Hi Folks,
I'm making a game which has various cards in it. Some cards for warriors which will have some character portrait and some stats as numbers or symbols etc. There will also be other cards which have some text and numbered values.
Can anyone point me towards a resource for card design?
I'm essentially hoping that someone can point me towards a list of games which have cards so that I can have a look and get some ideas for how to make my own cards.
I don't need any software or anything to make/design the cards, all I'm looking for is basically a bunch of games with cards, or pictures of cards used in games so that I can try to figure out the best way to arrange the information on the cards.
Thanks in advance!
First, thanks for the replies folks - I really appreciate it.
This seems like a good idea to explore - thanks for this and the other suggestions you linked - definitely some interesting examples here!
We need a bit more specifications like:
What are the different stats on the card?
Are there any reserved areas required by your card?
How big is your area for artwork on the card?
Ok some specifics - there are 3 different cards at the moment;
The Warrior cards have things like: hitpoints, strength, a power value, their name, character portrait. So essentially, 3 important numbers with everything else being flavour.
The Power cards have things like: The name of the power, tiny bit of flavour text/rule (what it does), 2 number values about how much it does, very probably some iconography relating to the ability, potentially some art. So essentially, 2 important numbers, one important bit of text/icon, and the rest is flavour.
The Event cards are essentially just text, but might have some art.
I really haven't committed to any kind of design, or any kind of "the card must have lots of art" or "it must have at least x-% area for text" or anything like that.
All I really want to do at the moment is just get some ideas of other cards used in games so that I can get a feel for what people do and see if there's anything there that makes sense to me.
Thanks for taking the time to write these guidelines - I appreciate it. It's certainly very useful and feels like a great place to start. I guess these are certainly things that we all really know, but I personally have moments of tunnel-vision with this aspect and definitely have some meta analysis-paralysis about how to arrange things.
I had a look at some of the Race for The Galaxy cards - seems like a significant amount of information going on in these cards - certainly cluttered like you said. Pretty good example of how to arrange information. I don't believe my cards will require anywhere near that amount, but it's good to see these to get a feel for what is achievable. (And being able to include when the card is used in a specific turn order feels like it might have been a tricky thing to express - from quickly looking at the cards it seems like they achieved that well.)
Thanks again both of you - I've got some good routes to explore here - definitely feeling a lot more confident about how to progress!