Board Game Design: "Stack Attack"

  Stack Attack was designed to be playable with nothing but a pile of loose change and at least 2 people, though the game can be played with any number of people. You start by taking about 6 pennies or more and carefully placing them in a stack. A dime is then placed on top of the stack. Players score points by sliding a quarter at the stack and knocking pennies out from under the stack without collapsing the stack. If you have ever seem the magic trick where a table cloth is quickly swiped from a fully loaded dinner table without knocking any of the glasses or plates onto the floor, then you'll have a good idea of how this game works. 

For every penny that is separated from the stack, you get to move your game piece forward on the board. Look at the picture of the game board below. Each player starts in a corner of the board. They must move from their corner to the opposite corner. When a player has reached their opposite corner they are in the 'Win' condition. The win condition means that they must try and separate the dime from the stack instead of the pennies. The dime must not be over-lapping any pennies after striking the stack with their quarter. If this player is successful they have won the game. If the dime is still on top of or overlapping a penny than the player must move backwards for every penny that has been separated. The player is then no-longer in the win condition and the rules are back to normal.

  The Diagram below displays all the different outcomes of a play and their rules. The white coin is the dime, the brown coins are pennies, and the gold coin is the quarter.