Green Box of Games

The Meeple Mini Expansion that was released last year included the rulebook from the Summer 2018 Design Contest, and in addition cubes in black and white, meeples in all colours plus grey, and a drawstring bag.

There is not really a clear relationship between the rulebook and the components, but the components enable improvements on a lot of existing games and more importantly allow for the creation of new game experiences. The recent Contest X Design Contest generated a lot of new games using the meeples, and a bunch of other games have also been published under the MMX tag (or Meeples tag) on the wiki.

Meeples and cubes should not be hard to come by for anyone wanting to expand their Green Box on their own, but as of right now this is made even easier, by the availability of a “components only” version of the MMX on thegamecrafter.com. You should also be able to get your hands on the needed components for a reasonable price at any store that sells standard game pieces, such as Spielmaterial.de. You need 40 cubes in black and white (20 each), 7 meeples in different colours, and a drawstring bag.

The second design contest for the Green Box of Games was held in April 2019. It was called the “Contest X” because designers were encouraged to use eXpansion content when designing games. While the contest was open to any kind of expansion, all designers limited themselves to contents from the official MMX expansion, featuring meeples and extra cubes in black and white.

10 games were submitted by 8 different designers for this contest, and the winners are…

Continue reading “Design Contest 2019 – Contest X” →

As a limited edition release a small expansion for the Green Box of Games is now available. The expansion includes:

• Rulebook containing the 12 games from the Summer 2018 Design Contest
• A drawstring bag that will fit all the components from the base set as well
• 6 meeples, one in each colour of red, blue, green, yellow, black and white
• 20 black and 20 white cubes, so everything is available in 6 colours

Buy online here!

Continue reading “The Meeple Mini Expansion (MMX)” →

This summer there has been a design contest for new games for the Green Box of Games. The contest has been running for the most part on the BoardGameGeek forums and in the Green Box Community Group on Facebook.

There have been a total of 14 new games proposed, most of them original, and many of them very good games, and the rules for all of them can be found on the Wiki.

And the winners are…

Continue reading “Design Contest – Summer 2018” →

The Green Box of Games community is growing, and a wiki has been created on Fandom/Wikia to make it easier for people to publish, share and discuss game ideas and designs. Games can be explored by player count, theme and category. The Wiki is completely open, so anyone can add or edit information, even without a registered user.

Link to the Wiki: http://greenbox.wikia.com Continue reading “All the games in the Community Wiki” →

The Kickstarter campaign for the “Second to None Edition” of the Green Box of Games ended on July 13th, funded at 540% with contributions from 192 backers.

A big thank you to all backers, and everyone who helped share the campaign.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/787460250/green-box-of-games-game-system-in-a-box?ref=blog

We are moving forward to the next stage of development, as all files will be sent to production in August. If all goes according to plan the game will be ready in time for the Spiel ’17 game fair in Essen, on october 25th.

Thank you again!

Our shipment of 100 Green Box sets from thegamecrafter.com has arrived, and we are quite thrilled!

The pre-orders are coming in, and we have soon sold about half of the 100 sets we are bringing to the fair. Pre-order here to make sure you don’t miss out.

Also check this post for a detailed description of the components included in the box.

A small step for man, a giant leap for the Green Box project! You can now buy your own set from thegamecrafter.com.

The Game Crafter is a print-on-demand company specializing in tabletop games. This means we upload our designs based on their templates, and they print one copy of the game each time somebody places an order. Obviously, this means that the price will be a bit high for such a small game box, but it also means that we can make the game available to anyone who wants it way before we get a proper large scale production financed. Continue reading “Now available for sale on The Game Crafter!” →