The ridiculous board game from the sitcom Parks and Rec, The Cones of Dunshire, may become a reality. Mayfair Games is attempting to create a “miraculously playable” version of the made-up game.
The project is on Kickstarter, so the developer won’t receive any funds unless they meet their full $300,000 goal. But to get a copy of the full game, you’ll have to pay at least $500.
Why is it so expensive? Mayfair writes on game’s Kickstarter page: “This is going to be a very small, one-time run of a giant prestige edition of the game, with disparate pieces, from a licensed property, for a niche audience. We think there exist a few hundred people who desire such a collector’s item, and we’ve provided a few cheaper items for folks that want more modest souvenirs of the show. This is why we went Kickstarter: to quickly gauge the actual interest for an expensive deluxe version similar to what you see on the show. This game will NOT be sold through any our normal channels; backers will receive it and there will be no more. “
Backers of the full version will receive a “multi-level board” that’s “over ten square feet in size.” Of course the game’s “box/crate” will also include “a mountain of coins…such that if they were real coins, you would be very rich.”
A “very special version of the game” from GenCon 2014
As of this writing, 25 people have backed at the $500 dollar and above, putting the total at just over $20k.
While the game is based on a joke, Mayfair games is taking the project (mostly) seriously. “This Deluxe version of the game is as close to the on-screen version of the game that you see in season six of Parks and Recreation as we can manage (and for us to be comfortable about the playability of it). This is meant to be the sprawling riot of pieces shown on the show, and the price reflects what it’s going to take to make something like that.”
As a huge Parks and Rec fan, I probably won’t be ordering a copy myself, but it’ll be interesting to see if Mayfair can pull it off.
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