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I haven't made much progress lately. Pardon me. I have made ANY progress lately. Having printed out a couple of test runs let me look at the gameboard and the score card next to each other. Individually they look ok, but together... I'm not sure I'd really think they belonged to the same game. There just isn't anything that ties them together other than the blood spatters and the name of the game that appears on each.
Ok, in my mind, they're tied together by the idea that the map and bowling score card were grabbed from a car's glovebox and used by the survivors to get the hell out of town: the map to navigate and note certain locations and hazards, and the score card as a random piece of paper to track supplies and survivors. They fit together quite nicely, actually... as long as you know those little tidbits.
The problem is, when I have this game crafted and in my collection, I fully expect others to play (and enjoy) it. That means they need to understand the link between the gameboard and the score card. And that means there will need to be some flavour text somewhere to explain it.
I suppose that means I have to include the rules sheet as something I'll be working on. With this, however, I'll need to add some fluff text as well as visuals.
The flavour/fluff text... I'll need to put my writing hat on, and I'm not sure where I left it. As far as the visuals go, here are some initial ideas for the general look for the rules sheet(s):
1. Look like a small pocket notepad commonly seen in farm trucks (in the glovebox!!!). Check this link for examples of what I'm talking about:
http://fieldnotesbrand.com/category/memoarchive/
Hmm... a possible opportunity to use that machete advertisement...
2. Look like a battered old leather journal. I've seen several games do this recently, and I like how it looks. Might be a bit much for this, though.
3. Look like just a few sheets of old, stained paper. Perhaps with flavour text making it look like a letter written to someone warning of the zombie outbreak.
4. ???
I'll have to think on this a while, but I'm leaning toward #1 right now.
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