A few months back, I saw a "Lord of the Rings" Monopoly board game on Ebay and thought: "We wants it, we needs it!" (in Gollum's voice). But then I took a closer look and saw that there is a parking lot in Middle-Earth. The board game was also expensive and the shipment would cost me double the price of the product. But mostly - that parking lot bothered me. And the policeman. So I decided to make my version of the board game.
I found an old wooden box in the basement, wrote down the dimensions of the box and started thinking of ideas for the design of the board. Since I'm a big fan of the "Lord of the Rings", I wanted to be immersed in the story. So, instead of a parking lot, I put Weathertop. Instead of the policeman, I put Shelob... You get where I'm going with this. The board design was made with Adobe Illustrator, then printed and coated. In order to avoid a mess, I created wooden partitions inside the box - so the money, cards, dices, houses and metal figures wouldn't mix.
When I was finished I was happy and proud! I made something unique and something that I love. It took me two weeks to do it properly, but I think it was worth it. This is my precious.
Outside of the box
Inside of the box
