The Prodigals – Ver 1.0

This is a post about the design and development of The Prodigals, an 18 card legacy game. This is an adjunct to a larger project of a currently unnamed Shipwreck Game. You can see the other Blog posts at the Index for the Game.

The first draft of the campaign is up, and ready for anyone who wants to give it a try.

The introductory story to the game can be found in my last post.

Rules

5 page sides currently, but only 3 sheets double sided. I hope that is okay by the rules they have set. It’s an 11 read more

Wingtip – 2nd Draft PnP

Continued from Wingtip – Bird Card & Rule Adjustments

The second draft of the Print and Play is now available.

Cards Side A
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Cards Side B
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Scorepad
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The rules have not been updated as yet. The only real change, is that the first time you draw a new read more

Wingtip – Bird Card & Rule Adjustments

Continued from Wingtip – Player Board Adjustments

There are fewer suggestions for adjustments for the rest of the game.

Bird Card 5A take 2

People find the Bird cards themselves to be fairly clear. The first main adjustment was to simplify the text for drawing another Bird. The mechanic is explained in the Rules, so those 3 lines have been replaced with 2 words and an Icon.

The second adjustment was to do with the layout. It makes more sense to reroll a die on a 1 or a 6. It was suggested the Bonus space be moved read more

Wingtip – Player Board Adjustments

Continued from Wingtip – Open for Play Testing

After receiving feed back from Play Testers, I have made the first adjustments to the Player Board. These are all changes for clarity, and not for game mechanics.

Player Board Take 2

  • I have added icons to the title space of each row, to tie in better with the habitat Icons on each bird.
  • I have changed “Draw Card” to “Draw Bird”. In the same vein, the card Icon has been
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