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Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 16 Jul 2015, 16:35
by Agamemnon
Thought I would share a little of what we've been up to.

We're now in the process of going back and adding example text to everything, which if you've never done it is a huge pain in the butt. We have a character sheet done and it's looking pretty decent, if I do say so myself. In any downtime we've had (one of us waiting for the other to finish/check something) we've been working on some of the supplemental material and play-aids.

I'm happy to announce that at Beta launch, we'll have maneuver cards set up and ready to go.

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We remember how hard it was to learn TROS the first time through. I know how hard it is to pick up something like Burning Wheel. The overwhelming trend in indie games these days is for rules-light games that are quick to pick up and we know full well we are bucking that trend, so we're making sure we do everything we can to make things easy to pick up, learn, track, and play.

The cards (like the character sheet) will come in two flavors - the fancier looking, but ink-heavy, and a more printer-friendly variety that is more or less text only. We've been printing them on colored card-stock, with offensive in one color and defensive on the other for easy recognition.

Let us know what you think!

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 16 Jul 2015, 17:08
by EinBein
Looks great! Will there be source versions for translation in other languages (German for my part)?

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 16 Jul 2015, 17:37
by Agamemnon
The files are in adobe illustrator, so it might be a bit weird, but I see no reason I couldn't upload blanks for you guys or the like. We'll work something out, I'm sure

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 16 Jul 2015, 20:46
by hector
That's actually pretty ingenious, and would almost certainly make the game far easier to teach than TRoS was...

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 17 Jul 2015, 12:30
by Marras
That card looks great! I am sure that having those laying around at the table will help and speed up the gameplay a lot.

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 18 Jul 2015, 09:15
by EinBein
How can this teaser be "unofficial"?

Still waiting eagerly for 'Bastards. We have stopped our viking campaign several months ago and are playing Shadowrun instead, waiting every day for the your beta release.

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 18 Jul 2015, 13:01
by higgins
EinBein wrote:How can this teaser be "unofficial"?
Haha, I have no idea. Maybe the headline just fit? :)

Re: Unofficial Teaser

Posted: 19 Jul 2015, 17:06
by Agamemnon
higgins wrote:
EinBein wrote:How can this teaser be "unofficial"?
Haha, I have no idea. Maybe the headline just fit? :)
I didnt originally intend to post it on the main news section of the site, thus it was going to be an "unofficial" update. It's also a case where we dislike calling something a teaser that isn't actually about a mechanical feature or innovation. Of course, I wound up posting the thing on the main page anyway, but by then was too lazy to change the title.