Penny Hockey Construction - The Prototype
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For Christmas this year, we've decided to change gears and only give gifts to our family that we've "made" or crafted in some way. I have 3 nephews that I've decided to make a board game for that was one of my favorites when I was growing up: penny hockey. I'm thinking of updating it a bit to make it more competitive with the Wii (who are we kidding! These things will collect dust!). I had a bit of help from Nat's dad and future-brother-in-law-law (my sister in law's future husband) in coming up with the prototype. I think that some of their moms (my sisters!) read this here blog, so I will only show a little sneak peak of the board pre-sanding/staining/finishing. I stained in this weekend and have put a coat of polyurethane on it to make it slick. It isn't as slick of a surface as I remember, but the angles are just about right. I'm going to have it around the house for a few months to figure out how we can make it better. First u