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Viewpoint Trivia and State of Origin and COG Art Competition

26/11/2010

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The anticipation keeps building as the fun of the Carnival of Games gets closer. Not only will there be games galore but we'll also be holding a Viewpoint Trivia Challenge and COG Art Competition. Both of these are free and open to anyone to enter. The Viewpoint State of Origin, on the other hand, will pit a select grouping of 6 players against each other in a 3-on-3 'best of three' series of Viewpoint games.

VIEWPOINT TRIVIA CHALLENGE

The Viewpoint Trivia Challenge will test your knowledge of the Viewpoint card game. The trivia challenge will be held at 12pm. Each entrant will need to answer 10 questions with a possibility to answer 3 tie-breaker questions, if necessary. The winner will receive a new Nintendo Gameboy Micro and Gameboy game.

ART COMPETITION

The Carnival of Games Art Competition is open to artists of all skill levels and illustrative mediums - paint, chalk, pencil, crayon, macaroni, etc. People can bring their art to the event or they may sketch something up at the event. All works of art will be placed on display as soon as they are received and a winner will be selected at 12:30pm. The judging panel will be a selection of the Carnival of Games stall operators who will assess each piece based on its uniqueness, creativity and relevance to gaming (e.g. a Picasso-esque box of dice). The artwork does NOT have to have relevance to the Carnival of Games, 93 Made Games or anything associated with them. The winner will receive an autographed graphic novel (Witch King: Autobiography of a Dark Lord signed by the illustrator Paul Abstruse) and the opportunity to provide an illustration for one of 93 Made Games' upcoming games.

VIEWPOINT STATE OF ORIGIN


The Viewpoint State of Origin tournament will once and for all settle which state is best at playing Viewpoint - New South Wales or Queensland. Three representatives will be selected from each state who will then form teams to play in a 'best of three' series of games. Official Viewpoint tournament rules will be used with the following exceptions/clarifications:

RULES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

  1. Entry is free.
  2. Two decks of Viewpoint will be used.
  3. To be eligible to play for a state, the player must have been born in the state, currently reside in the state or have played their first tournament game of Viewpoint in the state. This does mean that a person might be eligible to play for more than one state but as soon as that person chooses their allegiance they can never change it.
  4. Teams may rotate their players in between each game. This means that up to nine players can player on each side in the tournament.
  5. Players will be seated - QLD - NSW - QLD - NSW - QLD - NSW. Each team can determine its own seating arrangement within this pattern and the losing team can swap positions after the game they lost.
  6. A toss of the coin is used to determine which team deals first. The winner of the toss gets to decide if they want to deal first. Any player in that team may deal. The first team to deal also gets to determine their seating arrangement for the first game after the other team has done so.
  7. When a team wins a game, they must deal in the next game. Any player in that team may deal.
  8. Composite team scores are used. i.e. The scores of each team member are added together to calculate the team total.
  9. To win a game, each team needs to score 200 View-points or more.
  10. If an effect refers to 'another player' or 'any other player', then this includes your team mates.
  11. You cannot use a REVEAL/CANCEL card to 'protect' your team mates.
  12. The victorious team is the first team to win two games. A third game will not be played if the same team wins the first two games.

PRIZES:
The victorious team will be awarded the Viewpoint State of Origin Shield for 2010.

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Carnival of Games
Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
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Winning Combos of Christmas

5/1/2010

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After some terrific entries into Viewpoint's Twelve Combos of Christmas competition, we have sifted through them and declared the winners for each week and the overall winner; who submitted the best Viewpoint card combination.

The following weekly winners will receive Viewpoint posters.

Week 1 – Double Crossed (Fox Murdoch)

Fox was trying a version of Viewpoint where players didn't draw each turn, only if a card said to. The game ended once all players’ hands were empty, with the player on the highest score at that time winning. He was teaching his sister how to play and she played an Eye Spy (0) on him. In his hand were:

1x Skewed View (5)
2x Cross-eyed (-5)

His sister considered her decision and took one Skewed View and one Cross-eyed. She then passed her turn. Fox played his remaining Cross-eyed on his sister, exchanged his now-empty hand and counted up 60 versus 35, WIN!

Week 2 – The Golden Hand (William Yung)

William sent us a play that, if the player is lucky enough, will win them the game without the opponent ever taking a turn. The cards required are:

4x Hindsight (20)
1x Shadow (-15)
1x See Into the Future (5)
2x Wink (15) (or two other cards that total to 30 or more points)

On the player’s turn, play Shadow and then See Into the Future.

Next turn, the player plays Hindsight, targets See Into the Future and plays See Into the Future again.

