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OverRealm - Buff me baby one more time

Sat, 07/11/2020 - 10:40 — Squinshee
Stallagrowth - Rock Smash

Hey everyone!

In my previous blog post, I discussed that my card game OverRealm is modeled after the video game Pokémon, and seeks to fix all of that game’s excessive complexity while maintaining (or exceeding!) all of the interesting decision making. However, OverRealm is not the first game to attempt this.

David Sirlin’s Kongai is a fixed Pokémon.

OverRealm - New design, borrowed name

Sun, 07/05/2020 - 14:06 — Squinshee

Hey everyone!

My previous game design named OverRealm had enough serious core design issues that I ended up scraping it entirely (well, everything except the name). Its blend of playing monsters akin to Magic: the Gathering and simultaneous action selection never came together in a satisfying way.

OverRealm Update 3/17

Tue, 03/21/2017 - 22:37 — Squinshee

Hey everybody!

This board game design hobby has a real ebb and flow to it – I haven't been very active here for several months because I took a break from working on OverRealm, but now that I've jumped back in, look where I am! It's nice to be back, seeing familiar faces and new ones too.

Seeking Feedback on Card Design

Mon, 08/15/2016 - 23:42 — Squinshee
Lilith Grimoire.jpg

My two-player hero battling card game has made some serious strides, with each new change being more incremental than the last. That's a good sign!

New iterations have demanded revamped card designs, and the ones attached are my most recent versions. I rotated hero cards to give them a different feel from minions. If this makes them feel less epic/unique, I'm open to changing it.

Seedlings

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 14:24 — Squinshee

Time and time again, I tried to develop a card game with intense player combat. Each attempt failed. Combat is hard to craft. Seedlings is a huge departure from my previous designs and I couldn't be more pleased.

Seedlings is a 2 - 4 player game where you try to grow a flower on each of your garden's spaces in order to win.

Each player's garden consists of seven spaces. It's constructed with hexagons- one in the middle and six others surrounding it. The middle space space starts with a flower and you start the game with six seedlings.

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