Clients Versus Architects
Board Game : Clients Versus Architect
Book : From the Eye of the Beholder
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A fast paced puzzle, maze, race, treasure hunt, card game.
A board game based on the relationship between clients and architects.
PLUS
A stunning visual book on photography and modern architecture.
Launching paused, thanks to The Donald
and America’s dysfunctional democracy. Stay tuned!
The Project
• Unusual highly playable board game, unlike anything you’ve seen.
• A unique book from my own experience around famous architecture.
Sponsor It!
• 2 versions of the game
• PDF or printed edition of the book
• any of 5 posters
• a collection of 4 digital images
For Whom?
People interested in:
• board games
• architecture
• photography
• design
A Race, Puzzle, Treasure Hunt, Maze & Card Game — Back The Game & The Book!
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Game: Clients Versus Architects
Production Version: Commercially printed board, box, cards, instructions, cardboard knockouts, and simple plastic meeples.
“Confusing at first. Perfect for people who like surprises; it can go in so many different ways.” — SG, game tester
Deluxe Version: Commercially printed box, cards, and instructions. Hand pressed coins and plastic coin trays. Hand painted and assembled pawns, hand drawn boards, wooden and hand painted tokens.
“Challenging to navigate the maze. Full of surprises.” — IA, game tester
- Detail Rules (PDF)
- Quick Card Play Rules (PDF)
An Example of a Card Play (opening the dashed lines).
The dashed lines on both boards are inactive and cannot be crossed by either player.
Either player can play a 3-card hand (3 cards of different suits) to enable the dashed lines.
The dashed ring token is put onto the playing area showing dashed lines are active.
The dashed lines are now active for both players and can be crossed.
NEW: buy a handmade prototype!
The Kickstarter campaign is on indefinite hold. So to be fair to those interested in the game I am offering to create a handmade, autographed prototype just for you. The price is listed below (in one place for ease of management.) It’s subject to change.
The components are high a quality, but not as seamless or perfect as a production game. In particular the cards are individually cut and the boards laminated on foam core. Everything is coated, sealed, and printed on quality materials and the game is designed to last forever. Unfortunately, it will not have a printed box, only a plain 10″x12″x2″ box for shipping. Click on the link below to see a list of what’s included.
I’ve put the game as a product on my personal website where you can order it directly. The link below will take you there. Shipping is extra, as are any tariffs if you live in the US. I’m shipping from Canada and I’ll ship it as a product prototype or a gift. Write me and I’ll tell your address and I’ll find the shipping costs. I’ll also tell you expected shipping date. I don’t stock these, I make them to order.
Click the following link to order the game. You’ll be able to pay online and I’ll send you an invoice for shipping when it’s ready:
Book: From the Eye of the Beholder
“This is marvelous work – what a perspective on such a key figure. I particularly like the revelatory chapter on the Stoller House, and the way it intersects with your own experience. I’d love to see it in print.”
— Susanne Marshall, Publications Manager, Dalhousie Architectural Press
— Ashley Simone,
“From the Eye of the Beholder is a methodical study… offering new insights (with) the potential to reshape how we think about the meaning of modern design.”
Editorial Director, Axiomatic Editions
PDF Version: Portrait layout, not reformattable (not an .epub).
Hardcover Version: High quality printing, 9″x11.5″
Becomes available as a stretch goal once funding is sufficient to produce in minimum quantity. This will be printed using 157 gram Gold East matte art paper printed with a spot gloss varnish applied on the photographs.
Posters: 18″x24″
Choose from 5, high quality, thick, plastic laminated images.
“Ezra Stoller, the preeminent architectural photographer of the day, captured the building in action… shaping the way generations have visualized the building.”
— PA Press (2019)
“Architecture in its three dimensions is naturally difficult to capture in two. Ezra Stoller is one of the few photographers to have made an art out of this problem.”
— Alexander Linklater, The Glasgow Herald
“Frank Lloyd Wright won’t allow magazines to publish photos of his work unless they are taken by Stoller.”
— Leonard Currie, Dean of College of Architecture, U. of Illinois
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