Board Game Templates

Board game templates are quick ways to create games based on your ideas. These templates can often be modified to fit your rules and to take the time-consuming board creation out of your hands, letting you free yourself for the creative side of the project. The Internet is an inexhaustible source of board game templates. You can find full size boards for word games or strategy games and find templates for board game specific parts like spinners and dice. Below are some websites that offer all kinds of templates for you to download and use.

The templates at JC-Schools can be best used with word games and trivia games. This website has templates available in Powerpoint or Word format and includes instructions on how make them more your own. The majority of the game boards are best used for trivia or games that utilize game cards because the boards have spots for the cards. To make things even easier, the site includes a game card template that allows you to use your own pictures. If you are just in the mood to print and play, then you can download pre-made cards that can help teach science, language, math and other subjects by grade level. You can also print out templates for basic game boards, spinners, and dice if desired. All of those board game templates are in Word format.

At Teacher's Resource you do need to pay a membership fee if you want access to all of the board game template resources they have. Cost per year is $19.95. You can view a sample template, which is a basic board game that includes "miss a turn" circles and "move ahead" spots. Most of the templates are available in PDF format and can be edited if you have a full version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Surprisingly, you can find a number of game board template pictures using the Google picture search engine. In the search box type in board game template. After the search results appear, click Images at the very top of the Google page. A number of images should appear that can be used as templates for board games. For instance, one of the templates on the first page is a basic racetrack type board that can be used for just about any type of game imaginable. Some of the game templates are not that large, but what you can do is import them into an image editing program like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw. Then, you can resize them to a sheet-size paper or even bigger. Remember that the images and the entire board might get distorted, so adjusting that also can help you reduce blurriness and that annoying pixelization that sometimes happens on pictures.

If you have Word, Publisher, Powerpoint, or similar program, then you can create your own basic game templates to use over and over again. This article assumes you have basic knowledge of whatever program you decide to use.

1. Load your program and choose what size your template is going to take. Novice game builders should stick with the normal size and just choose "Landscape" or "Portrait".
2. Using the programs shape tools, create squares, circles, or any other shape and lay them out on the board in a logical fashion. If desired, fill the shapes with color.
3. Add shortcuts or other paths by embedding arrows on your board.
4. Some standards of games include "Move Ahead 3 Squares" (or another number), "Move Back 3 Squares" (or another number), and "Lose One Turn." Randomly place those obstacles and rewards on your game board.
5. If your template is going to incorporate cards, then create a box where the cards can be placed. Then, in a separate file, create a game card template that is in the shape of an index card. You should be able to select this under a "Paper Select" or "Paper Size" option. Anything near 3x5 is a good size for cards.

Whether you create your own board game templates or use those made by others, the end result is a unique game that is special to you and your family or to you and your classroom, if used in a school setting. Besides, the best moment might be in actually making the game itself.

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