Create Unique Masterpieces and Compete Against Fellow Artists in Canvas on Kickstarter
April 22, 2021 by fcostin
After playing board games for so long, you tend to find the same style of game reskinned into a new reimagined adventure. Whether it be in woodland, next time rehashed into sci-fi. I love to find really unique board games alike anything I have ever played before.
Canvas is a game that boasts individuality and ties in the artistic ways of the player. Now Canvas by Road to Infamy is back up on Kickstarter with a reprint of its stunning game along with an expansion entitled Reflections.
Canvas // Road to Infamy
In Canvas, players will take the role of painters in an art competition. By collecting lots of different cards and layering the transparent bits of artwork together, each different player will have designed a unique and individual piece of art. Cards contain small icons used to help score and ultimately find the best in the show.
Canvas // Road to Infamy
If players want to be sneaky and not give away how many points their creation has equated to, they can hide their icons by laying the transparent card in a particular way, creating a puzzle aspect to the game. Once the players have created three different masterpieces, the game is over.
Canvas: Reflections // Road to Infamy
Canvas' expansion, Reflections adds double-sided mirrored transparent cards to the game, allowing the artists to create more unique paintings.
What I find incredibly amazing is that whilst Canvas is up on Kickstarter, Road to Infamy have invited the community on Board Game Geek to get their chance to submit some artwork for potential card illustrations for the expansion. The previous Kickstarter enabled three lucky artists to have their artwork portrayed within the game, however, this time ten lucky community members will get a chance.
The reprint and expansion on Kickstarter is almost at 1000% funded, with still 19 days to go and with all stretch goals being unlocked on the first day of the campaign! Including new artwork, sleeves for the card's protection and screen-printed wooden tokens.
Every so often I will find a board game that combines two of my favourite hobbies. This time, painting and board games! I am looking forward to what kinds of fusion combination games I will find in the future.
What is your favourite unique style board game?
"In Canvas, players will take the role of painters in an art competition. By collecting lots of different cards and layering the transparent bits of artwork together, each different player will have designed a unique and individual piece of art. Cards contain small icons used to help score and ultimately find the best in the show. "
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Ooh a game about landscapes painting interestingly different.
I’ve played Canvas recently. It’s a lovely little game, not at all what I’d normally choose but a lot of fun. There’s a drafting element to it that creates a game within a game where you give up resources to draft a card you want, or deny a card to an opponent. And when you complete a picture you actually have a nifty piece of art.
I love the idea of that! It is a very different board game, and I always seem drawn to the uniqueness of a new board game that incorporates ideas I have never seen before!
The box is something else as well! A piece of art right there alone!
I’ve played Canvas recently. It’s a lovely little game, not at all what I’d normally choose but a lot of fun. There’s a drafting element to it that creates a game within a game
Does it feature happy little trees ?
Everyone knows a painting is not a painting until it has happy little trees … 😉
CONFIRMED: Trees are indeed present
UNCONFIRMED: Not sure of their mental state of wellbeing
I am sure they are chipper in a board game like Canvas though! 🙂