Day: May 9, 2023
Vintage Stuff: Bowl-A-Rama
Back in 2003, I had an idea for a game called “Bowl-A-Rama.” In my mind, this was going to be a “fantasy ” fantasy game – like fantasy football, only there would be no actual human players. The players would be characters and their scores would be generated according to a simulated model.
Unfortunately, at the time, I had no idea how something like this would be done. Now, of course, I could have made an app – probably still can, but that’s not necessarily my goal in life nor a priority at the moment. Besides, there are a zillion apps and, after further thought, why would anyone play a fantasy version of bowling when they can simply play a bowling video game… or fantasy football or fantasy baseball?
Regardless, at the time, I was stoked about the idea. So much so that I created a bunch of characters. Granted, I’ve always been the type of artist who loves to build characters so it really didn’t matter what the idea was as long as it was a way to draw up some fun images.
Below are the characters that I drew up. To present them now, I placed them in a trading card format. Why not?
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-big-rig.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-don-k.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-dr-mto-phd.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-eben-flo.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-egg-ed.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-goldie-fox.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-gordon-blue.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-juanita.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-minx.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-missy.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-mr-diggs.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-ms-pidge.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-orangie.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-orlando.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-pinion-les.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-randall.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-red.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-sheri-bear.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-slow-moe.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-teeny.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-thin-izzy.png?w=731)
![](https://jasonsalascreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bowl-a-rama-wes-l.png?w=731)