Blockers: The Stacking Game

Development time:
September 2018 - August 2020
Blockers: The Stacking Game | 2-6 Players | Ages 8+ | 30-45 minutes
Designed by Niall Crabtree
Art by Niall Crabtree
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​A dexterity, deck-building tabletop experience brought to you by Crab Studios.
You have 90 seconds to build as many structures as possible, but be aware! At any moment other players can play cards against you. Will you fight back? Or will you save your cards and build a strong deck to come back harder next time around?
Card's difficulty range from 1-7, though other modes will allow younger and more inexperienced players to still build in rapid fire succession by limiting the amount of higher level cards, this game is one for the whole family!
This video was created by the You Tube channel The Easy Degree. Their video is the best out there with regards to how to play Blockers. 

What did I do?

Cool Features
This section is going to be a very brief outline of what I did on this project. Please divert to the blog posts for a more in depth rundown of proceedings. 
  • Designed and developed Blockers: The Stacking Game from start to end. 
  • Ran a successful crowdfunding campaign. 
  • Art.
  • Graphic Design. 
Here are my three favourite aspects of Blockers! This was my first game, but I am still very proud of what I achieved despite my lack of experience!
  • The universal language of the game allows it to be picked up and played regardless of age or origin if it's the base game (which is what most people play). 
  • There are almost 300 cards, 200 of them being unique structures which add so much replayability to the game. 
  • Despite the blocks being coloured, the game is colourblind friendly due to the silk screened dots on them. This was added after Play Expo 2019 where around 10% of players told me they were colourblind.