I have no idea how to make the book dragon rider into a game board and ideas?

Question

right now the only idea I have is one with a start to finish and I want to include the plot and events too.

Answer 1

You're a quarter-century too late. It's been done. Twice.

Links: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3941 and http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/5735

Answer 2

I haven't read the books, but I can give you a few general ideas that apply to every book:

- Make the game pieces look like the main characters of the book. Just cut up some carboard, draw them on and bend them so they stay propped up

- Make the starting point the main village/place the story starts in, or if there is more than one plot in the story, have more than one track on the board (with equal number of tiles the characters have to land on), andset each player on its proper starting point

- Think up 5 or so major events that happened in the plot, then incorporate them into some of the tiles. For example, if one of the characters loses his dog in the book, make a tile that says "Scruffy has run away, go back 10 spaces"

- Make the goal of the game match up with the story line of the book. For example, if the characters were trying to find a magic crystal, or defeat an evil warlock, make the last space on the board the crystal, or make the player have to roll doubles while on the Warlock square in order to defeat the warlock and win the game.

- For a theme board game, apearance will play into it a lot as well. Just do your best to make the board game look like it follows the theme of the book, and that will make a big difference

- Make some of the squares trivia questions about the book

Good luck!