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Games with boards suitable for framing
David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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My sister-in-law framed a Scrabble board with some letters arranged on it to depict events in the family and spell out everyone's name. It looks pretty cool.
I am a sucker for nice components and nice game boards, so I started to think about what boards would look good if they were taken directly from the box, unmodified and then framed.
What games have game boards that are suitable for framing?
Really, we don't want to actually buy a great looking game just so we can frame it. We choose to appreciate it's beauty by playing the game and enjoying what the board has to offer to the experience.
I have added some great looking game boards off the top of my head, givng credit to the artists and designers when possible.
Feel free to add to the list, I'm sure there are lots of others I might have missed.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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A real work of art. The first game I thought of when creating this list.
Bah, I used the wrong image. The comment below has the correct one. Thanks Steven!
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Amazing. It's almost like a photograph.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Art: John Howe
Graphic Design: Fabio Maiorana
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Illustrations and Graphic Design: Mad4Gamestyle
Boards with scoring tracks or time tracks around the edges make them look like they are already framed.
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Board Game: Thebes
[Average Rating:7.26 Overall Rank:169]
David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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The colors might make it look a little washed out. But it really is a nice board. There is some nice detail on each of the cities.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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This is the back side of the new Formula D. This is the street racing board. The F1 board on the front side is equally impressive, if not more. (I could not find a BGG image of it)
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Beautiful work.
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Board Game: Jamaica
[Average Rating:6.82 Overall Rank:495]
David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Flat out goregous.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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This is actually just a scan of the Dracula player's reference map. A good photo of the board was not found. They are very similar however.
Graphic Design: Andrew Navaro, Scott Nicely
Art Direction: Kevin Wilson, Andrew Navaro
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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This one has a "war room" feel to it.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Illustrations: Julien Delval
Graphic Design: Cyrille Daujean
Another one that looks like it has a built in frame. Excellent colors.
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David K.
United States
Pflugerville
Texas
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Excellent use of colors.
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Brandon Pennington
United States
Springfield
Missouri
If your orange juice doesn't burn on the way down, then you need more vodka!
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Not the greatest map in terms of readability and functionality IMO, but it really is beautiful!
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Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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Look at this puppy:
Again, click on it and look at the detail. Exquisite.
On my wishlist *solely* because of this board.
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Board Game: Siena
[Average Rating:6.19 Overall Rank:2060]
Lo Ma
United States
Oakland
California
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Somebody did frame this gameboard!!!
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Ben Lott
United States
Mason
Michigan
It's a gift...
...and a curse!
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Rock on John Howe:
Expansion Board:
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United States
Danbury
Connecticut
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I really love Elfenland's whimsical fantasy-themed artwork.
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Board Game: Cuba
[Average Rating:7.30 Overall Rank:163]
Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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Can't forget Cuba. No hi-res, unfortunately.
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Steve Duff
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
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This one is so nice, the weather changes:
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Board Game: Caylus
[Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:10]
Matthew Marquand
United States
Columbus
Ohio
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"L'état, c'est moi."
Canada
Vancouver
BC
Roger's Reviews: check out my reviews page, right here on BGG!
Who let this guy become wargame subdomain moderator anyways?
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I think this map is simply beautiful.
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Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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If you have a bigger frame, you can get a bigger view of the game with the expansion
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Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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I don't usually care much for their games, but Days of Wonder do have some nice boards, like this one
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This is a gorgeous board - only criticism is that the game (COTE II rules) doesn't make the most of it.
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Halesowen Boardgamer
United Kingdom
Halesowen
West Midlands
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Very Nice
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Posted Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:56 pm
Victoria
BC
I did my own take on this a few years ago:
http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/FavouriteGameBoards....
Budapest
Hungary
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21831/page/2
Forest City
Iowa
I always wanted to glue one or two maps up and hang them on the wall.
They would great, and we would just have to take on off the wall and we would be ready to play. Note: I do have several maps madeup and on panels that I transport them on ... just don't feel I have enought "extra hexes laying around that I could permently glue together.
Ocean Springs
Mississippi
Brentwood, Essex
Littleton
Colorado