Interview: Clinton Morris

Today we have another interview for you with a board game designer named Clinton Morris. Clinton shares with us some of his design inspirations, an interesting story about his dad as an early board game designer and his current Kickstarter Hunt the Ravager!

Tell us a little about yourself and your company:

My name is Clinton Morris. I am a follower of Jesus Christ. Married with 4 children whom are all under 6 years old.I am a fulltime Pastor. In the last 2 years I have moved 2x. I enjoy playing boardgames, but have had to shrink my collection because of moving.

What started you into game design?

I have tinkered with board game design since I was 9 years old. I always created games on the fly, most looked like live action RPGs. My father designed a Golfing Game when I was young, but the vehicles of KS and Crowd Sourcing was not available. My dad did some out of the box advertising by having a preorder system in the Golf Digest. In the end my father decided not to publish his game and refunded his “backers”. I designed several different ideas with my dad over the years, and when I went to College I designed an abstract strategy game. Many college students played my game called Regent. Life got busy after college, I got married, worked, and obtained a Masters Degree. Finally life settled down enough for me to once again revisit my idea of Regent, and although I love that game I did not believe it fit into the current market. So I one Thursday evening in October 2015, sat down and came up with the basics of Hunt the Ravager, a hidden movement game that allows all players to play the roles of hider and seeker.

Who are some of your game designer inspirations?

Andreas Skyfarth, Glen Drover, Ryan Laukat, Uwe Rosenberg, and my father.

What are the current games we could play of yours?

This is my first to be published, I have several more game designs, and these may make an appearance through my copartnership company Unfiltered Games.

What was the first game you remember playing as a kid?

Labyrinth (which came out the year I was born) and Chess.

What is your ideal game night? Games, group size, snacks, etc:

Depends on the games, but if it is held at my home, the sweet spot is 4 people.I normally serve dinner before playing, and then there is assorted crackers and cheese for during play.

What inspired you to design the Hunt the Ravager game?

Scotland Yard. I loved watching this game growing up, my Parents and my Dad’s siblings would play at major holidays. I liked the concepts of Letters to White Chapel and Fury of Dracula, and set out to design a game is played in a quicker time frame, still provide that same level of intensity, and also make it so all players get the whole game experience.