I've been working on producing this game for a while now and it's finally getting close to being finished. The artwork is coming along nicely.
I will have a PnP file ready soon for anybody who wants to test it out.
Here is the Board Game Geek link:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159468/brawl
I've also posted some images. Let me know how they look!
Thanks,
Jake
Hi Jake,
That looks very good. Are the colors significant? If so, the colors are quite similar and may be difficult to distinguish in low light. And for the color blind, they may not see the differences in colors as well.
I just wanted to bring to your attention in case you didn't know about it, there is a card game with the same name by James Earnest (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/392/brawl). I don't mean to be a downer, just wanted to make you aware of it's existence. So you may want to take it into consideration if you plan to take it to market. If it's just for PnP and showing it to potential publishers, then there's no problems there as the publisher will find a name that's not used or trademarked.
keep up the good work!
Thanks nazcargames
In the final version each color is a different card. They are all the same card in the picture because I was just sampling how the colors looked next to each other and with the text/illustrations on top.
I did notice the other Brawl game on BGG. I figured that generic names like 'Brawl' wouldn't have any trademark issues. BGG accepted my game entry so hopefully that means its okay.
you might want to select a more readable font for the effect text on the cards
laperen,
Thanks for the advice. I've swapped out the color sample image with a digital version. The other one was a picture taken of a printout with my phone. I think the digital version is much easier to read. I will be getting some prototypes made of these colors too so I can see how they look when printed on card stock with full resolution/dpi. I'll be sure to post pictures of the cards here as soon as I get them.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Its not about picture quality but simple usability. The card font(excluding the backing) doesn't seem to fit the theme of your game in the first place. Using the cursive font is neither fitting nor usable, therefore it should be changed.
A different font is definitely something I will keep in mind. I will ask about it on the play-test questionnaire to get more feedback about readability and theme.
Thank you
In the final version each color is a different card. They are all the same card in the picture because I was just sampling how the colors looked next to each other and with the text/illustrations on top.
I did notice the other Brawl game on BGG. I figured that generic names like 'Brawl' wouldn't have any trademark issues. BGG accepted my game entry so hopefully that means its okay.
Looks like you might be ok there. I did a trademark search for 'Brawl' associated with card games. Here is the list I got back:
Serial Number Reg. Number Word Mark Check Status Live/Dead
1 86222737 WWE BRAWL TSDR LIVE
2 86085741 AB TSDR LIVE
3 86085428 ALPHABRAWL TSDR LIVE
4 86084700 ALPHABRAWL TSDR LIVE
5 85248011 WWE BRAWL TSDR DEAD
6 85245348 WWE BRAWL TSDR LIVE
7 85120217 DODGE BRAWL TSDR DEAD
8 79103383 4219954 BRAWL BUSTERS TSDR LIVE
9 79050629 3527833 FOOTBRAWL TSDR LIVE
10 78833716 3795063 ZUFFA TSDR LIVE
11 78476000 3150499 CODE AGE BRAWLS TSDR DEAD
12 78308606 BABEBRAWL TSDR DEAD
13 78013176 BASKETBRAWL TSDR DEAD
14 77944272 WWE BRAWL TSDR DEAD
15 77588192 3748288 BAKUGAN BRAWL TSDR LIVE
16 77517701 3646109 LUCILLE BRAWL TSDR LIVE
17 77420177 3499003 SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL TSDR LIVE
18 77269124 3541296 BUILD N BRAWL TSDR LIVE
19 77256377 BIG BRAWLS TSDR DEAD
20 76275675 2753882 TWISTED METAL: SMALL BRAWL TSDR DEAD
21 76401640 2677936 WALL2WALL BRAWL TSDR DEAD
22 76271222 MALL BRAWL TSDR DEAD
23 75866448 WALL 2 WALL BRAWL TSDR DEAD
24 75841203 2419032 FOOTBRAWL TSDR DEAD
25 75833075 2377767 PAINTBRAWL TSDR DEAD
26 75447263 PAINTBRAWL TSDR DEAD
27 75430275 2247499 THE BRAWL INSIDE THE WALL TSDR LIVE
28 75024302 BRAIN BRAWL TSDR DEAD
29 74683563 BASKETBRAWL TSDR DEAD
30 74335019 1813062 BRAWL BROTHERS TSDR DEAD
31 74319256 1770222 SOCCER BRAWL TSDR DEAD
32 74115282 BASE BRAWL TSDR DEAD
33 74048430 FOOTBRAWL TSDR DEAD
Thanks nazcagames. Can you post the link to the site for this search?
Sure, it's uspto.gov
Just click on Trademark -> Tess Trademark Search
Then you can search their database. It's not super intuitive, but it's somewhat straight forward to navigate.
I've added a picture of the latest prototype. It's the top image. Sadly I made some major changes to the game about two hours after ordering these. But they are still handy and look awesome!
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Well, I tried to put some images but I can't figure out how to do more than one.
Edit: I figured it out guys.