Jon Jagger's Kanban 1's Board Game

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Overview

The board has 4 edges

Each edge has a colour

One player at each edge

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There is also a customer!

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The customer has stories

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Each story has a size (1-5)

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Stories enter at the blue edge

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Stories enter at the blue edge

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Blue works on the story

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Blue finishes the story

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Yellow pulls it from Blue

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Yellow works on it

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Yellow finishes it

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Red pulls it from Yellow

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Red works on it

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Red finishes it

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Green pulls it from Red

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Green works on it

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Green finishes it

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Its Done!

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Detail

Each player starts each day with six dice

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Each day each player rolls their dice

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Each 1 they throw counts as 1 unit of work

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Each 1 they throw counts as 1 unit of work

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Each unit of work moves 1 story-card 1 square

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Each unit of work moves 1 story-card 1 square

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Each unit of work moves 1 story-card 1 square

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Each unit of work moves 1 story-card 1 square

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Each unit of work moves a story 1 square

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Each unit of work moves a story 1 square

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When a story-card reaches the square matching its size...

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...it moves directly to that edges' done corner

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A story-card on the board must always be held in a clip

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A clip in a done corner cannot release it's card

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It must wait until the next edge has an empty clip...

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...and takes the card from it...

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...and takes the card from it...

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...and takes the card from it...

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...thus freeing its clip...

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...to pick up another card...

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...to pick up another card...

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Recap
o) 4 edges, 4 players o) Backlog of story cards with sizes 1,2,3,4, or 5 o) Each player starts each day with six dice o) Each day each players rolls their six dice o) Each 1 rolled counts as 1 unit of work o) A unit of work is used to move one card one square o) When a card reaches the square matching its size it moves directly to that edges' done corner o) A card must always be in a clip o) A clip in a done corner cannot release its clip; it must wait until the next edge has an empty clip and takes the card from it

Rules
o) A 1 rolled on an edge can be used only on that edge o) A card on the board must always be in a clip o) No more than 1 card per clip o) A Yellow clip can only be used on the Yellow edge, A Blue clip can only be used on the Blue edge, etc.