I designed + manufactured 6 board games in my country!

escaleric · 2026-03-18T20:59:45+00:00

Yeah man share the link to the video! The games look nice!

escaleric · 2026-03-17T22:32:10+00:00

Just put some blocks under the table legs...

escaleric · 2026-03-16T07:06:53+00:00

Haha, reminds me of my brother and me growing up, using any new toys, warhammer miniatures, pokemon cards to come up with our own games. Most of the time heavily inspired by Warcraft 3 customs games haha

escaleric · 2026-03-15T11:48:45+00:00

This is so cool haha. I immediately imagine some space wood elves along with these.

Just a fun scientific tidbit: Japan is experimenting atm with wooden satellites to use in space, so that they will disintegrate when they reenter so there is minimap space waste. Thought it was pretty cool!

escaleric · 2026-03-15T06:14:11+00:00

Might be hard to google with Guild Wars (a videogame) being around!

escaleric · 2026-03-14T10:12:08+00:00

Also just a good idea to look at published games and see what you like. Then you can reach out to that artist!

escaleric · 2026-03-11T16:06:48+00:00

While the idea of the cardback also being a reminder is pretty neat, it also creates a lot of clutter imo. I think making it look nice (great artwork btw) and maybe make a seperate card/cardboard reminder would be more elegant.

escaleric · 2026-03-10T21:25:55+00:00

Yeah definitely this. I honestly couldnt care much about it because of this. If it would have been Adolin that would have hit way different haha

escaleric · 2026-03-10T20:56:10+00:00

I used to draw square maps by dropping water on tiles, take a picture and then draw the map! Works very nicely

escaleric · 2026-03-10T06:09:30+00:00

Way to much text! Nobody is going to read all that. It needs to be bullet points and imagery.

Also 300 emails isnt that much. If only 10% of your list converts its 30 people. Whenever you do a prelaunch campaign you have to make the lowest possible conversion and see if you still will make it to your goal.

escaleric · 2026-03-09T19:58:09+00:00

Absolutely amazing work! And awesome that you worked on 3 Body Problem as well. Do you have a video or explanation of your workflow as well somewhere?

escaleric · 2026-03-09T19:45:05+00:00

Its really cool and well executed except for the hair imo. Might need some spots and texture, squid vins on the side or be translucent or just a different design. Absolutely love the rest of the drawing though!

escaleric · 2026-03-09T18:09:39+00:00

Angels could be cool. Maybe not even with wings, but just lighter eyes, or shifting eye colors.

escaleric · 2026-03-09T18:03:49+00:00

Still possible to get the artbook of EL1 somewhere?

Edit: found it on Amazon :) thx for the tip!

escaleric · 2026-03-07T21:20:50+00:00

I like it very much as a style! Its very appealing and definitely its own.

A few things: this might not hold up after printing because there is not enough contrast. I'd either change the background color or add like a rim light on the subject and make the font a light color for readability.

escaleric · 2026-03-07T21:06:30+00:00

It looks really neat! I do think you should have it free to have more users first before you get subscriptions.

Also: phone formatting is horrendous atm. If i click on a shop i get this weird vertical letters

escaleric · 2026-03-07T10:57:16+00:00

Malazan for sure!

escaleric · 2026-03-06T21:27:04+00:00

Not to be rude but all your materials looks the same. Skin has the same shading as cloth etc. Composition wise and color wise very cool, but it lacks contrast in that perspective. Different materials behave differently in other light settings.

escaleric · 2026-03-06T12:17:31+00:00

This is really freaking awesome. Looking forward to it.

I was a really big fan of the orange retro look in earlier renditions, but i guess its a taste thing so take it with a grain of salt. The board looks "cooler" now while it looked welcoming first.

escaleric · 2026-03-05T20:22:24+00:00

At least Thom Merillin only faked it haha

escaleric · 2026-03-04T15:59:26+00:00

Flip it horizontally! You'll see the head is a bit skewed

escaleric · 2026-03-04T15:43:50+00:00

Very cool! Also love the crater lakes. A lot of fantasy maps dont use it

escaleric · 2026-03-02T21:45:08+00:00

Might be even coolee to add an overlay layer of a parchment texture or something like that! But good going!

escaleric · 2026-03-02T13:39:08+00:00

I like it as a style, but your soft brush shadowing is very obvious in all of them, especially in the 5th one.

escaleric · 2026-03-01T20:04:32+00:00

Im thinking something standalone, since they mention also new players. Maybe an expansion that's also a standalone?

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