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Dead Steam - Post Apocalyptic train building card game

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Tbone
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Hello! Haven't been on here in a while but wanted to share a project of mine that is well on its way. I am looking for some blind playtesting to get ready for Cardboard Edison.

here is a sneak peek!

Story

After the greatest societal collapse, hope of new life seemed scarce and impossible. As the world lay dead and desolate, a passion for rails and steam birthed a new age of prosperity, conflict and adventure. An age that would be known throughout history as the age of Dead Steam.

Objective

In Dead Steam, you will play as a humble train scrappy in a post apocalyptic world, competing to assemble the best trains for the growing demand of shipments.

To establish yourself during this resurrection of humankind, you will build a deck of cars and engines from which you will assemble trains. Each train will require certain cargo, correctly placed train cards, enough towing power and an engine to qualify for delivery.

Earn the most Coin by filling your trains with more cargo, outfitting its defenses to avoid raids and satisfying unique shipment requests for bonus rewards. Whoever has the most Coin at the end of the three rounds wins! Will you succeed in the age of Dead Steam?

I have a discord server where I hold weekly playtests.

These are the rules for anyone interested in giving it a look and providing feedback.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

questccg
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Good luck with the Cardboard Edison Award

I submitted a Video and I got positive reviews from the people who watched and saw my pitch. A couple even said that my game was "special" and yet the people who run the Award did not pass my prototype to the playtest rounds. One person said they hope to play the game and another one said getting the chance to play the game would be amazing.

Those two keep hounding me for money asking for me to support their award. When in the end they went contrary to their own audience of people who wanted to see and play my game (Crystal Heroes).

In my book they're jerks and just looking for money from sponsors. I may run this website... But I do it as a LOSS. I don't make any money from running BGDF.com. On the contrary I probably lose around $400 USD a year hosting, paying for the Domain, Domain Privacy and Backups. So I think I do enough for the Board Game Community or the designers who enjoy discussing their ideas...

I'm not rich that I can afford to pay for sponsorship of the Cardboard Edison Award... I'm mostly a Game Designer who is somehow trying to scrap by with my designs in the hope of making some money in the process. Like probably the rest of you who once you reach a certain level, would like to see your game(s) published and played by gamers around the Globe.

Like I said, good luck with the Submission. Maybe they won't be jerks to you like they were to me. I highly don't recommend their annual contest because of the BIAS those two (Husband and Wife that run it)... They don't even listen to their own judges...

Anyhow... It is what it is. Maybe they'll give you a better chance.

Good luck. Just like winning the lottery.

questccg
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And to help you out a bit...

"Train Scrappy" sounds terrible. Here are a few examples of "Characters" with a better name (than Scrappy AND Engineer):

Axel "Ironhand" Greaves... So "Ironhand" instead of Scrappy or Engineer.

Mara "Coalburner" Kane

Victor "Steamjack" Holloway

Clara "Railsplitter" Voss

Gideon "Ironclad" Sable

Finn "Dieselheart" Riker

I personally like the LAST ONE: "Dieselheart"... And you can come up with a Backstory that works with Finn Riker... Could be cool IMHO!

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