FORREST TRUMAN

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All garment construction, wig styling, and makeup done by me.

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Having a Friend for Dinner

Ages: 14+
Player Count: 4-6
Play Time: 15-25 minsContents:
-Board
-Envelopes
-Dish Cards
-Role Cards
-Dinner Boards
-Player Pieces
-Instructions

OverviewYou and your friends have been invited to a luxurious pot-luck dinner, though one of you is secretly a cannibal. Figure out who they are through rounds of serving dishes to one another and vote them out at the end to win. Be careful though, as the cannibal will be serving human meat throughout the game and can poison you at any moment!Timeline: October-December 2023

Having a Friend for Dinner

Ages: 14+
Player Count: 4-6
Play Time: 15-25 minsContents:
-Board
-Envelopes
-Dish Cards
-Role Cards
-Dinner Boards
-Player Pieces
-Instructions

OverviewYou and your friends have been invited to a luxurious pot-luck dinner, though one of you is secretly a cannibal. Figure out who they are through rounds of serving dishes to one another and vote them out at the end to win. Be careful though, as the cannibal will be serving human meat throughout the game and can poison you at any moment!Timeline: October-December 2023

STEAMBOX: Case Closed

Ages: 12-14
Player Count: 2-4
Play Time: 20 minsContents:
-Blood Samples
-Evidence
-Fingerprint Samples
-Notes
-Suspect Cards
-Board Map
-Bloodtyping Kit
-Chromatography Kit
-Fingerprinting Kit
-FBI Badge
-Markers
-Gloves
-Instructions

OverviewSTEAMBOX is a series of STEM-based activity kits for kids age 8-14. The brand builds itself upon getting kids excited about their future.
The Designs are:
- Educational
-Engaging
-Collaborative
-Fun!Case Closed is a forensic science-based activity kit. The kit acts as a game that takes place in two parts: making crime scenes and solving them.Timeline: February-April 2024

CROWD

'CROWD' is a lighting piece that attempts to emulate a mass of wings either coming from one unknown creature or a swarm of them, the being up to the viewer. It hopes to emit an uneasy and chaotic feeling.Entry in the 2023 IESNYC Student Lighting Competition.March 2023

Laika and the Critter Chronicles

'Laika and the Critter Chronicles' is a practice at designing a figure/doll collection for children's object play for ages 7-9. The process surrounded designing a series of characters and implementing the style of such into a physical, three-dimensional product.September 2023

Midcentury Modern Clue

Ages: 8+
Player Count: 2-6
Play Time: 30-45 MinsContents:
-Dice
-Board
-Board Border
-Room Pieces
-Player Pieces
-Weapons

OverviewModern and three-dimensional take on the infamous game of "Clue". Made entirely of wood and hand painted with acrylic paints.Timeline: April 2022

Compass

Age: 6+
Player Count: 2-4
Play Time: 15-25 MinsContents:
Board
Boat Player Pieces
Treasure Chest Cards
Directional Dice
Numbered Dice
Instructions

Overview'Compass' is a collaborative effort by Forrest Truman, Jessie Duit, and Chloe Liu. It is a board game that utilizes the directions of a compass to introduce a new way of moving players on a board. It also includes a multi-layered, rotating board for more interesting gameplay.Timeline: October 2023

Beatrix Bunny

'Beatrix Bunny' was a project surrounding learning the basics of doll-making and packaging design alongside world and character building.April 2022

About

Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, Forrest taught himself how to sew and design, which then led to him studying fashion design at Northwest School of the Arts and industrial design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He specializes in board games, children's toys, and soft goods design. He is currently a product developer at Sirius for licensed TTRPG, TCG, and board game products.Send me an email! [email protected]

Surviving Pratt

Ages: 10+
Player Count: 3-5
Play Time: 20-30 minsContents:
-Board
-Player Cards
-Tokens
-Dice
-Project Cards
-Player Pieces
-Instructions

OverviewSurviving Pratt is a board game where players traverse the Pratt Institute campus in search of tokens to complete projects. They are able to play as five of the different majors offered at Pratt with unique abilities. The game is aimed to be family friendly and easy to learn quickly.Box and character illustrations done by Annie Kennedy. Her work can be found at aekennedy.comTimeline: September-November 2024

Backyard Buddies

Backyard Buddies are a series of stuffed animals made from repurposed camping tent fabric. They are specifically designed to withstand outdoor play and were originally inspired by existing stuffed animals that often get dirty and worn from play. Each Backyard Buddy takes inspiration from their designated animal's anatomy to design a fun visual language that also aids in a specific function (sleep, wear, carry, etc.).They are designed to be fully sustainable by also using tent and sewing scraps as the stuffing, leading to an almost zero-waste manufacturing process.September-December 2024

Presentation Renderings

PlayTop

Contents:
10 Boards
24 Dice
64 Cards
40 Tiles
8 Sticks
30 Cubes
1 Pawn
20 Meeples
1 Instruction BookletTimeline: January - May 2025

OverviewThe PlayTop was designed to combine a large number of games into a singular container as well as create an elevated level of play with a "tabletop for tabletop".All 10 games are family friendly and are as easy to learn as they are to teach.

Oval Offense

Ages: 16+
Player Count: 3-6
Play Time: 25 minContents:
-Press Topic Cards
-Tactic Cards
-Instructions

OverviewOval Offense is a party card game that has players reenact press briefings that would occur in the White House. The game is full of silly and fantastical topics and creates chaos among all of the players.Timeline: January - May 2025

Fabrication

Ages: 12+
Player Count: 3-4
Play Time: 30-45 MinsContents:
-x1 Main Board
-x4 Player Boards
-x60 Coins
-x60 Metal Tokens
-x12 Meeples
-x16 Tracker Markers
-x36 Invention Cards
-x1 First Player Token
-x1 Rule Book

OverviewFabrication is an engine builder auction-style game where players are inventors working in a collaborative laboratory too build inventions and be the most successful.Fabrication was made with Bee Wertheimer.Timeline: April - May 2025