Modern 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, [...]
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Renown: The Resurrection
March 27, 2008 – 7:26 am
Some 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 [...]
Renown: Elemental Gemstones
March 14, 2008 – 1:05 pm
I owe you a couple of posts, namely on Braid and X-COM, but I simply haven’t had the time to play them anywhere near enough to write anything compelling. I’m hoping this weekend will help me catch up a bit.
One of the things that’s been taking up my time is my mad rush to get [...]
