From dentist to board game creator
Block after block of Victorian homes, classy buildings and the rich history of Cape May, N.J., provided one Butler County resident with the inspiration to create a board game around that theme.
Cape May, the board game, was created by Eric Mosso of Valencia, and it began hitting store shelves in late November after being produced by Thunderworks Games.
On the box, a woman wearing yellow is standing on the gallery of a prominent lighthouse that looks over the historic city.
“I knew nothing about the town at all,” Mosso said. “I just knew it was pretty.”
During a vacation about four years ago, Mosso and his wife took a trolley tour of the city. As part of the tour, the guide talked about the history of Cape May. The guide included the tale of a great fire in the late 1800s, which encompassed about 40 acres of land. In the disaster's aftermath, a new period of rebuilding began and led to the city's wealth of Victorian homes and buildings.
In the game, the player has the opportunity to rebuild Cape May his or her way.
“I said to my wife, 'I'm going to make a game of this,'” Mosso said.
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