Games From Garbage: A DIY Guide to Making Family Board Games

by Ben Green

From the author of Forged in the Fallout, Games from Garbage is great for parents, grandparents, and other caretakers who want to build lasting memories with the children in their lives. Maker families and DIY families will find this especially useful, but it will guide any family through the process of making their own board games! It includes sections about gathering materials and organizing the project, with suggested roles for family members of all ages. The section on brainstorming is sure to get the ideas rolling!Not only will this book guide you in making your own games, but two prototype games are included inside. No other purchase necessary! These games are not print-and-play card games. Instructions on how to build and play these well-tested games are included inside, along with pictures to make the process easy!GAME Max's Cereal Ages 3 & Up Fun for large groups! Oh no! All the cereal in the cupboard got mixed up! Scoop up everything you can and see who can get the most “sweet” points. GAME Flippy Biomes Ages 6 & Up 2-6 players Navigate dangerous biomes with your blocky character. Harvest resources, fight monsters and pursue enlightenment in the Cathedral. But don't get caught too far away from your base when the whole board flips over. Defeat the Kraken or race to unlock the Ice Temple to win the game. Squarish fun for the whole family!

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2021

About the author

BEN GREEN has always been a storyteller. When he was a kid, he would tear apart his coloring books and assemble them into crossover stories with lots of drama and lots of glue. Then he discovered action figures and took to burning Cobra agents at the stake and writing whole episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation. As a teen, he wrote Star Wars fanfiction and began creating his own worlds on a Brother word processor with a tiny screen and floppy disks. Meaning he’s also very old.

Though he grew up in Arizona and Nevada, Ben now lives in southern Minnesota where he puts his degrees in teaching, history, and technology to use as a social studies teacher for non-traditional students. He is passionate about teen issues and at-risk youth. This may be why he spends so much time with his four children, telling stories, working in the garden, and encouraging them to find something to be passionate about.