Observations of the Fox

I calculated out what I need to produce the Town Guard boardgame ( the name is still subject to change ). To be eligible for The Game Crafter's contest, the total costing of the game has to come in at under $30 and it has to contain 12 figures. Costing $7.08 = 12 figures x $0.59 [Warrior][Rogue][Sorceress][Skeleton][Goblin][Knight][Dwarf Axeman][Orc][Elf][Adventurer][Zombie][Dwarf Crossbowman] $9.36 = 6 x $1.56 [108 cards (6 x 18 cards)] $0.44 = [1 rule document] $3.39 = [70 Circular Shards] $6.49 = [12 Large Hex Tiles] $2.99 = [Large Game Box (Top Wrap)] $29.75 Total I went through the figures during the week when I was fine-tuning ideas for the game. I was sure that all of the figures I wanted were 59 cents...but now when I look through them, I see that only the elf, dwarf and goblin figures are that price. Most of the human figures are 79 cents or even 99 cents. Since I'm cutting the budget pretty tight, I could exchange one or two figur...

What will this be?

This is an example of how a character will be constructed in the "Town Guard" game. A left half gives a character trait descriptor, while the right half gives a character race. Each trait half distributes four points between the four attributes (1 at 2 pts, 2 at 1 pt each, 1 with no pts). Each racial half distributes ten points across the attributes (2 at 4 pts, 1 at 2 pts, 1 at no pts...the image is wrong, but it's give an idea.). Each half gives an ability, which might be an action that can be taken at certain times, or a modifier that applies in certain circumstances. I don't know if we need anything more for the game at this time. A character compares their total attribute to a difficulty threshold when the confront a mission; easy missions have a difficulty of 3, moderate missions are 6, hard missions are 9. Each mission has a specific attribute that is used to confront it. The example character above would have no trouble contesting easy missions u...

The idea is a cross between Munchkin and Small World. Each player gets a character made up of a trait and a race...eg. "Studious"/"Elf", "Beserker"/"Halfling". The assorted characters are the members of a town guard, they will be paid bonuses for completing assignments and keeping the town in order. But they each want the bonus, and they aren't afraid to sabotage their fellow guardsmen. The characters move across a town map and complete missions that will keep the peace. Undertaking those mission requires meeting a certain difficulty/target number, you need to play cards to boost your skill up to the target number, and you can play cards to boost the target number facing your fellow guardsmen. Characters who complete missions earn gold, allies, equipment and other rewards that make future missions easier to achieve.   It's for the Game Crafter's Miniature Based Game Contest. Anyone interested?

A few people may know that I generated up a Goblin Tarot Deck in late 2011. I ran a crowd funded project to get it up and running, and while it made the necessary money to get funded, I didn't consider how much it would cost to get the decks sent out to people. I didn't want to let down those people who'd given me their money, so I've slowly been processing the orders and the project has almost reached it's conclusion...one more package to go. As a part of these final deliveries I've been putting together some special images, taking extra care on the cold-cast resin boxes, and trying to give people value for their money (even if I've been bad with the timing). Here are some of the sketches that have been sent to the those awesome people who've been patient and have offered so much to me for this project. I just thought I'd share.

Not much text for this one, I think the image should be pretty self explanatory.

The Game Crafter is running a contest to design a game that uses miniatures. I've meant to enter previous contests run by them, but things have just gotten in the way. This time I have plenty of ideas again, but which one do I use... Voidstone chronicles could be a good candidate, so could a few others. I've until mid June to work something out. Go over and have a look... Miniatures Challenge