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- Jul 19 2019, 6:54
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: Adventures in Austerion (RPG and boardgame)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1708
Re: Adventures in Austerion (RPG and boardgame)
This is freaky. The working title of my game is Aia - the name of the universe from my fantasy world - since the design has morphed into a world-creation game. That's why I've stopped posting about it here - it has very little in common with HoMM. If anyone would like to try it out, though, just sho...
- Sep 26 2018, 4:33
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: Any boardgamers?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 21850
Re: Any boardgamers?
I thought that was a feature rather than a bug. ;) Having some traits and abilities obscure others is intended behaviour. It requires players to make trade-offs when stacking creatures so that they get the traits and abilities they want on top, including not having stacks that are too big. Also, som...
- Sep 17 2018, 6:03
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: Any boardgamers?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 21850
Re: Any boardgamers?
Semi-transparent stacking is the key mechanic of the game. I discovered it in version 19, and decided to build the game around it from version 21. For example, say that you have a Grassland map tile. The only feature of this tile is that it has a Plant trait - it is made of plants. https://drive.goo...
- Sep 17 2018, 4:50
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 23rd design iteration
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3253
Re: 23rd design iteration
I oscillate between the game and the novel as the inspiration grabs me. I've been working on the game for the past few months.
- Aug 20 2018, 4:18
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: H7 vs taking things into our own hands
- Replies: 113
- Views: 51703
Re: H7 vs taking things into our own hands
The other thing is all posts need proper time stamps. Right now you don't see the year, which has been confusing in a number of instances. The date format can be configured in User Control Panel. I'm using "d F Y, G:i", which shows the timestamp of your last post as "17 August 2018, ...
- Jul 19 2018, 5:59
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 23rd design iteration
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3253
Re: 23rd design iteration
Thanks, Pol. I've posted it in the boardgamer topic.
- Jul 19 2018, 5:57
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: Any boardgamers?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 21850
Re: Any boardgamers?
I finished the preliminary design of version 23 about a month ago. Based on the play testing since then, it looks like this will be the final major version. It doesn’t appear to be missing any features, and there’s nothing any of us can think of taking away. There's a lot of balancing and fine-tunin...
- Jul 13 2018, 18:32
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 23rd design iteration
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3253
23rd design iteration
I finished the preliminary design of version 23 about a month ago. Based on the play testing since then, it looks like this will be the final major version. It doesn’t appear to be missing any features, and there’s nothing any of us can think of taking away. There's a lot of balancing and fine-tunin...
- Jul 12 2016, 13:00
- Forum: Hall of the Heretics
- Topic: Any boardgamers?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 21850
Re: Any boardgamers?
Would anyone like to play test the board game that I'm busy making? I can email you all the blueprints that you would need to print and cut out in order to play the game. The game design was originally based on Heroes, but has deviated from it quite a bit over the years. It can be thought of as Magi...
- Apr 5 2016, 4:11
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: Narrative
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9648
Re: Narrative
No, I've done more writing since then. I'm busy with the undead now. I'll send the chapter your way when it's ready, probably in a few days...
- Apr 3 2016, 17:50
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: Narrative
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9648
Re: Narrative
Would anyone be interested in critically reading some of the material that I've written thus far? This would help me keep the narrative on the right track.
- Apr 3 2016, 17:46
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: Crowd funding
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3952
Re: Crowd funding
After watching the Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar short movie this weekend, and learning about the CBS lawsuit against its creators, it makes obvious sense to me to make the world of Heroic free for other people to use and build on, provided that whatever they produce is likewise free for others to ex...
- Feb 19 2016, 21:00
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Re: 10th design iteration
I've decided to reduce the extent to which the game makes use of mythological creatures. Using them extensively was a no-brainer in the beginning, given the richness of world mythologies and their prominence in HoMM. I’m now finding it increasingly difficult to express faction themes through them. A...
- Jan 23 2016, 20:40
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: Prototyping
- Replies: 84
- Views: 21066
Re: Prototyping
I’ve been play testing the latest faction designs over the past few weeks. Here’s what I’ve found: ⋅ It would appear that the game design, with its 10th iteration, has finally reached an acceptable level of complexity. We’ve played it at my work twice, and both times new players were able ...
- Jan 15 2016, 5:59
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Marine faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Marine faction together with its associated cards. http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Marine-town-card.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Marine-faction-card-1.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Marine-faction-card-2.jpg
- Jan 15 2016, 5:58
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Frost faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Frost faction together with its associated cards.






- Jan 15 2016, 5:57
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Reptilian faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Reptilian faction together with its associated cards. http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Reptilian-town-card.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Reptilian-faction-card-1.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Reptilian-faction-card-2.jpg
- Jan 15 2016, 5:56
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Sylvan faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Sylvan faction together with its associated cards. http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Sylvan-town-card.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Sylvan-faction-card-1.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Sylvan-faction-card-2.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Sylva...
- Jan 15 2016, 5:55
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Alpine faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Alpine faction together with its associated cards. http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Alpine-town-card.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Alpine-faction-card-1.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Alpine-faction-card-2.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Alpin...
- Jan 15 2016, 5:54
- Forum: Tabletop Forum
- Topic: 10th design iteration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4846
Barbarian faction cards
Here is the dependency diagram for the Barbarian faction together with its associated cards. http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Barbarian-town-card.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Barbarian-faction-card-1.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/Design10/Barbarian-faction-card-2.jpg http://fluffygroovy.com/De...