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As backers have already heard, our Ganjifa Kickstarter ended a few days ago and it was a thrilling success! We've already been working on getting the art for the cards and solidifying plans with the printer. We've also been putting the final touches and editing on our rules sheet of games that can be played with ganjifa cards. Expect to hear more about this in the next couple months....
Against the Dark Yogi Beta 2 is nearing its end, and I figured I'd take the time to talk about a subject of game design on which I've given a good deal of thought: the use of keywords....
Today we are happy to announce the release of the second public beta for our upcoming mythic India-inspired game, Against the Dark Yogi. Anyone can participate in our open beta simply by clicking here to download the game, running it and providing feedback in our occasional feedback surveys....
A while back, while researching for Against the Dark Yogi we briefly considered using Ganjifa cards in the action mechanic for the game. Ganjifa cards are traditional round playing cards found throughout India, although they were originally introduced to India by way of Persia during the reign of the Mughal Empire. They're pretty cool....
A while back, while researching for Against the Dark Yogi we briefly considered using Ganjifa cards in the game. Ganjifa cards are traditional round Indian playing cards, and they're pretty cool. The problem, we discovered, is that there hasn't been a general market printing of ganjifa cards in the US since the 1950's, and so they're very difficult to find. (Or at least difficult to find without shelling out a lot of money.)...
I've been giving some thought recent to luck points as they existed in first generation Saga Machine games, how they influence the feel of the game and whether they're a good thing to include in a genre-agnostic game's core....
I'm now happy to present the third in our series of Setting Sheets: Ishtaban. Like our first two (Tansaar & Bhurloka), this Setting Sheet a page--both front and back--detailing a particular setting in brief. We plan to release more of setting sheets, all leading up to the release of our final product for the first generation of Saga Machine games: Nexus Endtime....
Now we proudly present our fourth art preview for our upcoming game, Against the Dark Yogi. Here a naga can be seen, ready for a fight. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that Against the Dark Yogi is currently in the first iteration of its public beta, and the beta can be downloaded from the link above....
Like the last few, it's been a busy quarter at Tab Creations....
A few days ago the open beta of Against the Dark Yogi officially started. This iteration of the beta is expected to last a couple months, then a second iteration will begin. You can check it out at the link above....