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by Snappleman
I haven't found a place on BGG (or anywhere for that matter) where people are discussing the ins and outs of Card Warden. I'm hoping this can be a mixture of an FAQ, feature requests and creative dumping ground for this amazing app. I'll start. General Questions: - I saw someone had created tokens using the mage knight tiles and was able to shuffle, draw and place the tiles on the table. Awesome! Is there a way to define the table size and/or pan the table around? It seems like you'd quickly run out of space with a normal sized mage knight map. - Is there a way to move decks around? I imported a handful of T-Stone heroes, weapons, items, spells, villagers and monsters into the box. Now if I import more, they won't be all grouped nicely. Not a big deal, but wanted to check to see if I'm just not seeing this. Feature Requests: - 3 and 4 player multiplayer? I love that I can play 2 player, but most of the games I play are best with 3. If we could get 1 or 2 more players into the game, this app would jump from amazing to stupendous. I was just curious if there are any plans for this. - 120 decks and 1000 unique cards per box still seems limiting (silly, I know), but more would always be better. I think a good number to shoot for would be 1 deck for each unique dominion card out there. That maybe 12 dominion games X 25 cards? 300 would be a pretty nice upgrade. Creative: - Escape: Curse of the Temple? I might have to try that tonight. - Licensed boxes? I'm not sure how much demand for this there would be, but what if AEG or some company talked to Card Warden about licensing their cards for the app. Companies spend a bazillion dollars creating an app for the app store to make some extra cash on their fantastic games. For FAR less money, they could create a Card Warden box/pack/set/expansion of cards that download directly into the app for $2, $5, $10 or whatever. Everyone wins, more people use Card Warden, the games get more exposure which means more people want the physical version and the companies get a lot of benefit for very little investment. Obviously, some work would have to go into making sure the assets were locked down and not share-able, but it's totally doable. Oh well, just brainstorming. Praise: - Card Warden is awesome. It might be the best 2 dollars I've ever spent.
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11-11-13,
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S'amuser, rire ensemble, découvrir des jeux sont les objectifs du 8ème Salon du jeu organisé par l'Espace Saint-Exupéry – Centre Caf avec la participation de nombreuses associations, le samedi 23 novembre de 14h à 22h à Sudexpo - Romorantin. Incontournable rendez-vous de novembre, le salon...
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11-11-13,
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This is probably a very easy fix, but I can't process it without help. My game is from 2 to 6 players. For every player more than 2, I want to add 1 (specific) card to one of the (specific) decks, and have it shuffle into the deck like a normal card. (I can have people shuffle the deck manually after setup). For 6 players, I want to add several (specific) cards to a different (specific) deck (and again have the cards shuffled into the deck as normal). Currently, I have a "setup" button, which "allows" for players to set up a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 player game, and each option gives (in pink text) a message specific to that number of players. But the game parameters aren't yet changed to reflect the different starts. I vaguely understand that a "Predefined setup" is just a saved game with certain conditions present, but starting and saving a game wouldn't add to the amount of cards in the decks, so I don't know if this is the correct path. Please advise. Again, I think this is probably easy--I just have to set something to the correct property value, or trigger some condition when a property value is met, or something. My apologies if this topic has been covered in the forum before. Statistics: Posted by Milltycoon — November 11th, 2013, 3:37 pm
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11-11-13,
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Thus spake Quisition: > Hello! > > I've verified this now in a game session running OS X 10.9 with Java SE > 7 u45. > > I can run Vassal from that devseed. I does however seem rather sluggish > compared to Vassal 3.2.8 running Java SE 6 and OS X 10.8. Not really > sure what the slowdown is due to though but it makes it rather tough > moving counters for example.. :( > Does this happen at every zoom level for you? (In particular, does it happen at 100%?) -- J. Statistics: Posted by uckelman — November 11th, 2013, 3:35 pm
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Thus spake bdgza: > > Yes, I am up to to date on all updates. > Does the problem with Java 7 happen at all zoom levels? -- J. Statistics: Posted by uckelman — November 11th, 2013, 3:18 pm
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11-11-13,
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by tigerwiccan
I'm surprised that this did not get more attention, given all of the "controversy" regarding the price of this game, but Phantom Leader has been on sale for 4.99 this weekend. It says on iTunes that the sale ends today, but at least as of this posting, you can still get it for the sale price.
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11-11-13,
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Thus spake Quisition: > Hello! > > I've verified this now in a game session running OS X 10.9 with Java SE > 7 u45. > > I can run Vassal from that devseed. I does however seem rather sluggish > compared to Vassal 3.2.8 running Java SE 6 and OS X 10.8. Not really > sure what the slowdown is due to though but it makes it rather tough > moving counters for example..  What's your hardware? In particular, what graphics card do you have? One Mac where there's no problem with Java 7 has an Intel 5000, and bdgza has an ATI Radeon HD5750. -- J. Statistics: Posted by uckelman — November 11th, 2013, 1:31 pm
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Claude Sirois, un joueur québecquois, nous informe d'une bonne nouvelle pour les fans Age of Industry. En effet, ce dernier a fait le design de nouvelles cartes, et, avec l'accord de l'auteur du jeu, Martin Wallace, vous les propose dorénavant à l'achat via la boutique en ligne de Board Game Geek...
