ART DESIGN PART I: THE FIGURES

ART DESIGN PART I: THE FIGURES

Suppose you found a western shootout board game at an antique store? Far in the back, next to a stack of old hats, a World's Fair souvenir beer stein, and some dried up fountain pens is a dusty box, a little worn around the edges, perhaps partly collapsed. How do you suppose it would look? How would the figures look?

The Victorians saw things through a peculiar lens, tinged with the absurd and grotesque. Look no further than a 19th-century circus to see how bizarre their tastes ran.

I am endlessly fascinated with the 19th-century's art design, particularly their love of flamboyant exaggeration. The golden era of the Old West, the 1870's and 80's, were smack dab in the middle of the this period.

Here are some examples of cartoons from the 1800s and some of GR's figure designs. These "colorized" renders come from the back of the character cards.

GUNFIGHT ROYALE COMING SOON!

 Gunfight Royale is a move-and-shoot tactical board game for up to six players from Knuckleduster Miniatures, the makers of Gunfighter's Ball.
The game comes to Kickstarter later this spring, but in the meantime, we'll be posting about it here, on Facebook, and through Youtube videos.

QUICK FACTS:
* Each player controls one character and collects bounties by eliminating other characters. The games themselves are quick, and a single play session involves several games. You win by collecting the most bounties for the entire session.

2. You score hits through dice rolling and card play, and you use 9 poker chips to track health (think "9 lives"). 
3. You collect "dirty trick" cards and play them on one another, even after your character is eliminated!

4. Chips are distributed around the board that can be picked up and cashed in to draw from the weapons and items deck. You never know what you're going to get!
5. There are 12 character in the basic game, but as the Kickstarter gets bigger, the number of characters, game boards, and the quality level of the components will increase.

6. Tons of playtesting has been done, and this game is ready to go. A Gunfight Royale game is a lighthearted romp, with players angling for every advantage they can get to screw each other over. The sound of laughter is the common thread that runs throughout all of our playtests!

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MORE INFO COMING SOON . . .