[Project Complete] Remake/Reskin of Dragon Cards for Flavor Consistency
4/17/2021 Update: Project complete. Download link click here As many of you know I have been critical of the mythical orientalism and cultural/historical inaccuracies/nonsense that are seen in the Dragon Cards. Detailed review here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2635758/cc-samurai-battles-review-people-who-are-familiar I am in the process of re-creating the Dragon Card deck where I keep the game text intact but reconstruct them so that they have actual historical/military-based flavors in line with the rest of the game. I am removing all the references to deities and the supernatural and any other overly Asian-mystical flavors so they don't serve as distractions to the players who do not enjoy them. And yes the name "Dragon Cards" is also going away in this iteration, as I have discussed extensively regarding the issues with the name. Here are some examples of card remakes: Remakes of the three infamous "dragons". Examples of other cards. As you can see some ...
Thank you so much for this, nice work!
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome. Hope you enjoy it.
DeleteThese are great! I just got my game in the mail yesterday. How do you design and balance your scenarios? Do you follow any formula or do you just study the existing scenarios and use that as a guide and the actual historical facts about the battle?
DeleteI have played games in this series for quite some time so a lot of the basic design principles are pretty well established by experience. Yes historical facts about the battles matter a lot to get the initial basic setup started.After that, it's just playtesting to fine tune unit and terrain placements and other elements in the game.
DeleteExcellent work so far. Thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Scenario 4 is up.
DeleteThanks so much for these Yuki, and I agree with your criticisms of the Dragon cards, I will be using some of your suggestions as replacements!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Hopefully the remake will enhance your play experience.
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