Board Game Project
Objective:
No matter what kind of book you read the characters still encounter difficult decisions and situations, which
affect the development of the characters and the outcome of the story. Your task is to create a board game that
displays the journey of at least 2 main characters from start to finish.
Directions:
The board game should be modeled after the board game life and candy land. You will pick two main characters
from your novel and outline their journey in the board game. Your game should start with two separate paths,
one path for character one, and one path for character two. Each square of the path should monitor the
characters’ journey throughout the novel and have either a reward or consequence for the player. For example,
in the short story “The Cold Equations” the character Marilyn gets caught as a stowaway aboard an EDS ship.
The player of this character would have a consequence for getting caught; an example of a consequence would
be losing a turn, paying a fine, or moving back a certain amount of spaces. The first player to complete the
character’s journey is the winner. Each game should include the following: Money- to serve as a reward or
consequence, “Life cards”- (renamed to suit your game) which gives the player money when he or she lands on
the space, color coordinated cards, which tell the player of their rewards and consequences, game pieces, one
dice block, a book of rules to inform the players how to play your game, a fully formed four paragraph
summary explaining what your book was about and what role these two characters play (this summary should
be grammatically correct, typed, double spaced, and formally written)
Requirements:
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Board game follows the journey of at least two characters
Includes a list of rules (must be typed- double spaced)
Cards that correspond with the spaces on the board, and represent the journey of the characters
Game pieces:
o Money
o One dice block
o “Life Cards”
o Reward and Consequence cards
o Player game pieces
Board Decorated appropriately
Four paragraph summary
One month of reading logs
The name of the book and the author are clearly displayed on your board game
Grading Rubric
______/20-
Four paragraph summary: a fully formed four paragraph summary explaining what your book
was about and what role these two characters play (this summary should be grammatically
correct, typed, double spaced, and formally written).
______/22-
A list of game rules, which clearly states the objective of the game.
______/28-
All of the board game requirements were met.
______/10-
Reading logs are completed.
______/20-
Board game was creatively developed and decorated. It is apparent that a lot of effort was put
into making this game. (This means the game cards are typed or written in very neat hand
writing).
Comments:
_______/100