Archive for April 2nd, 2008

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How I’d Do It: Episode 4

April 2, 2008

Keywords

First of all: sorry this is so late. The article just kept growing bigger and bigger, ending up a good 50% longer than usual. Plus, I wrecked my clutch yesterday, and had to deal with that instead of finishing this up.

So, yeah. Moving on.

This week, as promised, we’re looking at Keywords. This is going to be a more technical excercise than the last few; the last couple times, I talked about mechanics just so that I could show you some cards. This week, I made some cards just so I could talk about mechanics. This article is one of three I eventually plan on doing that were the original reason I decided to start this column; there were three major issues I saw with the vast majority of fantasy cards and that I really felt other designers could benefit from reading about, and “bad keywording” is the first (though, the least pressing, now that I think about it). I’ll try to limit these “nag rants” to one every couple months to avoid alienating my readership. ;)

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Thursday 13 #9: Shattered Solutions

April 2, 2008
Thursday Thirteen

Okay, I’m cheating like a fiend this week for the Thursday Thirteen… I spent too much time working on Crime Lords Month to put together something truly as awe-inspiring as my usual lists…

So, just so I keep in the habit of having something here for the T13 crowd, today’s Thursday Thirteen is the solution to last week’s Shattered Reflections contest!

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Crime Lords Month: You’ve been Melvin’d!

April 2, 2008

Before I launch into the next instalment of Crime Lords Month, a couple of notes:

The UK Nationals are only a couple of days away, and HOLY TOLEDO has UDE upped the ante for the prizes! Check it out here!

Our Crime Lords Month partner, The Brave and the Blog, has posted their first contribution. Get Enforced here!

The concept is spreading, we have our first imitator trying to cash in on the niftiness of Crime Lords Month. It must be a mynock ;)

Huge thanks to Rian “stubarnes” Fike and to all those who voted for me in stu-vivor! I stand humbly appreciative before you… now shower me with rose petals or something :P Read about it here!

And now…

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