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Democracy - The Board Game

Nina Lyons, a freelance graphic designer, was commissioned to illustrate the new board game ‘Democracy’ for the Kerry based games company Geepy Games. The game which will be launched in Birmingham this September in time for the Christmas market allows players to win votes, defeat the dictator and change the world.

Nina was responsible for the design of the entire game.  Nina says, “being a fan of Russian constructivist design and the De Still movement I was tempted to take the design of the game in that direction. However, it would not have done the game any justice and would have pigeon holed it to a specific era and even to specific dictators. Therefore, I experimented and developed my own design taking inspiration from different elements of the five continents to develop the continent cards and board. The civil unrest, social stability & climate change cards, which are very much the administration of the game, have a hard edge to them. I enjoyed the project immensely it really allowed me the freedom to experiment & be more expressive in my design”.

(August 2010)