Famous Missions: Card backs

Today was my deadline for Famous Missions. I didn’t finish in time, because I kind of blew it this weekend. Got caught up in games of Carcassonne, attended a board game auction, and ate pretty damn well. My new goal is to have the game off for print by Friday. I have 11 famous people left to draw. A couple favorites are still coming up. Then, I think I will add 4 more celebrities and 5 more missions. I’ve felt that the game could use a few more missions and this will even it all out a little. If anybody has any ideas for small team based missions, fell free to share them.

This weekend wasn’t a complete wash. I did finish the (extremely basic) artwork for the back of the cards. Almost everything is black and white in this game except or the famous people. I think it really makes the people stand out. So far it seems like it works well enough.

Madonna, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and Mother Teresa

Here are 4 new cards. 11 to go. Hope to finish 4 more tonight.

The Michael Jackson card is definitely a fun one in the game. Madonna still needs work and Mother Teresa’s name needs to be corrected.

(Edit: I fixed Madonna a bit)

John Lennon

I’m so tired. I need to get back to 4 a day. Or more like 7 or 8 to catch up to where I should be. For now, here’s John Lennon.

Jenna Jameson and Joan of Arc

So I only finished 2 characters tonight. Was working on the Pixel Lincoln video game for a while then finished Jenna Jameson and Joan of Arc. I decided they looked so good together to just stop right there.

Holy Crap Clay Aiken!

So I briefly mentioned Clay Aiken yesterday and the hits on this site went through the roof. So much that I beat my all time high of 14 hits in one day. Check out the image below for proof.

It turns out Clay Aiken superfan “claycherie” mentioned the picture on 2 different Clay Aiken boards (which I appreciate greatly) and the masses swarmed over here to check it out. The day ended with 527 visits, which is also about 50% of all time visits on Championland. Who knew?

In between the chaos, I managed to complete today’s 4 characters. (I upped it one to hopefully get this game finished by this weekend). Hopefully some Genghis Khan or Helen Keller fan sites get wind of this and push us into the quadruple digits.

And while the number of visits were climbing rapidly, I became motivated and made the cover art for the game. It’s like 90% there. Just missing some text, if needed.

Lastly…. I put the game pre-order for sale. If 2% of the Clay Aiken fans buy a copy, I’ll be sold out (or will I have sold out?) Aaaaaaahhh!!!

Danny Devito, Donald Trump. and Edgar Allen Poe

Here are today’s characters, with a bonus Clay Aiken from yesterday. Only 20-some left.

Burt Reynolds, Carrot Top and Chuck Norris

I finished todays 3 early. Tired of drawing man chest.

Mission 1: Finally finish Famous Missions.

Famous Missions is the name (or temporary name?) of a card game that I’ve shown here once before. In this game, someone will play a mission card (for example: Raise A Family) and 2 players will play their best 3 card team from the cards in their hand. The cards are all famous people from throughout history with a solid mix of potentially useful / useless celebrities (depending on the mission). Then the 2 players get to argue who has a better team.

Currently the game is made up of 50 people and 13 missions. I’m definitely going to try to add a few more missions, and possibly a few more people. But most importantly I need to finish drawing all of the people cards. I’ve drawn about 20/50 people and need to commit to a minimum of 3 per day. All of the completed cards are below (some still need quotes, others need small tweaks), and everyday until I’m finished I will post the new ones here. Otherwise, it will never end. I’ve been dreading drawing certain people on the list (especially the really normal ones), so hopefully this will force me to finally finish Famous Missions.

The block game may now have a name.

And a logo too.

Bloqué.

This name has been my favorite so far. The imagery looks like M’s and W’s so I was trying to work that into it, but this name says exactly what I wanted it to. I think I’m sticking with it.

Anyway, we’ve playtested the game some more and it only has one teeny issue to work out. Should be complete after a few more playtests. Here are a few images of the makeshift game in action last Saturday, and the board that I made (with ugly red pieces).

I’ve hit a wall.

Still trying to figure out the name of this game.

Basic idea: You move blocks around to help your little guy get to the other base. The blocks will defend your base, push your opponents blocks out of the way (or off of the board), and help create a path for your little guy to walk.

The blocks are kind of like walls, so most of the names below have “wall” in the title. Then I thought of using a chinese theme, and having it be the Great Wall of China. Doesn’t need to be the title, just the theme. Not 100% set on that, but I like it.

So here are the names I’ve come up with (with friends help).

The Sisyphean Challenge
Mountainwalk
Not Blockade
Wallblock
Boulderblock
Blockattack
Mind The Gap
You Shall Not Pass
Walls at War
Wall Brawl
The Great Wall
The Greater Wall
The Greatest Wall
Walking Walls
Wandering Walls
Walls of Wonder
Ten Thousand Leagues Long Fortification
Warring States
The Mountain Pass
Khyber Pass
Walled In
Blood, Sweat and Stone
Cornerstone
The Qiang Dynasty

Do any of them sound good to anyone? I’m really feeling a classic name, which I think some of these have, but I haven’t settled on any. Feel free to add to the list. I’ve gotten so stuck on a name that I’ve stalled any other progress with the game.