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PoA — Improving the Design

Wed, 03/19/2025 - 21:12 — questccg

I'm actually worried that "Planes of Aria" (PoA) is too layered and doesn't offer enough variation for the players. Let me do a QUICK AUDIT of the game's components and what is currently featured in the existing design:

1.0 Game Tiles

The game features a Tile Laying Mechanics which is similar to a Sandbox implementation in that player don't have to build upon the opponent's area of play ...

Monster Keep — Retiring this Design

Sun, 12/29/2024 - 01:22 — questccg

Well a bit of SAD news tonight. As I write this, I am permanently "Retiring" the "Monster Keep" (MK) design. I just couldn't get it to the level of interest that I wanted from this design and although I had gone over 20+ versions ...

PoA — Major shift back closer to FCE

Sat, 11/16/2024 - 04:01 — questccg

After much debate, I have decided that "Plains of Aria" (PoA) should be a game in and of itself. There was some planning that was leading in the general direction of a Magic: the Gathering (MtG) Format...

DuelBotz: Sample New Card

Sun, 10/13/2024 - 18:43 — questccg

I bought this TEMPLATE from "The Game Crafter" (TGC) for $10.00 USD. Had to work with it a little bit ...

Designer Diary = The trouble with Game Design

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 17:19 — questccg

Well I figured I'd just share this because it has come on my radar during this week... While trying to figure out what to do with "Quest Adventure Cards(tm)", I took a good look at what is missing and how to move towards being a better game designer and having more success with my games.

Quest AC v1.5; the reboot is a compact game with a simple premise: be the first player to complete quests and score 30 Victory Points to win!

The artwork was done by Geof Isherwood a former Marvel and D.C. Comics artist and is real sharp when it comes to artwork: we scored a 97/100 on the Art Test!

Monster Keep — Re-visiting the Design

Wed, 07/31/2024 - 20:22 — questccg

Newest Version of the Game!

I need some "input" on this Design...

Specifically I am using 3d6 (White) and 1d6 (Black).

At the Bottom-Left-Hand corner, you see (8/0/0).

What this is meant to "symbolize" is that you need to roll an "8" given ANY White die + the Black die to deal "1 Damage". The most Damage a Monster can deal is "3 Damage".

Quest Adventure Cards(tm) — The Reboot is finally ready!

Sat, 05/25/2024 - 23:57 — questccg

On Friday, I wrapped up the final version of the Quest Adventure Cards(tm) Reboot which is a streamlined version of the product which is composed on 70 Quest Cards and is great for kids wanting to learn more about card games.

No "Quest AC" is NOT a "Battling" game. You don't battle your opponent. Instead it focuses on constructive gameplay encouraging the players to COMPLETE QUESTS, much like the name suggests.

TradeWorlds — Tactical Core

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 20:43 — questccg

Well as I ramp up my activities, I've got a bunch of projects all "OPEN" and at different stages. I'm thinking about using "Dual Dice", the specialty dice to use a "Dice Draft/Auction" mechanic which could maybe bring the game together.

The A/B Facets of those dice allow players to draft dice from the pool of available dice and then use them during their turn. So if you Drafted a "Fuchsia" dice (Black/Purple), it means that if you roll a "6", you will get 3 Moves and The Destined (Purple) players gets 3 Moves too!

TradeWorlds — Smuggler's Run

Sat, 03/23/2024 - 21:18 — questccg

I've just finished an "incomplete" version of the Box Cover for the "TradeWorlds" EXPANSION called "Smuggler's Run". The design had been in a bit of a funk ... or as other would put it a "Mental Block". In any event, I've found a system that could work but it needs a prototype and playtesting.

I plan to start (or continue) work on the Box Cover and ensure that the EXPANSION idea gets to the early prototype stage once everything I need to get done before that becomes a reality...

Quest — The Reboot

Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:48 — questccg

So I've just wrapped up a newer Version of "Quest Adventure Cards(tm)", I call it the "Reboot". In principle you are STILL trying to "complete" Quests but the method of doing so is different. The difference are as follows:

1> No more "Quest" Definition Cards.

Instead we use a STAR for required cards that must be played into the play area. You can start from one (1) to three (3) Victory Point cards which are required.

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