Monster Mash
Creator and designer: Emely Rivas Cruz
Here is a picture of the board. This is the original setup of the game.
Monster Mash is a cooperative game that involves many tasks. The players must fight off the monsters in order to save the princess. For them to do that, they must collect all the artifacts and take them to the door of the castle. In the game, it is set in a forest where there is a creepy mansion at the end of it. The nights were sent by the king to save his daughter before the monsters ate her. Lightening and thunder surround the knights as they try to complete their quest.
Here is the start of the process of the game. I added a green background with a grass like texture to the board. I then added some castle pieces and put them together to make the full castle with door. I then added two different types of monsters to the door of the castle. I then added three knights which are tinted to different colors so they can be told apart. At first, it was hard to be able to get the proportions for the castle right. I also could not make up my mind with how I wanted it to look like.
As shown here, I added some decorations to the board. Some trees and bushes to give it more of a forest look. I also added a shied with swords to represent the knights. I also added a cottage type place where is there base. I also placed the goop by the monsters so they can be used. Here I had to properly distribute the trees and bushes but I also did not want to overdo it. I spaced them out as much as I could so it did not look cluttered. I also changed the tint for the goop so it could be told apart by the players.
