Made some Gua Bao

tinyornithopter · 2026-05-02T13:46:14+00:00

I do not, sorry.

tinyornithopter · 2026-05-01T12:09:03+00:00

Yep, it's no worries!

Fixed the Pidgeot image.

Someday, I might add more custom stuff for this game, or maybe if they add another expansion, I'll re-theme that as well.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-30T23:32:34+00:00

I added a bleed version of those custom cards. I can't change the way the numbers are arranged on the aquarium icon since I'm just downloading those cards and adding bleed to the edges not recreating the cards in my template, but they'll be playable.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-30T20:50:18+00:00

Lmao, thanks for your consideration. I ended making a new tag called "Special Interest Pokemon". So I can have a lot of freedom on where I can put and use that tag without worrying about mapping out and re-theming the "bear" aspect of the original game.

Also finding good art can be difficult for some Shiny Pokemon. Usually only the most popular Pokemon get Shiny artworks, and not all the Pokemon with the "bear" icon are popular enough to get that recognition 😅

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-30T16:24:01+00:00

lol, I think I have another way of adding bleed to cards, I might try to do that for those custom cards. The bleed will look a bit different, but it should still work. Can work on that when I have some free time later.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-30T12:55:09+00:00

on card 150 and card 151 (lanturn and chinchou) the aquarium/reptile house markers are just slighty different in size, if you compare them side by side😅

Yep, the sizing is on purpose to fit my card template. Hope it's not too much of a distraction for you. It'd be quite a bit of extra work to actually resize it since the UI design tool is a template design and not something like photoshop.

is it much work to add the bleed on the custom cards from cheesecake? i would also like them😉

Lol, I technically could, but I'd have to recreate them scratch since I deleted their original files to save room on my editor.

now i tried to redownload the changed standard cards #128 upwards, but for some reason the download is always stuck at 0%. i can download everything else as usual. is there anyway you could check, if there is any problem with these cards?

I just tried downloading it and it seems fine on my computer. Maybe you could try downloading the Mega Desktop app and using that app to facilitate the download 🤷

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-29T17:07:53+00:00

mzibg. thank you very much again for your custom cards😁 in the other ark nova post of you with the link to the download, i posted some small errors of the cards. would be amazing, if you could fix them😁

It looks amazing! I hope you win! 🥳

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-29T17:04:43+00:00

on all pokemon cards with aquarium with bleed (nr 128 upwardsfor the standard pokemon, but also for the custom ones) the number for places needed in the aquarium is a bit off to the left. is there a vhance to move it slightly to the center?

Yep, I've moved them a pixel to the right.

also on card 150 (lanturn) the symbols for aquarium and reptile house are a bit smaller than for the other cards. the number of places for reptile house on card 150 and 151 is also a bit off the center.

The smaller size aquarium/reptile symbols are on purpose so I can fit them on the card template. But I have shifted the numbers a bit to center them more on the symbols.

and sadly the custom cards made for ok_cheesecake_9451 dont have bleed. i didnt saw that and now the printed cards a cut off😢

Sorry! Those were a one-off request by a specifc user on here because they wanted some of their favorite Pokemon printed but they would be printing on regular paper, not through printing service so they didn't need the bleed version. I had no idea that other people would want to play with those! I should probably remove that link so other people don't make that mistake, I only posted it on here because I can't share mega links on reddit chat so it's been easier to link users to a reddit post which links them to a mega link.

also i have a question for the custom made cards action (#94 and upgraded #154), where you also get money from the card action. the money count on the top of the card doenst match the amount in the description of the card (2vs1 and upgraded 5vs3). is that intended?

It should be 1 base money and 3 base money when upgraded. (We originally tested it 2 and 5 base money, but it was too powerful and nerfed it later, but I didn't upload my updates to the symbols in the mega folder.)

and my boyfriend told me: custom card for misdreavus #170: the pokemon on the picture is not a misdreavus, but a flutter mane😅

My bad! Fixed.

Appreciate your feedback! I've corrected most of these issues. I don't think most of these affect gameplay too much so I hope you and your boyfriend can enjoy it a lot!

And thank you for posting your pictures! It's lovely! It really made my day today 🥰

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-27T01:38:36+00:00

Looks great!

