Windrush Board Games update

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Four months on from creating two Windrush-based board games, Patricia Jones discusses their development, meeting Shaun Wallace from The Chase and Black History Month.

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00:00 Great meeting you again. Four months after the last meeting there has been a

00:05 bit more progress. I've actually got the game copyrighted which is very

00:09 important in this day and age and basically I've changed things on the board a bit

00:14 for legal reasons and this is my prototype here. Kind of a time I had a

00:20 stall, it went well, I got lots of orders so that's amazing and the next step is

00:24 actually getting the game manufactured onto boards. Then we've also got to get

00:29 a crease going down the middle so it can be folded, it can be put in a case or in

00:34 a box and you know it could be taken to barbecues, parties and things like that

00:38 so that is the next stage. Also there's going to be marketing that I've got to

00:41 start out as well so it is a long process but I'm getting there little by

00:45 little. This is like a ludi game, it's got four sections on it and it's a dice

00:50 game so you go around the board and you know it's all about the win-win story. So

00:55 for instance if you land in an area with a Jamaica flag which is here, it's

01:01 got things in like sweet reggae music so all the islands relate to something else.

01:05 You've got a Montserrat flag there and that's known for hurricanes so it tells

01:10 you a story going around the board, it also mentions pioneers as well. It's a

01:15 fun and educational game that parents can actually play with their grandkids. I

01:19 went to a black business expo which was very good, it had lots of stalls, lots of

01:23 talks about business and there was Sean Wallace and talking about his journey.

01:27 So basically when I went home I followed him up and I contacted him

01:33 and to my surprise he got back to me so that was amazing. So from there I went

01:37 along and I did an interview with him, with Sean Wallace, so it was great for

01:41 him to give me the opportunity because quite often people don't give you the

01:44 opportunity. So I met up with him basically and I did a turntable

01:48 interview. So he started off by asking me questions about the board game, where do

01:54 you get your creative ideas from, where do you think the game will go, you know

01:58 things like that. And so then I turned the table around to him, how long

02:03 have you been on the chase, were you bright at school, what makes you do

02:07 promotion videos every day, you know, and obviously answered all the

02:12 questions. So it was a very good interview and I was so lucky to actually

02:16 get that interview and the best thing is he gave me thumbs up to the win this

02:21 board game. The Dark Destroyer, that's his name, don't mess with him when it comes

02:26 to that game. Sean Wallace, he's definitely the man. Questions and answers, he sure

02:32 knows that plan. Black History is right through the month, beginning to end of

02:37 October and so you know people put on like exhibitions, shows, you've got local

02:41 poets, artists, singers, dancers and of course you've got good, good fine Caribbean

02:47 food. So it's a celebration right through the month and this year you know there's

02:51 a lot of events on, you know in Bradford, in Leeds and outside of Leeds which is

02:55 really good. With the support from everybody, the community, you know I can

02:59 get there and I can make my dreams come true.

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