Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template
by ShuffleKit
A whole Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) race game to print and make your own: three roll-and-move game boards at 8 × 8 inches and two decks of poker-size cards in the same folk art. The boards are four roads of coloured tiles that start in the corners and spiral in together to a sugar-skull medallion, one long spiral in four colours, and a loop round an altar of candles and marigolds under papel picado flags. Land on a marigold tile and draw an Ofrenda card, on a skull and draw a Calavera card; each deck has its own back, and the candle and sun tiles are left for your own rules. Every name, goal and card is text you can retype. Comes with three sample boards and 18 sample cards.
Boards
- Designs
- 4
- Sample boards
- 3
- Board size
- Square Board — 8 × 8 in
- 203.2 × 203.2 mm · 2400 × 2400 px at 300 DPI
- Board fields
- Name
- Subtitle
- Board Type
Cards
- Designs
- 4
- Sample cards
- 18
- Card size
- Poker — 2.5 × 3.5 in
- 63.5 × 88.9 mm · 750 × 1050 px at 300 DPI
- Card fields
- Name
- Description
- Card Type
Adding a template copies its four board designs, four card designs, their fields, three sample boards and 18 sample cards into one project of your own, in one go. Your copy is yours, and later changes by the author never touch it.
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What’s in Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template
Boards
Four board designs, square board size, 8 × 8 in: Four Roads, Candle Spiral, Altar Loop and Velada Back.
The boards live in a sheet of their own, one row each, with a column for every field their designs read: Name, Subtitle and Board Type. Three rows arrive filled in as sample boards.
Cards
Four card designs, poker size, 2.5 × 3.5 in: Ofrenda Card, Calavera Card, Ofrenda Back and Calavera Back.
The cards live in a sheet of their own, one row each, with a column for every field their designs read: Name, Description and Card Type. 18 rows arrive filled in as sample cards.
Read the 18 sample cards
| Name | Description | Card Type |
|---|---|---|
| Pan de Muerto | Sweet bread, still warm from the baker, for the altar. Move forward 3 spaces. | Ofrenda |
| Cempasúchil | You lay a path of marigold petals to light the way home. Move ahead to the next marigold. | Ofrenda |
| Agua Fresca | A glass of water for the travellers, thirsty after the long road. Roll again. | Ofrenda |
| La Foto | You set a photograph on the altar so nobody is forgotten. Move forward 2 spaces. | Ofrenda |
| Recuerdo | Tell the table about someone you remember, or a family tradition you love. Then move forward 3 spaces. | Ofrenda |
| Mariposas | The monarch butterflies are back, as they are every autumn. Fly ahead to the next sun. | Ofrenda |
| Xolo | A xolo dog trots ahead to show you the way. Move forward 4 spaces. | Ofrenda |
| Copal | Copal smoke clears the air. Keep this card, and the next time you land on a skull, draw no Calavera card. | Ofrenda |
| Mole de la Abuela | Grandma's mole, made the old way, and everyone comes to eat. Every player moves forward 1 space. | Ofrenda |
| Velada | The family keeps watch through the night. Move ahead to the next candle. | Ofrenda |
| Calaverita | Someone wrote a funny verse about you, and the whole table laughed. Go back 2 spaces. | Calavera |
| Empacho | Too many sugar skulls. Miss your next turn. | Calavera |
| Viento Frío | A cold wind blows your candle out. Go back to the last candle you passed. | Calavera |
| La Danza | The calacas pull you into their dance. Swap places with any player you like. | Calavera |
| Travesura | A little mischief. Choose a player to go back 3 spaces. | Calavera |
| Perdido | Lost among the flowers. Go back to the last marigold you passed. | Calavera |
| Pan Duro | Somebody ate the fresh bread and left you yesterday's. Go back 1 space. | Calavera |
| El Gato | The cat jumped on the altar and knocked the candles over. Go back 2 spaces while you tidy up. | Calavera |
Printing the boards and cards
Boards: Square Board, 8 × 8 in, 203.2 × 203.2 mm, 2400 × 2400 pixels at 300 DPI. With an eighth of an inch of bleed on every edge, a board goes out as 2475 × 2475.
Cards: Poker, 2.5 × 3.5 in, 63.5 × 88.9 mm, 750 × 1050 pixels at 300 DPI. With an eighth of an inch of bleed on every edge, a card goes out as 825 × 1125.
On the Hobby plan, export a print-ready PDF with bleed and cut lines, each part at its own size. PNG and SVG come out at the same sizes, which is what Tabletop Simulator wants. On Indie, send the game to a print-on-demand partner through Print & Ship. The export adds the bleed: let the artwork run into it and keep the text inside the cut line.
Questions about Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template
Everything you need to know before getting started.
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What happens when I add Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template to a project?
The four board designs, four card designs, their fields, three sample boards and 18 sample cards are copied into one project of yours, with the fields already pointed at the designs: the boards in a collection of their own and the cards under All cards. Nothing stays linked to this page afterwards, so the author's later edits never reach your copy.
What size does Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template print at?
The boards are Square Board size, 8 × 8 in, 203.2 × 203.2 mm, 2400 × 2400 pixels at 300 DPI. The cards are Poker size, 2.5 × 3.5 in, 63.5 × 88.9 mm, 750 × 1050 pixels at 300 DPI. Those are the numbers to hand a print shop, and each part exports at its own size.
Is Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template free?
Yes. Adding it, editing it, filling it with your own cards and playtesting it online are all free. Exporting print files starts on the Hobby plan, and Print & Ship through The Game Crafter is on Indie. No template sits behind a paid plan.
Can I change the designs?
Yes. They land in your project as ordinary layouts, so you can drag an element somewhere else, put your own art behind the frame, restyle the type or rename a field. Edit a design once and every board or card drawn on it follows.
Can I use my own boards and cards instead of the samples?
Yes. The boards and the cards each have a sheet, and the samples are rows in them, there to be overwritten. Type over them, add rows of your own, or bring a CSV and match its headers to the fields.
Can I sell a game made with Velada Día de los Muertos Game Template?
Yes. This one is ours, and you keep commercial rights to what you build from it, crowdfunding and retail included.
Ready to build your card game?
This template is free, and so is the editor it opens in.