Fan-Made Gameboards for Summoner Wars

Colby Dauch’s Summoner Wars from Plaid Hat Games has received much praise in the gamer community, with the majority of complaints being directed at the paper gameboard that’s reminiscent of a pre-GPS fold-up paper map designed to fit in a car’s glove compartment – assuming that you can fold the thing up after use, of course.

A number of fans have created their own version of the gameboard, such as this number on display at the 2009 BGG.con. While that design was carved from foam, a member of my game group, Joey Miseirvitch, has gone in another direction, thanks to the equipment at the printing company where he works. Here’s his remake of the gameboard:

This gameboard is a slightly plasticized canvas-type of material, allowing it to be folded or scrunched, then laid out flat once again. You can iron the material with a cool iron if you want to remove all the creases. [Edit, March 18, 2010: At Dauch’s request, Miseirvitch has asked me to pull his contact information as he will no longer sell copies of this gameboard.]

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