Unofficial Renown Testing
Monday, May 5th, 2008I have uploaded business card template files to the Beta team group. You can view and download all files related to Renown testing here. There are four template files to choose from. While the official testers each received a full Book of Yetl with 72 cards, these unofficial decks only include enough cards to play [...]
Roll Your Own Renown
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Eight kindly people have agreed to officially test Renown for me over the coming months and they are being rewarded for their efforts with a full Book of Yetl prototype (the 72-card deck used to play Renown) and 108 glass Favor markers.[1] These game sets are making their way across the world to them as [...]
State of Play
Monday, April 28th, 2008I’m pretty busy today, editing the Renown manual. So here’s a quick update on three games for you.
Renown
The beta decks have been shipped off to eight luck testers! Over the coming week, you can expect to see the manual posted, templates for business card sized decks made available, instructions on how to become an unofficial [...]
The Book of Yetl & Renown
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Because all I’ve done this week is work on Renown, I thought I’d give you a small taste of manual, which I hope to have ready for release next Monday!
History of The Book of Yetl
& the Card Game of Renown
Our modern playing cards have a rich and somewhat chequered history. The first appearances of playing [...]
Win A Free Game!
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008There are still a few beta test seats open for Renown. I need people willing to commit to 3 or 4 play sessions over the next six months. You also need to commit to collecting and reporting player feedback (I’ll be providing a short questionnaire (both an online and print version) for you to have [...]
I’ve Got Renown!
Monday, April 21st, 2008Please excuse the glare and poor quality video cap, but after Michael mentioned the thrill of “unboxing” videos in his latest podcast, I couldn’t resist the temptation to quick film this moment for you…
If you’re interested in having your own custom cards printed, be sure to visit Guild of Blades Retail [...]
Quick Project Update
Monday, April 7th, 2008The cards I had printed for the Renown beta simply won’t work. They’re beautiful, but the small size and narrow format kill their usability. I have already mocked up some quick cards and plan on sending them off to a printer who just started doing print on demand playing cards last Thursday. This is ultimately [...]
Renown Deck as a Storytelling Tool
Friday, March 28th, 2008Modern card games have very deep storytelling roots. The modern deck of 52 cards is directly mappable to the minor arcana of the tarot. The tarot, of course, has an additional 26 major arcana cards, or trumps, that have been excised from the deck. Of these 26 lost cards, only the zero card, the Fool, [...]
Renown: The Resurrection
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Some time ago I designed a card game, posted alpha rules, got some feedback… and then completely let the project die. You see, small studios like PJ’s Attic can’t really hope to make any money off a card game and I was trying to be profitable once upon a time. Now, however, I’m not interested [...]
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