Turn Back The Clock: Building Your Own Version Of A Classic Family Game

Making a homemade “Sorry” game can be a satisfying project. It’s a way to make a classic board game your own. It also adds an innovation to a classic favorite board game. Whether you’re making it as a throwback to your own youth. Or serving it up for your little one, it’s a fabulous combination of creativity and homemade fun.

Choose Your Base and Sketch the Board

To begin, you are going to need a strong base to use as your board, something like a cardboard, or maybe some plywood, or a heavy poster board. Sketch your well-known track with its colorful paths, Start zones, and Safety zones. You can hand-paint the openings or use printed stickers to bring in color and life. Add a little bit more of your memories by mixing a crazy element like a bold font or playful adornments into the game art.

Design Custom Cards and Game Pieces

You can make the cards yourself with stiff cardstock or lamination paper. Each card will send your token moving forward or send itself backward, with messages like “Move Forward 4” and “Sorry!,” which you could write or print with funky designs. For pawns, you can include and cut up bottle caps, beads, even little action figures. On the other hand, you could design some very basic wooden or clay tokens and paint them in the four different player colors.

Add Your Personal Rules and Style

Follow the original rules or modify them to make it your own game. The ultimate goal is still the same: to get all four of your pawns around the board from Start to Home while traveling through its various twists, turns and surprises.

This is where the imagination comes into play. Try incorporating family inside jokes or house rules that make your “Sorry” game completely your own. The game’s artwork, the instructions printed on its cards, even the look of the pawns can be designed not only with tongue-in-cheek principles, but in a way that brings your version to life and makes it unique.

Play, Store, and Share the Fun

Once finished, you can grab your family or friends and begin playing. You can spread the joy and fun of the game to friends and family. Laugh and play on your very own homemade “Sorry” board. When you’re finished playing, you can store the game in a tough, labeled box. This souvenir does not go to waste and remains scripted by you for years to come.

Building your own homemade Sorry game can be a way to mash up the past and the present. It pays homage to a classic while contributing your own personal twist. The result is a game that feels built out of a love for gaming. It embodies the joy of board gaming and makes connections in a world of p