A story of love that transcends death. A better world in the making. A board game about writing poetry. 

I created this game for a school project. Its purpose is to be given to the local library so that people can check it out and play it. Bards was designed to support the library's vision of enriching the local culture by making poetry accessible and fun. 

Players take on the role of poets from across time and space who have ventured into the underworld to save loved ones from death's clutches. Death promises that whoever writes the best poem will get to leave with a soul of their choice. 

The main game mechanic is writing lines of poetry, with each line being constrained by rules written on cards. As the players move their game pieces along a track, they will have to draw more and more cards, requiring them to think creatively about the lines they write.