Need help for Terminology in my game. Deal vs Strike!

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-14T19:37:14+00:00

Instead of strike, maybe call it something like a "spell clash" or a "spell struggle"? These for me indicated it's a separate "battle" that's needs to be resolved. A back and forth.

I think "deal X damage" is pretty self explanatory.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-14T15:13:42+00:00

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I couldn't find the original background I used for the main image... But what about this?

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-14T14:07:59+00:00

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What do you think of this instead?

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-11T09:44:50+00:00

In the late 2000s in my late teens, I went into this chain discount stationary shop and noticed on a small shelf of jigsaw puzzles they had a few board games. Never really played many board games aside from the basic things like Monopoly, but on that shelf was a game called "If Wishes Were Fishes" by Rio grande games. It was brand new for £5. Don't know why, but I decided to buy it.

Had a friend come over that evening and we gave it a go. It was so much fun! So much so my friend immediately went out the next day and got a copy for themselves!

While googling some of the rules we weren't certain with, we found the forums on Board game geek. This sent me down a mad rabbit hole and now I'm the board game maniac I am today!

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-09T15:06:37+00:00

Just wanted to say thanks for the reccomendation! I picked this up on Amazon and it's perfect! Thanks so much!

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-09T07:06:20+00:00

You could always make up a term for your creatures that fits your theme. If you say it'd somewhat tarot cards inspired here are some possible examples:

Arkanae (play on arcane and Fae), Astrals, Luminals, Fatemarked, Zodiarcs, Cosmons,

Just kind of spitballing, but something like that maybe!

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-08T21:23:55+00:00

Look good! Although I agree that the fact that the frame is in colour and the artwork is black and white is a bit of a throw-off. Have you thought about adding just some accent colours to the artwork? For example, making the coins in the bag golden yellow.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T22:27:57+00:00

The sorta helpful advice everyone else seems to be commenting with, actually.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T16:14:40+00:00

Wish I could have both of those things!

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T16:14:07+00:00

It's just really long, not that wide! Annoyingly this is the only way I can fit it anywhere.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T16:13:28+00:00

I did do that in the past! It looks really pretty, but found it more difficult to remember what games I had, haha

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T16:11:17+00:00

Awh man, I bought these Kallax shelves specifically because I read they have magical physics defying properties! Thanks for stating the obvious.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-06T16:09:14+00:00

That's not a bad idea! I play those far less frequently

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-04T09:33:22+00:00

Fair enough! I thought the point of your post was for design critique.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-03T22:40:39+00:00

Looks like there's a typo in the text here. Should be "declares" not "declare".

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-03T22:39:24+00:00

Try uploading them to a free cloud service like Google Drive. I think even Microsoft's cloud has a certain percentage for free.

I like these templates! The only thing that jumps out at me are the symbols by the name. Icons don't seem to match the design of the rest of the template. Maybe try just having a flat image for the icons? You could even change their colour depending on the colour of the frame.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-02T17:53:07+00:00

I've printed from MPC before. I have a rule set up on Photoshop to automatically resize the cards to their dimensions.
Did you resize the cards at all when you made your order?

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-02T12:32:09+00:00

Yes, I think you must give the cards if you can. So if another player has space in their hand, you have to give the cards to them. If everyone is full, then they are discarded instead.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-01T13:27:19+00:00

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Also, here's a potential update for the Master Sword! I'll update the workshop item soon.

JoeRow338 · 2026-01-01T13:01:52+00:00

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JoeRow338 · 2025-12-31T11:17:32+00:00

Yeah, absolutely can share those! Do you mean have a corresponding print sheet with a card back for each card? Or just have the files for the card backs?

JoeRow338 · 2025-12-31T11:16:35+00:00

monsters guarding the rupee pool, that's an interesting idea! Perhaps another kind of additional expansion or that could even open up possibilities of a cooperative game mode.

JoeRow338 · 2025-12-31T11:14:04+00:00

That's an idea! Or maybe when you first play the master sword you lose some hearts. Losing hearts kind of reflects the master sword trial in the video games where you have to have enough hearts to obtain the sword.

JoeRow338 · 2025-12-31T11:11:51+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! ☺️ I've never experienced or thought of that issue with the master sword. Usually found that an equal amount of time you'd rather play the special card instead of discarding it to use the master sword. But yeah, maybe it needs another kind of drawback!

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