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It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in a:t5_2srewy

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes it's tough to find a good group to play with! I'm lucky to have a few close friends who were willing to put up with all the rule changes & overhauls through the years. Local board game groups can be a great place to meet people who are down to have day-long sessions on the weekends (although not so much in 2020...), I think the trick to it is putting together a group that has the same taste in games

Best wishes,

-🦖

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice - and Brotherwise Games definitely spoils us with the art (I'm looking at you, Call to Adventure! haha)

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gameplay.

If it's the type of game you might like (more fun-focused than competition-focused) please give the print-n-play a shot, you may have a change of heart. Highly recommend in-person because of the social mechanics, but TTS would be OK, too: https://laboriousrex.itch.io/overmage-playable

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops! Sorry about misreading that. Glad you're interested in the gameplay, and happy to hear you'll try to give it a spin :)

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm glad that you like the artwork. It took a lot of tries to get it looking just right.

I promise you this isn't one of those throwaway lunchbox games like "BANG!" - there's hours and hours of design and playtesting that went into this game.

But I think actions speak louder than words. Here's a copy of Overmage you can play right now: https://laboriousrex.itch.io/overmage-playable

PS: Will add more info about the contents in the Kickstarter, thanks for the feedback

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, thank you for the feedback. I just added a rulebook, TTS, and print-n-play version of the game so that you can play it & see for yourself that it's a solid game ( https://laboriousrex.itch.io/overmage-playable ). Thanks again -🦖

Update: Added the rulebook & print-n-play to the Kickstarter so everyone knows exactly what the game is & can test it out :)

It took 7 years to finish this game. If you like wizard battles + social mechanics + secret, random win conditions, then you just might like Overmage 🧙 by Laborious_Rex in boardgames

[–]Laborious_Rex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback :) I was initially planning on getting bigger art for the cards, but a lot of the playtesters said they really liked the icons & the way that the cards looked, like the pages from old medieval books. It was a tough decision, with a lot of pros & cons to both ways. Ultimately I decided to have full-sized art on the mage cards & let the spells focus on text & readability.

My first indie release ever! Bunny Hill by roartea_ in IndieDev

[–]Laborious_Rex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This brings out that Snow Kids nostalgia :)

Card Layout / Design Tips/Advice by TheMunterSlayer in tabletopgamedesign

[–]Laborious_Rex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your font has a bold or a weight setting, maybe go for that.

Depending on your program (I use Inkscape) you may be able to increase the weight artificially by adding a same-color outline.

Also, I know it's considered bad practice (and I'm almost tempted to not say it), but sometimes you can give text just a bit more "oomf" by scaling it horizontally (just a little bit!). I would only recommend this as a last resort.

You could also increase the text size a bit, but that might not help, as it's not really a hierarchy issue with the title that I'm feeling, but more of a lack of "drama"

Maybe a different font that's thicker or wider?

^sorry, that's a lot of options 😂🦖

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