Unnatural Selection (Pending Title) 1st meeting

The first meeting was on Thursday 2-28-2008 from 5pm to 7:30pm in which all members were present.

Designers of this board game are:
Jason Coleman( J ), Jordan Sliz ( S ), Whitmore Benoit ( W ), and Thomas J L Kastner ( T ).

During this initial meeting we began the process of choosing the general feeling or theme for the game. We had developed a process in which we select the general theme from a list we have compiled that comprise of emotions or ideas we think are good. Here is the initial vote from the first list, after we eliminated ideas we were not motivated to do or had second thoughts about. (Ex. First vote is worth 3 points, second vote is with 2 points, and last vote is worth 1 point.)

1. Suicide – T2
2. Adrenaline -
3. Self-Esteem -
4. Vengeance – S1
5. Honor – J2
6. Schadenfreude – S3, W2, T3
7. Evolution/Reincarnation – J3, S2, W3
8. Revolution – J1 , W1, T1

After the initial voting we took the three highest scoring themes and then compiled the final voting list. Then we voted on which we enjoyed the most.

1. Schadenfreude. S3, T2
2. Evo/Reincar. S2, W3, J3
3. Revolution. W2, J2 , T3

The final tally of scores is as follows:

Schadenfreude – 5
Evolution/Reincarnation – 8
Revolution – 7

Evolution/Reincarnation ending up winning with Revolution coming in a close second. This means the majority of our efforts will go toward making a board game about Evolution / Reincarnation. If the initial theme begins to fail on a catastrophic level we will move toward the second place theme and move on from there. But the main purpose of this meeting was to gather ideas about the possibilities of the new board game.

[NOTE] – During the first portion, and ultimately the majority, of this meeting the main goal was to discuss the final aspects of design for a board game called Four Horsemen in which we are currently in the process of finishing. The design is done but artwork and a box needed to be created. So this explains why it was it took 2.5 hours to complete this meeting.