Hello again everyone,
Here is the Print and Play version of the Game that I have been working on. It is a Hexagon based strategy game with a theme of Nano-Bots vs. Viruses. I hope you all enjoy if / when you play it. Please respond if you like it or not just to let me know what you think.

                                                     
                                                                     SHELL GAME
                                                                      (click here ^)

Playtest Night

Playtest Feedback:

     So a little backstory, I decided to go with a Hex based game that kind of melds Agion, Connect 4, Othello, ...and tic-tac-toe. I call it "Shell." Pretty simple idea involving gaining control or your opponents pieces by way of flipping them to create a 7 tiled 'Shell".
   I got a lot of good response from play testing as this is the 6th...7th...8th iteration ( I cant remember anymore) of the game. Most notable to come out of playtest night was a "Can only convert if a string is 3 tiles or less" mechanic (made the games go from avg. 3-5 mins up to an avg 10-15 mins). As well as a Permanent 6 tiles preset to know where players needed to place the first 6 tiles before starting the game.
     I very much enjoyed play testing everyone's game. and I am excited to see what comes out of it all.

An image from Playtest night:

Theme & Concept

     For this portion of the "Making a Tabletop Game" assignment we are to develop a working theme and concept statement for your game. I have settled upon the idea of Nanobots vs Bacteria/Virus. there will be an overall red...ish green...ish color scheme for the Organic components and a blue/green color scheme for the robotics.
Concept statement: EPIC BATTLE!!!!......on a molecular scale...


some reference;

Nanobots

Bacteria/Virus:

a game with nanobots as main theme:

Sci-fi movie with Nanobots as main theme:

Brainstorming Games

This assignment was all about brainstorming games and producing ideas with inspiration. I sat for about 3 hours trying to generate ideas. Many of them seemed good, A game about Djinn powers, one having to do with a jump mechanic, even thought about pup-up games. Overall I think I am going to go with a strategy Battle arena based game about Nanobots.