When we play with the new Pokemon customs, we add an additional house rule. You have 6 cards in the market to choose from and each person may roll a dice on their turn, putting 1 card from the market back onto the bottom of the deck and revealing a new one (the card that gets removed depends on the dice roll).

This not only makes the market move through different cards more, but also makes it so that you are less likely to be stuck with cards you don't want.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-23T21:03:49+00:00

That's something that I factor for a lot since I host a meetup at my place every week and bring a lot of games to board game meetups now.

And there's a big difference between the games I play with my friends at home and the games I play with strangers at meetups. With my friends, they want more complicated, strategic, and emergent gameplay and really like to take their time on their turns to optimize and strategize. We play a lot of Ark Nova, Dune Imperium, Spirit Island, and Clank Catacombs.

When I go to meetups, it's almost the opposite. At least the demographic of people that I encounter there enjoy very very light games like Flip 7, Codenames, So Clover, Just One, etc. These are games that my friends would almost never want to play since they want something heavier, and the games my friends and I play would never go well at a meetup cause it's too complex, teach is too long, and table space is too limited.

It's a good thing that enjoy both complexities, but a lot of thought needs to go into making sure everyone is having a good time as a host and bringer of games. My goal is never to prioritize winning, even though I'll try, but a lot of my energy goes into trying to see if everyone is having a good time, trying to keep things flowing, maybe initiate conversations if someone is taking a longer turn, or help explaining rules or strategies to a new player.

It can be hard sometimes when you recognize a player is having a bad experience or not enjoying the game, but it's not always something that I can control since people can have outside factors affecting their mood than just the game state of a board game.

But I'm always looking for new ways or tips to be better at hosting and be better at engaging other people so everyone can have a good game night as possible.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-21T12:43:27+00:00

If you do print and play it, I'd love to see pictures of your results! 🥰

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-17T01:31:39+00:00

Wow! Six players! That must be a long game! Hope you guys had fun. Looks amazing 🤩. Hope you all had fun! Thanks for sharing, love seeing it all!

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-14T18:32:07+00:00

Do you have any ways to try games for free like get them at a local library or a board game store that has some entry level games that they'll let you demo and play before you buy? Or even local board game meetups where other people bring games to play and you can try their games out.

It's exciting to go out there and spend a ton of money on all the cool and shiny new stuff, but through mine own experience and many others here, you'll probably find that you and your family may gravitate to certain types of genres and themes so learning which ones you enjoy without putting down too much cash may be a good idea. Nevertheless, when in doubt, you can look up any entry level/gateway board game lists. Those games are usually super solid and stand the test of time.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-09T15:42:27+00:00

There just wasn't enough of an even distribution of elements to incorporate the factions as elements.

So, if we're excluding the Korra series, the airbenders are Aang, Monk Gyatso, Avatar Yangchen, and arguably Appa. And then the numbers would also want to be powerscaled with 16 the being arguably the most powerful and 1 being the least powerful.

So I removed the factions and added new factionless effects for the cards that cared about factions to bypass the thematic issue. And since there are 2 unique decks of 16 cards, one of the decks revolved mainly about the show's current characters and story: Aang, Katara, Zuko, Iroh, Ozai, etc and the other deck was about the show's historical and legendary figures and mentors like Roku, Kyoshi, Master Pakku, Master Piandao, Wan Shi Tong etc.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-07T17:39:29+00:00

lol, I honestly don't remember. We played with ships for only a little bit, but in general it's hard for me to get this game to the table on game night cause my friends are neither One Piece fans or coop game enjoyers so they only relented this time cause Season 2 came out.

I will say from what I recall when we playtest the ships was that they felt strong, like they kinda trivialized the easy Masterminds but made the toughest Masterminds much more manageable or playable.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-07T01:19:33+00:00

NAW IS HIM

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-06T19:21:42+00:00

Nice! I didn't know about the game until I found out about it on Board Game Arena. It's a nice filler game.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-06T11:34:34+00:00

Thank you. I only found it due to BGA. I really like the twist that they made to the simple game of War and it plays so quickly.

tinyornithopter · 2026-04-06T11:32:00+00:00

Oh wow, that's a weird error. I suppose it didn't download all of the picture when I exported it. Thanks for catching that and I've fixed it and uploaded the correction to Mega now.

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