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Lotería AECAN

A Canadian remake of Mexico's Lotería, every card a national icon, illustrated for AECAN.

Lotería AECAN

Roles

  • Concept
  • Illustration
  • Game design
  • Art direction

Lotería is the game every Mexican kid grows up with: a deck of illustrated cards, a caller, and the shout of ¡buena! when your tabla fills first. I designed Lotería Canadiense for AECAN in 2024, same game, swapped country. Every card trades a Mexican icon for a Canadian one, drawn in the same traditional chromolithograph style the original is famous for.

It was a hit for the association, and it traveled further than campus. We played it with the Canadian Consul in Monterrey and her team, who loved it so much we gifted them a full set, and it lives in the Canadian Consulate in Monterrey to this day. Under the fun, the point was simple: bridge Mexico and Canada, and teach one culture’s icons through the other’s most familiar game.

Lotería Canadiense tabla 1: a sixteen-card game board of Canadian icons, from El Oso Polar to El Patín
Lotería card number one, El Beaver, illustrated in the classic chromolithograph style for AECAN
Lotería card La Bandera: the Canadian flag on a pole against a pale sky
Lotería card El Poutine: a plate of fries, gravy and cheese curds on a bright yellow ground
Top-down view of students sitting in a circle on campus turf playing Lotería Canadiense, tablas and AECAN tokens spread out
Students laughing over a game of Lotería on a rooftop with Cerro de la Silla behind them
Over-the-shoulder view of a Lotería game: printed tablas, the card deck and AECAN maple-leaf chip markers on the grass
The AECAN team presenting Lotería Canadiense to the Canadian Consul in Monterrey, Canadian and Mexican flags behind the table
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