Gamer's Dozen!
A Collection of Games for the Whole Family
The collection of games came to me while I was hanging out with friends of mine at a cafe in Port Huron, Michigan. As silverware was being placed, I was thinking about board games like chess and so forth, and the way pieces move on them. I started thinking, "Hey, what if the board could move, or if the games could be played on boards of different shape?" At that moment, the game set for "Gamer's Dozen" was developed, originally under the name, "Muggers, Movers, and More."
Of course, it turned out that finding the acrylic tiles necessary to make a durable and colorful playset was much more difficult--the pieces had to be custom-ordered--and that meant doing a huge run for the set long before the actual games had been playtested. I did have plenty of ideas, though, and I wrote them all down, looking forward to testing them all. After about a month, a huge collection of boxes had arrived: hundreds and hundreds of colored acrylic tiles that needed sorting and separating.
After spending a few days with that task, my friends and I started playtesting the games included in the set, and it became pretty clear that we had a whole bunch of games that worked (in addition to some obvious, public-domain games like Tic-Tac-Toe that could be also be played atop the tiles). It was time to start ordering other pieces and putting together the package. As we reached a total of twelve games, the original name was changed to "Gamer's Dozen."
What You Get:
36 Colored acrylic tiles (six tiles of each of six colors)
30 Colored glass counters (six counters of each of five colors)
a pair of standard six-sided dice
an instruction sheet with TWELVE different games
a really sturdy box to hold it all!
Cost: $14.95, including shipping
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I am really happy that I could get the entire game set into what is essentially a hub-less VHS box--it meant that not only is "Gamer's Dozen" easily portable, it can also be stored easily on a bookshelf, ready to be pulled out and played whenever guests come over. Because the games are played on individual tiles, many of the games can be played among different shapes and structures, changing the games and their strategies considerably, too.
Note for purchasers of "Muggers, Movers, and More!": No worries! You can get a free copy of the new rules, complete with a new insert for the box and a complimentary bag for the dice and counters by mailing in the old insert. Please click here and send in your postal address.
