u/the-party-line

Hi,

I am part of a small team working on a new social deduction game called The Party Line. Some of you have given me good advice in the past. Thanks.

I could use some help again.

The first picture is our old board, and the second picture is our new board.

Those 11 white circular spaces in the middle represent places on a farm that players can move to gain powers each round.

Here is the issue. Having 11 spaces to choose from leads to analysis paralysis for some play testers and slowed the game down.

For purposes of this discussion, let's assume we are not getting rid of any of the 11 spaces.

The second picture is our solution. We organized the Farm spaces into groups based their powers and added icons. The new icons will match up to the player cheat sheets so they can quickly look up what each space does.

Are these groups more intuitive. Do the groups help with making a decision on which space to go to.

These are the 5 groups.

Group 1: Top left. These two spaces have powers that can boost your score. Yellow arrow Icons will be used to indicate scoring boosts on the player aids (cheat sheet).

Group 2: Top right. Great spaces to go to restore something you have lost. The Barn restores your party status, and The Farmer's Window can restore your secret Animal power.

Group 3: Bottom Left. Attack spaces have red claw icons.  After voting take out your frustrations on other players with one of these three attacks. The Cornfield steals cards and The Apple Box will knock down another player's score. You can also drag a player to the Stone Quarry to make them loose their movement on the farm. Nothing good ever happens to animals at the stone quarry.

Group 4: Bottom Right. These three spaces are all about Resources.

 Group 5: Middle. The Fence. It's the only safe place on the Farm. Even the Farmer respects an animal who stays on the fence and doesn't vote. But...You can't increase your score riding the fence. Getting ahead requires risk taking on this Farm.