"Freedom is not something given,
it's something earned"
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About the project
Folktale is part of folklore. One of its functions is to educate. Folklore in form of folktale should have an important role in education, but in fact it only occupies small percentage. Its appearance in various medias in form of retelling stories, resulted in folktale to end at the limit of preservation stage. Therefore, redesigning folktale through the board game was done as the initial solution to lift famous folktale to another stage, which is to place it in community by maximizing its possible functions and potentials. The process of redesigning consists of cultural values excavation, plot analysis, and philosophy analysis. The result of redesigning Timun Mas folktale is presented in form of board game as a means to grow leadership and the spirit of team working among adolescents.
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the Story
The story is a crossover of Indonesian folktales about freedom. Folktales that included are Timun Mas, Lutung Kasarung, and Malin Kundang. Some folklore creatures, myths and symbols are added too to build the world.
More about the story, world and character concepts are posted on different work [link]
Collector edition set of the board game, consist of: the board, 6 pawns, two decks of event cards, step cards, character cards, point tokken, rule book, art book, wooden packaging box, and some merchandise below.
Merchandise: phone straps and buffs
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Gameplay
The Gameplay development start from the classic boardgame mecanics we all already know, snakes and ladders. The dice is replaced by cards so the game will be more about strategy rather than chances.
We aim to deliver message about teamwork and strategy to reach for freedom. Therefore, there are two group of role to play. First is the Refugees. In the Sam Numit story, they are people that triying to leave their homeland to free themselves from Rhaksasas dictatorship. The second group is the Rhaksasas (giants) which in the original story of Timun Mas, are greedy race that eats human flesh. The goal of this group is to capture refugee.
the board is the map of the forbidden woods. It consist of trees, lake, hill and swamp
step cards
event cards represent unexpected occurrence in forbidden woods (the board)
Character cards. Each characters has unique ability
event card illustrations
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Concept
Redesigning the story start from some research about culture, philosophy, and message of Timun Mas folktale; continued with concept builing of the new crossover world and some character designs (most of them are redesigned character from the original folktales). The concept arts are compiled in an artbook, Art of Sam Numit
Art of Sam Numit book
