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Ah, the ideas seem so good in theory - in my head - as I write out the rules, but even playtesting with my daughters quickly dispels any delusions of "the perfect game"...

Playtest Notes (December 13th, 2008 – me, Miss K, Miss A)

 Seems like the roles having different orders in different phases is unnecessarily complex. We ended up with the player holding the Governor token going first in the character selection phase and from then on the player to Governor’s right going first in each subsequent phase.

A confluence of personal circumstances means I am putting a lot of time and thought into this at the moment. Here's another little tweak, making this v3.5:

Hai Lung v3.5

Components
6 players' ship markers
12 Character tiles
8 PORT tiles
8 VOYAGE tiles
1 Temple Marker
1 Governor token
1 Emissary token
9 Ships' Ledgers
60 Opium chests
60 damage tokens
LOTS of 6-sided dice... say at least 50... (is that a problem?)

Game Board

I've been doing some research on buying dice for my boardgame and came across these really cool four-sided dice.

And they are super-inexpensive (.75) for a box of 50.

http://www.amazon.com/4-sided-Blank-Color-looks-round/dp/B0018TKHXC/ref=...

Collectible Card Games. Why did I have to think of a new design for collectible card games? So much time and balancing. In order to keep myself going and creative I figured that "reporting" to my blog would be a great way to start. So here I go.

Greetings one and all, on this damp and blowy night – sounds like inspiration for a game!

I’d like to write a few words of introduction – to see if I can’t involve myself a little in the broader world of board game design.

My name is Peter and I used to ride a motorbike – a B31; the name stuck.