The player repeats this play for the following four turns and by now the following cards are in his Field of View – 1x Shadow, 4x Hindsight and 1x See Into the Future = 70 points.

The player then plays Wink twice to reach a score of 100 points to win the game.

Week 3 – Coming from Behind (Steve Mayer)

Steve told us of a game that he played on Christmas day with his family where he was completely down and out and only had one left in his hand – Insight (10). All other players had fairly healthy hand sizes and there were no cards left in the Draw Pile. He played his Insight on his Dad, who had a full hand of cards, and stole All-Seeing Eye (10) to give him a chance to take any card back from the Discard Pile. On his next turn he returned a Cross-eyed (-5) from the Discard Pile and played it on the following turn to steal his brother’s entire hand. From there he was able to win the game.

Week 4 – The Ol’ Switcheroo (Rob Williamson)

Rob came up with an almost impossible but very funny combination that could take your score from -35 points to +120 points in one turn. You must have the following cards in play:

1x Shadow (-15)
1x Visionary (-10)
2x Cross-eyed (-5)
2x Mirror Image (0) – copying Shadow

Your opponents must have 4x Hindsight (20) in play and you must have 4x Peripheral Vision (10) in your Hand.

On your turn, play each of the Peripheral Visions to swap the following cards in order with your opponents’ Hindsights – Cross-eyed, Cross-eyed, Visionary and Shadow.

Overall Winner – Coming from Behind (Steve Mayer)

We liked Steve’s underdog story so much that we couldn’t go past it to give him the grand prize of $150. Well done Steve!

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Viewpoint - Blindside your buddies!
Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
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Viewpoint's Twelve Combos of Christmas

10/12/2009

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93 Made Games, the designers of the new and exciting Viewpoint card game, are bringing joy to the gamers this holiday season in the form of a Christmas bonus.

For your chance to share in the bonus, email your favourite Viewpoint card combination or tricky play to info@93madegames.com.au.  Each submission should list the cards used in the combo, a brief description of how they were used and what affect they had on the game.  Also include your name, age, gender and contact details in the email so 93 Made Games can let you know if you have won.

Each week, for the next four weeks, 93 Made Games will select three winners based on how good or how funny the combos are.  All weekly winners will receive a signed Viewpoint poster.  The person who submits the best combo over the four weeks will receive a Christmas bonus of AU$150 cash from 93 Made Games.

If you have not yet picked up a copy of Viewpoint then check out the 93 Made Games website at www.93madegames.com.au for a list of stockists or to order online.  When selected, the winning combos will also be listed on the 93 Made Games website.

Have a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!
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Viewpoint - Blindside your buddies!
Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
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Project Joystick Game Design Competition

11/4/2009

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93 Made Games' Visual Art Manager, Anthony Condos, discusses his submission for the 2008 Project Joystick Game Design competition.

Project Joystick is an initiative of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and BigPond Games. Entrants are required to submit a conceptual design for a game that can be played on mobile phones. The winner receives a monetary prize and gets their game developed by a leading Australian mobile games developer for exclusive release by BigPond Games.

Anthony submitted a leading-edge design for a Syndicate-style game that pits your gang of assassins against other mobile-networked gamers' gangs. The gangs are required to complete objectives, acquire 'turf' and become one of the top-ranking gangs over the mobile network. Anthony prepared and submitted sample artwork and a comprehensive listing of weapons, gangs and objectives.

The winning entry for the 2008 Project Joystick Computer Game Design competition was a game where the player controls a dung beetle that has to push its pile of dung around the world.
Find out more about Project Joystick at www.acmi.net.au.
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Graniph T-Shirt Design Competition

9/4/2009

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93 Made Games' Game Design Manager, Sean Carroll, discusses his submission for the 2008 Graniph T-Shirt Design competition.

Sean discovered the Graniph T-Shirt Design competition while investigating the local game and art scene during his trip to Japan in January 2008.

Graniph are great supporters of independent artists and showcase the works of illustrators, graphic designers and photographers from all around the globe. Their T-Shirt Design competition is one of the pre-eminent alternative artwork competitions in the world. The idea is that you submit a drawing suitable to be displayed on a T-Shirt and if they select your drawing it is used on their next range of T-Shirts.

Sean sketched a drawing of 'Bulborb' (aka 'baruborubu' in Japan) which is a stylised representation of a light globe with the outline of Australia as the filament. Sean gave Bulborb some character using Paint Shop Pro and his Wacom to produce the final image. On reflection, he thinks the image could have been more basic as Graniph prefer rawer images. However, he is still very happy with what he submitted and even displays the image on the obverse side of his business card.
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Bulborb
To find out more about Graniph go to www.graniph.com.
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