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I'd be hesitant to do this, because it favors some teams over other, and there are teams who don't necessarily win technical awards year after year, but still have very VERY good robots, ala 254* (The only technical award they've won at SVR since 2002 is Motorola Quality in 2005, yet they consistently win it every year with a spectaculary efficient robot)

I like the idea of using regionals as properties, and having the bigger (not necessarily "better") regionals be the higher priced ones.

*254 was used as an example because I'm very familliar with their team and robots over the past number of years.

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Like i said above I can help with programming and some of the art. I think this should be easy to do in VB.net or C#, and both of these are free from microsoft here :) . I am leaveing for a vacation this weekend, but when get back I'll get started on this.

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I'm in favor of using the regionals as properties too. There were 33 regionals this year plust the championship event, and only 22 spaces on the board, so about 12 regionals wont be used.

From this year, the largest regionals were:
NASA/VCU - 64 teams
Chesapeake - 64 teams
NJ - 63 teams
GLR - 63 teams

Of course, each year more teams are formed and attend these regionals, and these regionals only have a 1 team difference. Also more regionals are added each year, so you'd have to figure out a way to decide which property/regional goes on which position on the board, and which ones would be used.

...Or you can scrap the idea of using regionals as properties and do something different. :p

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Don't forget GTR, they had seventy-something. (I think)

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oops! I knew I was forgetting one. They had 74 teams attending this year.

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sounds awesome cant really help(im not really on the smart side of everything) but id get no matter the cost!

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I agree. Some teams might be offended if they do not make it onto the board. But perhaps the Hall of Fame teams could be on there. That way, it's a set group of teams, not just the ones that, in your/anyone else helping with the project's eyes is better.

It sounds like a really cool idea, and I can't wait to see how it turns out! :D

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Chance cards could be like "Robot Controller Malfunction, pay $50 to replace"
Or "Airport delays cause you to miss a connection flight, pay $100 to rebook".

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and of course, Airport delay causes them to kick you off your flight, so the team spends 5 hours bumming around in ATL. Get $200 in compensation...(yes, this actually happened to us this year)

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make a JVN gamepiece. I can see pregame bickering on who gets to be JVN.

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"Battle wound has occurred pay $50 in repair fees."

This will be really neat.

It would be nice if it could actually be marketed, I enjoy my PennStateopoly and all the innuendos in it.

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Ashley may have an idea there. It wouldn't sell in all stores, but perhaps in the FIRST Store in Atlanta, and on usfirst.org/store.

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i was thinking the Utilities should be assembly shop and a machine shop.

i love this idea and hope that everything goes well while making the game. i cannot wait to try it.

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Amazing idea, I will totally buy it if you make it a real boardgame.

I think, for game pieces, you should mix it up. Some tools, some old game pieces (the tetra in particular), some of the bots from the Kickoff videos, and a Segway. Because that one would look really cool.

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Ta Da!!...In order of how the spaces appear...

Kickoff........................................... ..Go
Finger Lakes Regional..........................Mediterranean Av
Community Service.............................Community Chest
Buckeye Regional...............................Baltic Av
Sustainment Fees..............................Income Tax
Newton Field.....................................Reading Railroad
Pacific North West.............................Oriental Av
Chance............................................ Chance
Flordia Regional.................................Vermont Av
Boilermaker Regional...........................Connecticut Av
Disqualified...................................... .Jail
Silicon Valley Regional.........................ST. Charles Pl
Lego Leauge.....................................Electri c Company
Southern California Regional.................State Av
Wisconsin Regional.............................Virginia Av
Curie Field........................................Penn. Railroad
Detroit Regional................................ST. James Pl.
Community Service............................Community Chest
GM/T Isreal Regional..........................Tennessee Av
New York City Regional.......................New York Av
Pits.............................................. ..Free Parking
Waterloo Regional..............................Kentucky Av
Chance............................................ Chance
Las Vagas Regional............................Indiana Av
New Jersey Regional...........................Illinois Av
Archimedies Field...............................B&O Railroad
Lone Star Regional.............................Atlantic Av
Mid West Regional.............................Ventnor Av
Vex Challenge...................................Water Works
UTC New England..............................Marvin Gardens
Go To Disqualified..............................Go To Jail
Boston Regional................................Pacific Av
Chesapeake.....................................Nor th Carolina Av
Community Service...........................Community Chest
NASA/VCU......................................Penn. Av
Galieo Field.....................................Short Line
Chance..........................................Ch ance
Greater Toronto Regional...................Park Place
Team Expences...............................Luxury Tax
Great Lakes Regional........................Boardwalk


Game Peices:

A Tetra
A Trophy
An Old Ball Goal
Woodie Flower's Cane
A Ball
A Lego Peice
A Wrench
A Computer/Laptop
A Segway
The Shovel-bot