Red New York is a competitive board game based in an apocalyptic New York City when an other-worldly plague has invaded the city. 

In this game, players pick the enemies they must all fight. The goal of the game is to earn points from beating monsters in combat, the harder the enemy, the more points player can earn from beating them.  Red New York uses a “risk vs reward” method to encourage players to try and eliminate their opponents and earn more points at the risk of their own demise.  Item cards and character cards encourage players to play differently and be more strategic.  

I like using the risk vs reward mechanic to influence how the players will play the game and basing a board game around this mechanic seemed like a fun project.  It was just a matter of creating a suitably weird and horrifying world for this game to take place in!