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Posted on January 27, 2012 by norwigi · Leave a comment
Heroica: The Lego Board game. Presented at the Nordic Game Jam main track by Cephas Howard (Senior Design Manager of LEGO).
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Howard presented an interesting and entertaining talk about Heroica and the development of the game. He introduced the game as a kid-friendly role playing game where the main idea is loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons, and that feeling really followed him trough the presentation. He talked, in detail, about multiple parts of the process, from the conception of the idea, to marketing it both to children and their parents. The game was meant to be fun to play for kids of all ages, and they really managed to do that in a good way.
It was interesting, and quite inspiring, to hear how a major company like LEGO thinks in new ways. For example, Howard mentioned another game he developed, which was a card game based on the Heroica game. He came up with the main idea and major parts of the game itself withing one week. While on vacation. Of course, there was some minor tweaks later, but the game it self was mad during his vacation. Obviously, and he stressed this point, this is not the way Lego usually operate. Still, it’s nice to see that also these spontaneous ideas are appreciated in world-size companies like LEGO.
Also, during this talk he introduced a new Lego board game they will be releasing later this year: “Star Wars: Battle of Hoth”. I look forward to trying it out.
On a side note, I really should start taking pictures here.
Hold on for more updates from the Nordic Game Jam 2012