Aquilius's blog

The basic game rules design is ready. And I am slowly learning how to use gimp to create a city map for the game. One thing I'm not too happy with in this game's design as it stands is the inclusion of cards that the players use for deployment. But at least the cards work directly with the board so as to avoid the typical mistake made by many board game designers at present: creating a card game disguised as a board game.

I created this standard hex wargame type map to get a feel for the capabitilies of Gimp. The game for which this map was designed is terrain use oriented. There are 3 types of terrain: defensible, obstructive and mobility modifying. The game was designed to have a very light learning curve and the focus is on action and taking risks. The most important risk lies with deciding on the type of reinforcement units you want to try and get onto the map in your turn. The fastest and highest ranged units are the most difficult to get into play.