BLOCK is a collaborative tabletop building game where players work together to build a single connected block structure. The game was designed to be accessible, engaging and challenging to players ages three and up.
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Like so many great ideas, BLOCK began as a humble pencil sketch. Through the years, the game has evolved and changed quite a bit.
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BLOCK was created as part of my graduate studies at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The deluxe, wood-boxed version pictured below was created for my thesis exhibition.
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After graduating from VCFA, I began adapting the game to a more mass production-friendly form factor, and started marketing the game in hopes of finding a home for the game to be licensed, manufactured and distributed. Below is a selection of marketing material I've compiled through the years.
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