BN1 cartoonist launches Brighton board game (From The Argus)
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BN1 cartoonist launches Brighton board game
10:52am Tuesday 4th September 2012 in News By Kayleigh Tanner
HOPEFUL: Paul Stapleton with his new board game
A comic strip about Brighton has been turned into a board game requiring players to explore the city’s lesser-known areas.
Cartoonist Paul Stapleton decided to convert his comic strip BN1 into BN1 – The Board Game and after eight months’ work 200 copies are now available for pre-order.
Paul, 36, of Brighton, said: “I wanted to get a mix of well-known tourist locations and comparatively unknown or slightly secret places – so there’s the Pier, Pavilion and West Street but also the Chattri, the Pepper Pot, the views from the top of Bear Road, the pet cemetery and rabbit roundabout.”
It is described as “a satirical, open-ended adventure around Brighton”, with the aim of the game to explore the hidden secrets, events and characters that make Brighton so exciting.
A flurry of interest arose when play-testers pointed out factual errors in earlier versions of the game, which Paul has since had checked by historians since starting production on the game in May.
Paul said: “Since announcing pre-orders, the response has been great.”
The idea was born after drunken conversations about the notion of creating a Brighton board game.
The boxes and boards feature intricately drawn illustrations of Brighton landmarks, from the Brighton Centre to the football stadium.
Paul has used small UK-based printers to make the games, which he says is “more fitting for a place like Brighton”. Each game will be a hand-numbered limited edition.
He added: “The game is a satire on Brighton life that champions the eccentrics and pokes fun at the ones who take it all far too seriously.”
Paul said that it would make a great present for anyone with a love of Brighton, and that the game also works as an educational tool for the history and geography of the town.
He is hoping that the game will prove popular, and if the first batch sells out,he intends to produce more copies.
BN1 – The Board Game is likely to be out by the end of October, and a pre-ordered copy will cost £26 for Brighton and Hove residents who can have the game delivered once it is released.
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Comments(17)
Hovite
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11:11am Tue 4 Sep 12
Number Six
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11:12am Tue 4 Sep 12
Enema of the peephole wrote:Nice one!
I take it there will be a "free parking" square on the corner?
And on the other corner we could hsve the squatters' square. Got to jail!
Bennn
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11:21am Tue 4 Sep 12
Enema of the peephole
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11:32am Tue 4 Sep 12
'Council loses marbles - collect £17 million for eyesore tower project'?
'21mph speeding ticket - please pay council £17 million or whatever you can afford'
Hovite could try out for the 'community breast' square?
rolivan
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11:40am Tue 4 Sep 12
Lady Smith
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12:24pm Tue 4 Sep 12
rolivan wrote:And your point is..?
Has it got Queens Park, Dukes Mound and Devils Dyke?
inadaptado
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12:42pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Jo Wadsworth
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12:51pm Tue 4 Sep 12
inadaptado wrote:Hi inadapto, I didn't put the link in precisely because that would be one step too close to advertising.
Here's a radical thought: since this is a web page, how about A LINK to the author's website, or any other place to know more about the game and/or preorder it? You know, links can be used for things other than ads, ads and more ads.
Hovite
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1:09pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Jo Wadsworth wrote:Google it, it's easier than writing a complaint about it.
inadaptado wrote:Hi inadapto, I didn't put the link in precisely because that would be one step too close to advertising.
Here's a radical thought: since this is a web page, how about A LINK to the author's website, or any other place to know more about the game and/or preorder it? You know, links can be used for things other than ads, ads and more ads.
Hovite
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1:10pm Tue 4 Sep 12
com/pages/BN1-A-Comi
c-Series-All-About-B
righton/206018559476
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grebn
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1:35pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Am I allowed to plug the place to pre-order a copy? If so, it's www.worldofbeardandp
og.co.uk/preorder.ht
ml
And thankyou Bennn!
Paul (the bloke wot made the game)
rolivan
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2:44pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Lady Smith wrote:They are places of interest and have a lot of interest.The fact that 2 out of the 3 are on there answers my question.
rolivan wrote:And your point is..?
Has it got Queens Park, Dukes Mound and Devils Dyke?
billy goat-gruff
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4:37pm Tue 4 Sep 12
grebn
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4:50pm Tue 4 Sep 12
pcornwell
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4:15pm Wed 5 Sep 12
BradleyWiggins
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4:30pm Wed 5 Sep 12
Enema of the peephole says...
10:58am Tue 4 Sep 12