Tony’s Top 10: Tinkering Board Games

Hamp Hack is an event aiming to unite multi-disciplinary thinkers to collaborate and create a product within a theme such as Environmental Sustainability, Brain and Development, Life Hacks, and Artificial Intelligence. Here are some examples of game ideas that can be #hamphacked!

10. Chess

Light up board with touch sensitive pieces to show possible moves. Or make it automatic, so that you can play real world chess with an invisible player.

9. Monopoly

The game would include opportunities to crowd source and invest based on supply/demand, industries would be included as a mean for revenue generation, advertisements would have a role.

8. Scrabble

With emojis instead of letters!

7. Uno

Shapes and color would be used to distinguish card categories to improve accessibility.

6. Battleship

Updated to match contemporary warfare style: Drones!

5. Risk

Add bargains, treaties, war declarations, and implement renewable resources. A board game, where you throw a dice and take a risk!

4. Clue

Rethought to a new scenario — who stole the data? Objective: figure out who hacked into the server and from what IP address.

3. Catan

Modernized. Same gameplay mechanics, totally new setting.

2. Yahtzee

Get points traditionally, but also add bonus point possibilities by doing tricks and moves with dice

1. A deck of cards

Replace four traditional suits with recognizable symbols: hashtag, At, smiley face, and underscore…. #, @, : ), and _

Have an idea of your own? Tweet yours with #hamphacked