Art of the Tabletop Gallery: Check out students’ revamped versions of Asmodee’s Codenames, Concept, Mysterium and Splendor

Earlier this year, Asmodee teamed up with Mojo Nation to launch an initiative aimed at encouraging more illustration and graphic design students to consider careers in board games.

Called the Art of the Tabletop, the initiative saw students from several different universities across the UK tasked with creating new artwork for some of Asmodee’s best-loved games, including Codenames, Mysterium, Concept and Splendor.

The brief saw students create fresh art for the cards, boards and packaging of each of these games.

You can check out the students’ work below:

Brief 1: Codenames

Brief 1 – Ravensbourne University’s take on Codenames
If you would like to reach out to any of the students below, please email course leader David Foldvari at: [email protected]

Aaron Louis Alexander

Abdallah Youseef

Anaab Ibrahim

Brandon Wager

Cherie Lee

Finlay Godden

Gabrielle McEntee

Heeral Sonigra

Ivan Watkins

Julian Sterling

Kunqi Geng

Marco Pedata

Rebecca Leen

Solomiya Svystun

Tia Smith

Tin Zhang

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Brief 2 – Concept

Brief 2 – Lincoln University’s take on Concept
If you would like to reach out to any of the students below, please email course leader Barrie Tullett at: [email protected]

Claire Hayes-Bowlzer

Elizabeth Brisbane

Elle Murdoch

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Brief 3 – Mysterium

Brief 3 – Birmingham City University’s take on Mysterium
If you would like to reach out to any of the students below, please email course leader Joel Mercer at [email protected]

Dominyka Stanaityte

Harry Jones

James Rudd

Brief 4 – Splendor

Brief 4 – Plymouth College of Art’s take on Splendor
If you would like to reach out to any of the students below, please email course leader Sam Rowe at [email protected]

Chris May

Sean Morgan

Fraizer James

Esme Midwinter

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