Well I have thought about it a LOT over the last few days and I realized that I COULD MAYBE "re-purpose" the "Monster Keep" (MK) Branding into a product for a very popular TCG. So the goal is to MARKET the product as an MK product but solicit another market given my ideas as to improving some of the mechanics.
Don't worry, with MK I won't be infringing on Trademarks, Copyrights or other rights of the owners... I just have a WAY to BRAND and MARKET my "additions".
I'm still in a "brainstorming" phase so I cannot freely yet discuss what this NEW MK Branding will look like.
I am sorta realizing that IF I want to make it in designing Board Games, selling things like my "Dual Dice" (DD) or working on refining a Splendor "Expansion" (Prospector) are ways to improve MY odds of succeeding.
I am also very aware that one needs to walk a fine line between what is allowed and what is protected in some way or fashion (like a Trademark or a Copyright). But I also realize that some things improve the overall Game Experience like "Prospector" does (and I am also actively working on this design too...)
For now all I can say is that MK will be it's own BRAND and will no longer be a TCG/CCG or Card Game in itself, it will be a specialized product brand. I used to re-purpose game designs into other games and sort of consolidated several games into one... But the MK Branding looks to be strong enough to do what I need it to convey and this is a very unique and special purpose.
More on this soon enough as I get to work on figuring out how to make a game "extension" that is of interest to a community of TCG players.
Cheers!
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It will be akin to "Dragon Shield" Card Sleeves. When you hear the name "Dragon Shield" you automatically think Medieval Fantasy or Dungeons & Dragons (TM version). But in TRUTH they are "Card Game Sleeves".
My "Monster Keep" initiative will be very similar and along that same vein. No it's not Card Sleeves but it is something to work in tandem with a TCG. So while "Dragon Shield" is for Card Sleeves, MK will be assets for another game.
I am still "brainstorming" and seeing HOW(?) these components would work. Believe me ... It's got nothing to do with secrecy ATM... It's because things are so NEW and EMBRYONIC... I don't want to talk to much as things are in a very volatile phase in pre-design or conceptualizing.
So I am working on the ideas because:
#1> I have to make sure the components WORK with the TCG
#2> There is a question of how to package and sell these components
Neither of which is under any state of being finalized or "designed" either. So things are just VERY NEW ATM... And I need to wait until I can test things out.
A computer store in Montreal suggested that I buy an External Case Device which allows you to hook up an IDE HDD to a USB port and share files across PCs... Especially since the computer that housed the IDE HDD had a broken Motherboard and a broken Power Supply.
Bottom line: I managed to recover my files and we'll see where that leads. Most of the "Monster Keep" files were on that HDD and now that I've recouped them, I can start re-working those images (Logos, Cardbacks, etc. etc.) into the new project that I now have in mind.
We'll see how this project moves forwards... TBD. Soon enough!