Awaken the Ancients - Solitaire Mancala Game | Designer Demo #1 (my first 48 hours)

[@rafiweiss3915]

You're really inspiring Gregg, thanks for sharing this WIP!

[@ConstantChaosGames]

Absolutely love it! Mancala as it was meant to be.. I like the idea much better as a solo game to solve vs traditional 2 player. I like the background of how you came up with the idea, and showing off the design along the way. This is incredible for only being 2 days in.. really cool. The theme is perfect and I really think the art does a good job of invoking that theme. My only feedback is that it looks great and I'm looking forward to learning more about it as you move forward.

[@GreggKJewell]

It all just of clicked very quickly with this design. I went from playing Mancala with the kids 2 days ago to printing the prototypes today! The files are live on the linked BGG WIP thread. And yes, I have already posted two mini-expansion ideas in the WIP thread!

[@Grejam53]

Looks really nice. I wonder if your 1 page rules could be turned into a pocketmod booklet. This would allow it to be folded and kept with the cards in a tuckbox.

[@GreggKJewell]

Definitely! I did add a second page of two new expansion (new video should be up within 20 minutes), but that just means there's rules on both sides.

[@k4liopi]

Great stuff! Quick question - in the rules I have from yesterday, can you clarify the ‘skip’ button symbol and how that works?

[@GreggKJewell]

Yeah, it should show up at the bottom of page 1 on the rules, but basically that means “last placed seed here”. So, if you pick up seeds, place them on ancients, and the last seed placed is on a card with that symbol, it activates the related action. I plan to make another how-to-play video tonight to cover this and the new expansions. Thanks for the support!