Ready to prove your mad boardgame prototyping skillz? The instructions for the Seasteading Board Game have been translated into English, and the author (Marc-Felix Otto) has added instructions on how to make a prototype.

This is not a simple "print stickers and put 'em on playing cards" sort of prototype, the instructions include elements like: "the real fun part: the “slider havens”. Cut the 6 haven boards such that a panel’s 8 sliders slide easily – and below the panel’s holes – as shown below. " and "From the aluminum bar, saw 30 pieces of 50 mm length. Clamp one piece (up to its middle) to a bench vise and use a plastic hammer to create a 120° angle such that the ship fits to the hexagonal seasteads."

Someone out there must be up for a challenge involving everything from paper, labels, and foil to aluminum bars and bench vises :). Perhaps a few locals want to get together and work on the project? We can then play it at the next seasteading social...or at a game day at Tortuga.

Good news: it exists.

bad news: the rules/description are in German, and the prototype pieces are not easy to reproduce.

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