Boardgame Publishing — David Loach

Boardgame Publishing

“Construction & Corruption” was commercially released in 2018 and is available in stores across Quebec and Ontario. After a process of conceiving and testing a politically-sardonic game with friends and family, I was extremely proud having it on display in stores across my hometown. Future projects are in the works for 2022.

CBC radio covers the game in 2018.

Promotional photographs with the game box... in its 'element'

Testing the prototype with friends at Randolph's Pub, Rosemont, Montreal.

Construction theme is prominent in the front window of Valet-de-Coeur, Montreal.

Players enjoying the game at the expo table at Otakuthon MTL, 2019

Toronto Break-Out, 2019

Montreal Salon de Jeu 2019

We accomplished a very thematic film setting for the promotional video.

CBC Montreal TV segment

Working with LongPack games in China, each component was edited, proofed and approved, usually via either skype or annotated PDF files.

Ensuring the successful arrival of 2000 copies of my game. Shipped from LongPack Shanghai China to Montreal Canada. Working with Journey Freight, we advance shipped a pallet by air for the holiday season, while the bulk of the game arrived by ocean f — Ensuring the successful arrival of 2000 copies of my game. Shipped from LongPack Shanghai China to Montreal Canada. Working with Journey Freight, we advance shipped a pallet by air for the holiday season, while the bulk of the game arrived by ocean freighter.

This game was a roller-coaster of an education in print media publishing. Working with LongPack games in Shanghai around the clock, I would see and edit proofs of each game component before launching for the holiday season in 2018. Doing this required a professional understanding of the Adobe publishing suite, and my experience fortunately allowed me to flow into this level of use with Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator,

The cards, rules, and components were filled with the work of Montreal artists which I coordinated through the year. Since art production was a bottleneck of time, I employed a team of 6 to cover cartoon styles on the box, cards, rules, and cardboard punch-outs. Sending proofs and edits back and forth with them allowed me to give feedback and fine tune the comedy or expression in each element.

Graphic Design