Outback Inventor's Campdraft Board Game

0:00It's April 18th. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. A 69-year-old outback worker named Steve Haafram, Central West Queensland, just invented a board game called, Camdraft. He never planned it, but one day in a station kitchen, a pencil sketch of a Camdraft arena sparked the whole idea. Camdrafting is that classic Aussie sport where riders cut a cow from the herd and guided through a course, and his game mixes that with the wild. Steve stayed up to midnight, scribbling ideas on scraps of paper, turning it into a full prototype. He's got big dreams for it to become the next squatter, that old sheep farming classic that captures the ups and downs of bush life. As a data 5, who's spent most his days on cattle stations, he says folks out there are natural risk takers, and likes too short not to chase wild. Ideas. Testing it was tough in such a remote spot, so we got the local Stonehenge pub to rally players for Tuesday night game. He jumped into online groups for feedback, then linked up with graphic designer Leith

1:02Walton from New South Wales to polish a pro prototype for, nationwide playtesters. They had to tweak the bush slang with a glossary, so city players get it, giving the dusty outback vibe broad appeal. Leith, fresh off an outback holiday, loved capturing that raw Aussie feel on the board. Now Steve's eyeing publishers, through game design events like those from tabletop game designers Australia, or may be crowdfunding to self publish. With few true Aussie themed games out there, this one's got real shot at classic status and drawing folks to the real bush adventure.