JMGraham Posted February 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Gabe cancelled on me because he hates me more than his romantic partner. Some mushy V-day stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Gw bloodbowl campaign thing there is a website... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbert Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Gabe cancelled on me because he hates me more than his romantic partner. Some mushy V-day stuff. you want to get a 9th age game, my lady friend is seeing star wars so there is no chance of cancelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted February 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Aight, I reckon I need to do that, then! I'll be hunting down folks to playtest in the next couple of weeks, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Aight, I reckon I need to do that, then! I'll be hunting down folks to playtest in the next couple of weeks, though! If you did it on a Friday or Saturday, you could count two Wilkes for the play test ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fix Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Only two? Lazy baby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 Only two? Lazy baby. Demanding baby... She not only won't play but will require grandma to pay so much attention to her that it only leaves Sarah and I available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 With the deadline getting near, I need to get files submitted for a physical prototype within this month. Because locking down the physical form will limit my ability to make changes, I really need to get this on the table again! There have been some substantial changes since last go-around that I'd really like to try. I feel that it's too early in the design cycle, but deadlines are there for a reason! Any chance I could bother 2 to 4 generous souls to give this a whirl this upcoming Tuesday or the week after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fix Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Perhaps the week after, but I'm out again next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigurdBC Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 If I don't have a game lined up for Tuesday, I'd love to win your game again Jim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbitron Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 I could try to lend a hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Awesome, thanks all! I have a meeting on campus until 5. Would it be alright to plan on staring up at about 6:15? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Still room for a fourth if anyone is interested! We'll be playing with the black-and-white paper prototype, but I'm in the process of putting together a prettier version for the contest. Here's the front and back of one of the customer cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbitron Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 How long roughly will it take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Ideally, once you know the rules, the game takes about 1 to 1.5 hours to play. Last go-through it took 2 hours. However, we don't need to play the whole game, and folks can drop out as needed. Mostly I just want to see if some basic mechanism changes work. Whatever your schedule is, we'll make it work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbitron Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thanks again for the chance to play Jim. It was great. A thought I had after getting home, have you considered allowing players to trade curios? Might create a market for hoarding a couple customers to deny a sale to someone, with the hopes to trade them an item that you've made useless to them since there aren't enough good buyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thanks again to everyone for your time and work last night! As usual, Warhamsters are the best playtesters. Y'all gave me lots of useful feedback, and I'll spend the next week or so figuring out how to incorporate the suggestions. Muchas gracias! 44 minutes ago, Hobbitron said: A thought I had after getting home, have you considered allowing players to trade curios? Might create a market for hoarding a couple customers to deny a sale to someone, with the hopes to trade them an item that you've made useless to them since there aren't enough good buyers. An earlier iteration had a trade action space where two players placing matching dice could trade curios, coins, customers, tokens and the like. No one ever took it, so I dropped it. Maybe it's just not worth a die to do it, though. Certainly, the game has also changed a lot from that iteration. It's probably worth re-considering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 So a box arrived today ... Inside the box, was another box. Curios? Curious, indeed! Intrigued, I opened it, and found a board... And other pieces that, when assembled, resembled a game. But something seemed ... missing... what was it? Maybe a closer look at the board would reveal it... Of course! The only thing missing is the Curio cards, featuring Nathan's amazing art. They'll be here next week! At this point, the game is nowhere near being done, but it's done enough to submit to the KublaCon Game Design Contest (at least, the deadline is close enough that it's not going to get more done). Last year, Brad's Galactic Express made it to the final five, while my Siege did not. This year, I'm submitting Dark Curios and Brad is submitting Kingmaker, a fun, quick game of bluffing, memory and second-guesses. What will happen? Will the Warhamsters reign triumphant over San Francisco? Will they fail miserably, destined for mediocrity? Who knows! The game needs a lot more work, but at the very least, future playtests will involve much better-looking components (at least, until they get changes and replaced with scraps of paper again). Thanks to everyone who has helped test things out so far! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fix Posted March 26, 2017 Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Gonna sound like a broken record, but that's a nice beaver you've got there, Jim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Oh man I didn't realize the beaver's tail was a little tool-holder thing! I think you messed up on the box art though Jim, it should have looked like this (pardon the incredibly quick and dirty mockup): 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMGraham Posted March 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Yup, and the beaver is making another, smaller, beaver. I think the final cover art will be infinitely nested, with a beaver, making a beaver making a beaver making a beaver making a beaver making a beaver making a beaver... well, you get the idea. Also, considering a name change ... Curious Beavers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Beaver. He he he... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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