Dallah: The Board Game
The story begins when a young Saudi boy named Mohammed finds an 'expensive'-looking dallah, a traditional Saudi coffee pot, in his grandfather's basement  and decides to invite his friends over to boast. Eventually, the coffee pot shatters into multiple pieces around the room which leads to Mohammed and his friends' competing against each other to mend the heirloom.
Dallah is a game that is heavily inspired by Saudi culture and history.  In order to play this game, there must be 2-4 players above the age of five years old as certain pieces are potential choking hazards. There is no one path in Dallah, meaning the player can go in any direction they desire as long as they don't bump into a wall and walk as much as the dice says so. As one plays the game, they will eventually find themselves on an 'X' tile.  Each one of these tiles forces the player to swipe a card, causing the said player to gain, swap, or lose one or all their collected pieces.


The Dallah Movie
The Dallah Piece Cards
Collecting the 5 cards above wins the player the game, as the objective of the game is to collect the broken dallah pieces to help Mohammad repair his grandfather's dallah. 
The Dallah Action Cards
These 4 cards either hinder or support the quest to repair the dallah (in order):
~The Keep Card: Protects the player from being affected by a drop card.
~The Drop-All Card: Has the player drop all the piece cards they have or have them owe a piece card if they don't have one.
~The Drop Card: Has the player drop one piece card, or owe a piece card if they don't have one. 
~The Swap Card: Has the player give a piece of their choice to another player, and the other player gives a piece of their choice back (a swap, meant to solve the duplicate problem). 


Mockups
Prototype
The game was created as part of the 2020 Game Jam (#ggj2020).
The Team:
Game Designers: Sarah AlBaiz & Sheikha AlRomaih.
Artists: Shoug AlArifi & Sarah AlBaiz.
Story & Narrative: Ghada AlAsaker & Sara AlJefri.
Marketing: Latifa AlAbbad.
Dallah
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Dallah

A board game created as part of the 2020 Game Jam. The theme was Repair, and the game focused on utilizing that in a family-oriented cultural con Read More

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