My Shelfie
2-4 players | Ages 8+ | 30 minutes
Publisher: Cranio Creations, 2022
Co-designer: Matthew Dunstan
Art: Shannon Grosenbacher, Sara Valentino
You’ve just taken home your new bookshelf and now it’s time to put your favourite items in the display: books, boardgames, portraits... Who will show the best organised shelfie? During your turn, you must take 1, 2, or 3 item tiles from the living room board (shared by all the players). Then, you must place all the tiles you’ve picked into 1 column of your bookshelf (a 3D display) to meet the personal goal cards, which grant points if you match the highlighted spaces with the corresponding item tiles, or the common goal cards, which grant points if you achieve the illustrated pattern. A game of strategy and glance, different every time thanks to the variety of common and personal goals. The beautiful images of the item tiles will really give you the feeling of tidying up your precious shelf.
My Shelfie came out of the same brainstorm session with Matthew Dunstan that led to the Adventure Games series. Originally, what became My Shelfie was just the scoring mechanism for another more complex design idea. But we really liked the challenge of trying to make patterns by dropping coloured pieces down columns, so that became our focus. The first prototype involved dropping marbles into test tubes to make chemical reactions, and the theme actually changed quite a few times over the development process. Finally, Simone Luciani from Cranio (who did amazing work on the game) found a great fit - filling up shelves with your favourite things! This cozy theme is a wonderful fit for the low-conflict and puzzly experience that the game provides.
Links
➚ My Shelfie at Cranio Creations
➚ My Shelfie at BoardGameGeek
➚ Play My Shelfie online at BoardGameArena