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11-11-13,
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WELCOME TO THE ''NEW WARGAMERS CLUB FOR GENTLEMEN'' (WGCG). THE CLUB HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, MOVING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. AS THE CLUB SITE SHOWS, WE SUPPORT ALL GAMES AND ERAS, UPTO THE PRESENT DAY. PBEM, SINGLE PLAYER GAMES, VASSAL AND TABLETOP GAMES ARE ALL SUPPORTED HERE. WE ALSO WELCOME THOSE FIELDS OF WARGAMING SUCH AS MINIATURE WARGAMING, MODELLERS, PAINTERS 'ET AL'. WE HAVE AN OVERALL CLUB LADDER THAT MEMBERS CAN JOIN. ALL GAMES PLAYED BETWEEN MEMBERS CAN BE RECORDED, THUS GIVING EACH PLAYER A RECORD OF ALL THEIR GAMES PLAYED. THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF THE CLUB IS TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR ALL WARGAMERS FROM ALL ASPECTS OF WARGAMING, TO JOIN IN A COMMUNAL SITE, WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME AND RESPECT EACH OTHER IN THE WAY THEY WOULD WISH TO BE TREATED. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND OF CLUB YOU WISH TO BELONG TO THEN, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW - THIS WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE MAIN CLUB WEBSITE. THE COMMUNITY FORUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. COME IN AND JOIN THE CLUB AND ENJOY THE CLUB ATMOSPHERE ! http://ww2wargamesclubforgentlemen.com/Statistics: Posted by Glint — November 11th, 2013, 11:39 am
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11-11-13,
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Mage Knight est le Dongon Crawler de Vladimír Chvátil avec des figurines et dont la mécanique principale bien connue désormais est le deckbuilding (comprenez, la gestion de votre paquet de cartes). Ce jeu non traduit à ce jour sauf par les fans du jeu (mais des rumeurs parlent d'une version fr...
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11-11-13,
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by tas1624
I am thinking of creating a (free) program for games that use one or more random event decks. The user would supply the text and/or image for each card. The data could be save as single decks or groups. Multiple decks could be in memory at the same time. There would be buttons to select with or without replacement and to reshuffle the deck. Would this be worthwhile or is there a way to do this already?
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7-11-13,
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I seem to game so little anymore that this blog just nags my mind and reminds me that I don't have the bandwidth to be much of a hobbyist, let alone a writing hobbyist. So I'm off to embrace other aspects of life. I wish everyone good gaming and thank those that I've tried to emulate for many hours of enjoyable reading. It's been a great escape. Cheers!
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7-11-13,
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Maps come in all different scales and sizes, but almost all of them have one thing in common: North is at the top. For this, we have the astronomer and geographer Ptolemy to thank. His method became the model, though for a while European maps with the East at the top were not uncommon (and also the genesis of the expression "to orient" oneself). Wargame maps typically follow the North is up rule. And the text on the map is oriented for a reader sitting at the southern edge of the map when the map is placed on a table. But because most wargames are for two players (or more) this design is broken. Frequently - if not most often - one of players is seated at the southern edge of the map, while the other player is seated at the northern end of the map. Those to the north most often see everything in the game upside down. It's no big deal, really. The human brain copes wonderfully with limited or distorted information. And some of us apparently read upside down by nature. But can viewing a map upside down impact the player's performance?  | | With permission from BGG user Buffalospynovel, a photo of (L) 2004 WBC Champ Nick Anner vs. (R) 2008 WBC Champ Riku Reikkonnen and spectator Nels Thompsen. |
The above photo is of two WBC PoG champions facing off. Nick Anner (on the left) won the match but says it had nothing to do with the fact that he saw the map rightside up. "Pog is not a game where place names matter, but something like india rails would really be challenging upside down," said Nick. Seems logical. With some familiarity of the battle geography, wargamers know instinctively which direction to attack. And it is likely the actual name of a location is of little real value when moving your troops four spaces on a board. Or we just... adjust. It's not like the major leagues here in the US where ball clubs travelling west seem to perform below their potential. So, perhaps, the text orientation to the North/up map design is not exactly "broken." But it can be an important design decision and one that designers have addressed creatively. What are the design choices for orienting game map text? 1.) Follow tradition... put the North at the top and orient the text so that one player must crane their necks throughout the game. Designing a map this way puts you in good company. Most wargames follow this model. See almost any game published by MMP. 2.) Follow tradition but... orient players East-West so neither has a monopoly on seeing the text correctly. See Unhappy King Charles. Designer Charles Vasey says it was intentionally designed that way through playtest experience... "...it arose from discussions with Lee Brimmicombe-Wood and from the original playtest version having three separate sections and noticing how we assembled these when we actually played. Some gamers still get annoyed about it though so they must play with a different orientation." 3.) Split the map so that players see text oriented toward their side of the map. These seem to work well for games with a N/S split between the forces, like the French/Indian War or the American Civil war. Martin Wallace chose this approach for A Few Acres of Snow . What was his reason? I emailed him to ask and he replied: "No particular reason, just seemed to make sense as it is a 2 player game." It's easy to see that presenting text fairly to each player (neither has the total advantage while neither has total disadvantage) makes total sense and is a very good reason. I would always select option 3, if geography permits. Geography doesn't always permit though. Look at a typical wargame map of North Africa. It's is a narrow band of land, bounded on one side by the Mediterranean and on the other side by the barren dessert. The famous battles of WWII ranged from west to east and back. When designing a game map of North Africa, it would be ideal to position the players East/West. But this isn't reasonable because the distance is too far to comfortably reach a stack of counters in the middle. Based on average human arm length, it's much easier to put the players on the northern and southern edges. And so option 1 above seems best. Of course as we remove the constraints of the human musculoskeletal system, the issue goes away. When playing VASSAL, both players view the same map orientation. However, as long as boardgames remain on a board, map orientation is an important design choice.
