The Hookbox challenge semi finalists has been chosen, and I am thrilled that Downhill Daredevils is among them.
Now it is time to conclude my experiment. I looked at all games before voting in this last article. Even if it NOT fair to only rate a game by the cover – this is what I did, to see if there is a connection between visual appeal and votes in contests like this. I wonder if the order of appearance on the site reflects the number of votes?
| My favorites | Semi-finalists |
| Gunplay | Yes |
| Mission Control | Yes |
| Mine, Mine, Mine | Yes |
| Smuggles N’Snuggles | Yes |
| Gluttony 18 | |
| Duelling Dinos | Yes |
| Empire of Swords | |
| Battle Stations | |
| Turris | Yes |
| Do not open | |
| A kings Jest | |
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Looked good |
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| Doomsday Device | |
| Saloon Goons! | |
| The Coup | |
| Totem’s Call | Yes |
| Fury Road | |
| Crazy cat laydy | |
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My Close-ups |
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| DomiNations | |
| Commons | |
| Canyon Racers | |
| Heist | |
| DuelofTheDungounDesigners | |
| Starfighters | |
| Shields Up | Yes |
| Armour Up | Yes |
| Inconceivable |
Games I choose that looks good and could be printed in colour.
Since 20 of 129 entries was selected it is 15,5 % of all submission. If I selected 10 random of the 129 entries approximately 1 or 2 of them would be selected as semi finalists. Now there is 6 (60%). This to me indicates that the looks is a huge factor. This should off course be held up against how good all games where to play… because maybe the art is irrelevant and these games just was better in play.
Games that I think looked good but did not have a free PNP download
Only 1 of these was selected and this could indicate that the community don’t vote on thing they can’t test or see properly.
Among the semi-finalist there is a couple great looking games that I oversaw, like Reign.
The conclusion must be
When entering a board game contest – Hooking up with an artist friend is a good idea and remember to share your files with the community