View Full Version : A Link to the Past Custom Board Game
DRest806
05-15-2012, 03:23 PM
Hey everyone! Hopefully I'm posting this in the right forum. If not, feel free to move it to whereever it belongs :) I wanted to share my work with all you Zelda geeks out there. Last summer I spent about 4 months and lots of money making a Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past board game. I had so much fun making it and me and some buddies play it occasionally. I just wanted to get your opinions on it. I based it off an old board game called Key to the Kingdom. I designed the board in photoshop, copying and pasting carefully all the SNES sprites from the game. and then I printed the sheets and put them on poster board. Of course this is more of a prototype but its still fun to play. I made the treasures, equipment and monster cards and got them laminated to have a glossy look. The link pieces were made from someone i found on etsy.com.
The pics are of the Link playing pieces, the light world side of the board and then it opens up into the darkworld side just like key to the kingdom did. The item and moster cards plus the equipment sheets.
Much to my surprise there were a couple of articles written about it on Zelda Dungeon and Zelda Universe which was very nice!
If you want to see more pics and info, go to my boardgamegeek site
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/8995907#8995907
here's my tutorial on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQzrvrb6Ys
Let me know if anyone in NJ wants to get together and play this. And I'd be more than happy to bring it to the store to show as well :)
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DRest806
05-15-2012, 03:25 PM
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TonyTheTiger
05-15-2012, 03:34 PM
I can vouch for this man. This is the real deal.
o.pwuaioc
05-15-2012, 03:47 PM
You ever make it to NYC?
wiggyx
05-15-2012, 03:54 PM
Analogue epicness!
DRest806
05-15-2012, 04:01 PM
You ever make it to NYC?
You mean for Comic Con? No...I actually just started sharing this online like 2 weeks ago. I don't think I'd be able to show it off at comic con or anything like that...but alot of ppl in the zelda geek world seem to dig it!
Frankie_Says_Relax
05-15-2012, 04:04 PM
Epic XBL ID.
Namaste!
Natty Bumppo
05-15-2012, 08:55 PM
That is pretty nifty - are you gonna make any to sell - if so I would certainly be interested.
DRest806
05-15-2012, 10:32 PM
That is pretty nifty - are you gonna make any to sell - if so I would certainly be interested.
Unfortunately I'm not selling it. However...I am letting everyone download all the files so they can make it themselves. If you are interested in building it yourself let me know and I can send you the files :)
Mayhem
05-15-2012, 10:51 PM
Wow... certainly looks good. Hopefully it plays just as well...
Graham Mitchell
05-16-2012, 02:09 AM
It certainly looks amazing. I love the look of that overworld map. Great job!
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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.125852,-118.158589
DRest806
05-16-2012, 10:38 AM
It certainly looks amazing. I love the look of that overworld map. Great job!
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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.125852,-118.158589
Thanks!!
kainemaxwell
05-16-2012, 10:44 AM
Jersey represent! Hey if you ever need to stick it on kickstarter. I'd be more than happy to help donate for it. Looks great and a lot of fun!
jb143
05-16-2012, 01:20 PM
Hey if you ever need to stick it on kickstarter. I'd be more than happy to help donate for it. Looks great and a lot of fun!
Unfortunately that would break the 1'st Rules and Conduct of Kickstarter and would likely get it removed. "You shall not...Submit Content, that: infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, ...". That would go for selling it as well if Nintendo ever found out, though it would likely fly under their radar.
It does look fun though...and well designed. Looks a lot better than that official LoZ Board game that was made years ago.
DRest806
05-16-2012, 01:31 PM
Unfortunately that would break the 1'st Rules and Conduct of Kickstarter and would likely get it removed. "You shall not...Submit Content, that: infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, ...". That would go for selling it as well if Nintendo ever found out, though it would likely fly under their radar.
It does look fun though...and well designed. Looks a lot better than that official LoZ Board game that was made years ago.
yea i have no plans of selling this. I contacted nintendo but they of course dont accept outside ideas. I have been asking around various board game publishers that are allowed to publish nintendo items though. I'm not holding my breath though. I'm just happy everyone seems to like this :)
kainemaxwell
05-16-2012, 10:11 PM
Aww shucks. Anyhow it looks great!
That looks really awesome! I remember playing Key to the Kingdom quite a bit as a kid, though I don't know how well it'd hold my interest anymore. A Zelda theme would definitely be interesting though.
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Jetkitten
05-17-2012, 08:26 AM
Awesome! I am actually looking at a copy of key to the kingdom right now....... Maybe I've found my weekend project:)
DRest806
05-17-2012, 09:54 AM
That looks really awesome! I remember playing Key to the Kingdom quite a bit as a kid, though I don't know how well it'd hold my interest anymore. A Zelda theme would definitely be interesting though.
DogP
Get 5 other competitive friends to play with and it will definitely hold your interest believe me!
c2000
05-17-2012, 11:03 AM
That looks great and this is coming from a SEGA fan ;)
DRest806
05-25-2012, 11:35 AM
I actually submitted this boardgame to a company that is licensed with Nintendo products...it takes 30-90 days for a response though and that is even IF they like it..lol...but what the hell it was worth a shot right?
DRest806
08-10-2012, 02:11 PM
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Check out the box i have made for the boardgame box!