanted to share my game with as many people as possible. I really love hearing how much people love the game, or even the art. So if you're a fan of fantasy or dungeon crawler games, please take a look and let me know what you think. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I never use Reddit, so this is all new to me.

I’ve been working on a board game for several years now, and I put a free playable version on Tabletop Simulator for people to test out and play. I’d really appreciate it if you would check it out and share any feedback in the comments, or just play a game or two.

It’s a roguelike fantasy board game where you build a Labyrinth and battle monsters in hopes of collecting loot to become stronger. The game currently has 10 unique champions, each with their own stats and abilities, as well as 10 different bosses you may encounter at the end of the Labyrinth.

The game is fully complete and includes artwork from over 30 artists, and all of them are credited on the cards (so feel free to check them out on Instagram). It’s been an incredibly long journey, but super fun bringing everything together into one awesome game.

I’ve also just launched the game on Kickstarter, so if you enjoy it, you can go check that out as well.