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- Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:20 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Design of Co-Op Board Games and Card Games
- Replies: 68
- Views: 11263
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:00 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Design of Co-Op Board Games and Card Games
- Replies: 68
- Views: 11263
I question whether unreliability of player actions has anything to do with the micromanagement problem; people can demand that you do the best action even if it's only statistically the best action. I think this is mostly a player personality problem, but it can be mitigated when players genuinely d...
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:01 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cards as an RNG?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2599
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:37 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Released
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25458
By the way, we're about to start beta testing of the first expansion, With an Inner Light . Test kits are supposed to go out this week, but you can probably still sign up if you want. And the Nymph promo just went live in the BoardGameGeek store today! (They've got a 6-month exclusive on it as part ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:37 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Released
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25458
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:21 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Four Stat System.
- Replies: 123
- Views: 27857
Grek, you have failed your reading comprehension check. Several times. The SAME system does not make accuracy and damage of precisely equal value--Frank actually worked out an example in this post showing that they're not (they're close in his example, but they could be vastly farther apart if you c...
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:18 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Four Stat System.
- Replies: 123
- Views: 27857
I've challenged Frank on the powers-of-2 thing several times, across several threads and in PMs, and never gotten an answer that I consider satisfactory. The first and longest discussion is earlier in this thread, starting with this post , where he lays out the idea that any two people whose stats s...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:58 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Released
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25458
I don't think there's an official policy on that. If the store emails AlanEmrich@victorypointgames.com they may be able to work something out.
- Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:27 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Advice Requested: Publishing a Game
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1924
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:20 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Advice Requested: Publishing a Game
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1924
Manxome-> Which games did you design for VPG? Darkest Night , a fantasy co-op where the players resist a conquering necromancer; reminiscent of Arkham Horror For the Crown , a cross between Chess and Dominion where you can use cards to make special moves on the chessboard or exchange them for new p...
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:34 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Advice Requested: Publishing a Game
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1924
Well, I wouldn't bother contacting Fantasy Flight, specifically, because they have in-house designers and don't accept unsolicited game submissions. There was an article about this in the Penny Arcade Report that might interest you. Short version: the guy in the article made prototypes of his games ...
- Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:17 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Released
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25458
Victory Point Games is having a Cyber Monday sale tomorrow--10% off everything with the coupon code Great_Gifts (case sensitive). Darkest Night has reached the top of their 60-day sales chart (which is perhaps not surprising for a game that came out 58 days ago, but is still satisfying; it may alre...
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:52 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: aWoD
- Replies: 17
- Views: 74901
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Released
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25458
Darkest Night Released
My board game Darkest Night is now officially published! You can order it here . http://victorypointgames.com/cw3/assets/product_full/DN_cover_front(LARGE).jpg For those who haven't seen it before (or who have forgotten), this is a fully-cooperative game where a band of fantasy heroes fight a gueril...
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:58 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder Is Still Bad
- Replies: 8556
- Views: 1673844
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:25 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1988
I'm told that all of the playtester positions have now been filled. 11.2 Note: All die rolls in the game favor the heroes in the event of a tie. It feels wrong to have this hidden in the necromancer section, wouldn't it fit better on the first page or something? (yes it really is minor) This is the ...
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:34 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1988
I assume playtesting as usual only works if you live in the USA? Actually, I'm pretty sure VPG accepts international playtesters. I certainly don't see anything in the sign-up instructions that would limit it to USA, and I think there were international playtesters on both of my previous two publis...
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:04 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night Beta
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1988
Darkest Night Beta
Once upon a time, I was inspired by Arkham Horror and an adventure seed from Races of War to design my own cooperative board game. The result was Darkest Night , a game about a band of heroes fighting a guerilla war against an invading necromancer. You may recall me posting print-and-play versions o...
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:52 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2520
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2520
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:08 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Darkest Night
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2520
Wow, one year to the day since your previous post! It wasn't an explicit goal, but yes, that is a consequence of the new rules. Depleting a location was kind of interesting, but I didn't think it was critical to the game, and the new system greatly reduces setup (and the number of components), so I ...
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Destined Hero
- Replies: 2
- Views: 720
Victory Point Games is a fairly small publisher. Some retailers carry their games, but most don't. If your FLGS would like to carry their games, I'm sure VPG would be happy to set them up.
Amazon.com has also recently started listing VPG's games.
Amazon.com has also recently started listing VPG's games.
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Destined Hero
- Replies: 2
- Views: 720
Destined Hero
My second published board game! ---------- What turns a young man into a world-saving hero? A sacred spear, discovered at just the right moment, might just give him the edge he needs to best the evil fiend. But now the spear is locked in a treasure chest! Better make sure he finds the moon key, whic...