Prowlers and Paragions Kickstarter

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Created: Wednesday, 27 March 2019 02:49

Written by Super User

Today I want to throw out my full support for my friend Sean Pattrick Fannons kickstarter for Prowlers and Paragons Ultimate edition. 

I love games, especially Role Playing Games, and Sean is a very talented and thoughtful designer.  He designs games that you play the BIG DAMN HERO.  Prowlers lets you play Hero's who are larger than life, capable of amazing things and telling even more amazing stories.

The world and what the game system lets you play out a story that brings your character and their opposition in comic book style.  The options available to players to create a character in their minds eye are awesome, if you can think of it this game can create that hero.

So check out the Kickstarter and don't forget the world needs HEROS...

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Simple Versus Complex Games and Players Making Choices

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Created: Monday, 25 March 2019 04:50

Written by Super User

So when I first thought of Zombie Golf, I wanted it to be a simple game.  A game that was fast and fun to play.  What I forgot was simple does not preclude choices, which change the game and the way the players interact with the game.  The balance is in creating choices and rules that make the game interesting and at the same time not too complex.  Complexity in a game can excite some players and turn off others.  Creating rules that giuve interesting choices for multiple reasons is the key.  An ability that lets a player choose to play the game a different way, which also has story or changes how one can win the game; these are rules that draw loits of players in.  
So when I started Zombie golf I designed rules light, fewer cards and choices for the players.  It made for a fun game, but it became repetative and was not as fast as I had hoped it would be.  Feedback from the players was its fun, but if there was some way to play a full 9 holes in 45 minutes or so.  Zombie Golf is 2 games in one, a simple golf game and a zombie combat game.  The dual nature of the players role manes rules for 2 games.  How could I make interesting changes for the players, speed up the game and still keep the core of a simple game?  The answer; increase player choice and random triggered events.  

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More successful Zombie Golf Playtesting

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Created: Friday, 22 March 2019 21:35

Written by Super User

As the Kickstarter comes up on the calendar here are some updates on the project and its growth

I was at Board Game Republic in Denver on Sunday.  I was able to play a full game (3 holes) and got some amazing feedback; which has led to a better game.... 

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The player cards are busy and hard to read

The clubs should be separate cards

Result new player and bag cards (with abilities more on that in a sec)

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