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I know that not everyone has the time to learn a new game as a group. So, I have created a slightly scaled down version of the most popular game to ever be created behind bars, 100% designed and tested in the Big House, Blockade.
It's true that when all you have to do is Time, you welcome almost any distraction, but after awhile, most games, even D&D, gets boring. Blockade held strong it was played almost every day. It got confiscated a few times. "Offenders" aren't allowed to make up games. It's a foolish attempt to prevent people who will gamble on anything - including guessing the number of times a particular guard will scratch his butt during his shift - from gambling. We always just reproduced it and played it again the following week, despite it being quite the labor inducing process, and utilizing some highly regulated contraband materials. What can i say, it was worth it.
Blockade was a time serial killer, and everyone loved it. Competition was fierce, people even formed leagues. Surprisingly no one ever gambled on it, as far as I was aware. Blockade entertained my dorm and soon, a few others for nearly two years, up until the day I left and is still being enjoyed, made and distributed, clandestinely, on the inside by my partner.
Popular isn't really the word for it, since only a few TDCJ Units have ever heard of it, but seeing how it is that I'm in no hurry to go back and promote it, I'm making it available to everyone on the outside. I only hope that this version will allow more people to discover it's unique allure and spread the word, so that the Standard, four-player version (soon to be Versions, including an upcoming Deck expansion) will become more popular. Hopefully the top down view of this rendition will be more familiar to Vassal users - I've noticed a scarcity of isometric boards - thus this board features a wholly different look and feel.
Please search for and Like Blockade on FaceBook. We haven't begun a Kickstarter just yet, but it will be soon; early 2014, if all goes well. Thank you, and enjoy.
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3-11-13,
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That Was the Month That Was
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the counters turn.”
(with apologies to Elizabeth Lawrence)
Of Systems and Series
Out there in Cyber Land, we have been taking some flak from among grognard wargamers about “support” for additional releases in “series” game lines. The perception is that we’re not releasing new games in each series fast enough (or even at all!) and, honestly, from the outside looking in, that’s a fair charge. “Where is the next Death or Glory series game?” “Where is the next Drums and Muskets series game?” “Why are you thinking about launching a new Frank Chadwick’s European Theater of Operations series? I want the next Tattered Flags game!”
 Well, after being the punching bag in such discussions for a while now, we’ve reflected on this matter and are making a couple of changes. First, we’ll provide clarity to enhance “truth in advertising.” That is, when we roll out the first game or two in what we hope becomes a new series, we will very carefully and assiduously refer to those new products as “system” games. Thus, the recently shipped Days of Battle: Golan Heights is the first game using the Days of Battle system – we will not refer to it as a “series” until the third game using that system is published. Specifically, Napoleonic 20, States of SiegeTM, BattLessonTM, and Ancient Battles Deluxe, having all reached that critical mass of 3+ releases, shall retain the moniker “series;” Death or Glory, Tattered Flags, von Clausewitz, Command Staff, etc., shall hereafter be referred to as “systems” until such time that they ripen to three different releases.
Of Simulations and Slots
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2-11-13,
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Zombie Enclave est un jeu solitaire de survie dans un monde dominé par les Zombies : Vous commencez le jeu avec un refuge sans défense, puis au fil du jeu vous avez la possibilité d'ajouter des "barils explosifs", des "trous", "trappes" et autres défenses afin de préserver au mieux vos survivants des attaques ...
Bennett du concours Print & Play 2012. Dans ce jeu vous êtes John Woods qui doit faire face à une horde de Zombies !
L'équipe de Vassal Engine est fière de vous proposer la nouvelle version de Vassal 3.2 . Cette nouvelle version apporte des fonctionnalités très attendues pour le chargement automatique d'un répertoire d'images directement dans Vassal. En effet, beaucoup de nouvelles fonctions posent déjà les principes de la future.
Descent : Voyages dans les Ténèbres Seconde Edition est un jeu d'aventures épiques et d'explorations de donjons pour 2 à 5 joueurs. Avec ses héros valeureux, ses monstres redoutables, ses reliques magiques et ses quêtes passionnantes.
Zombie Enclave
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