Play testing the game with @dcaron and @keepcom #iphoneography #tcg #gallery (Taken with instagram)
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Play testing the game with @dcaron and @keepcom #iphoneography #tcg #gallery (Taken with instagram)

Just some package design for Destined Legends. #iphoneography #tcg #gallery #iphone #Hudson #design #packaging (Taken with instagram)
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Just some package design for Destined Legends. #iphoneography #tcg #gallery #iphone #Hudson #design #packaging (Taken with instagram)

Done! Can’t wait for the next play test! #gallery #Brannan #tcg #fun #iphoneography #picoftheday (Taken with instagram)
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Done! Can’t wait for the next play test! #gallery #Brannan #tcg #fun #iphoneography #picoftheday (Taken with instagram)

Tokens! This is about to happen! #iphoneography #fun #tcg #gallery #Lo-fi (Taken with instagram)
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Tokens! This is about to happen! #iphoneography #fun #tcg #gallery #Lo-fi (Taken with instagram)

Been working on a special digital rule book for the game on iBooks author. Pretty excited about how this is coming out. #tcg #gallery
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Been working on a special digital rule book for the game on iBooks author. Pretty excited about how this is coming out. #tcg #gallery

Newly compiled card for the character “Roslyn” begging for artwork. #tcg #gallery
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Newly compiled card for the character “Roslyn” begging for artwork. #tcg #gallery

Play test with second version of our play-mat (trying a white design for this one). #tcg #gallery
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Play test with second version of our play-mat (trying a white design for this one). #tcg #gallery

#gallery #lo-fi #drinking #jimbeam #tcg #fun #series #iphoneography (Taken with instagram)
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#gallery #lo-fi #drinking #jimbeam #tcg #fun #series #iphoneography (Taken with instagram)

Timeline and Product Release [Update]

As we’re quietly working on all the parts of our game, I thought it would be nice to give an update on our timeline for the project. The dates below are very loose.

Destined Legends, Production Timeline

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Our First Blind Play-Test

I didn’t realize how well last Friday’s play-test went, until I was over at my Uncle’ Kevin’s house two days later. We we’re over for dinner, my brother and I. And we were also joined by our cousin. I was really jonesing to play a board game so I took Settlers of Catan, (factually the galaxy’s best game ever,) over with an intent to teach my Uncle and capitalize on the number of game enthusiasts present. It didn’t take me long to explain the rules of the game to Kevin. Luckily my brother and cousin had already been victims of my board game parties so they were able to chime in with the occasional clarification. If anyone reading this is aware, in Catan, you can trade resources with other players and strategize against others. When explaining this concept I merely mentioned the fact that you could trade resources. Whether it was for the sake of time or some other subconscious reason, I didn’t mention the reason to do it or the potential strategy it would add. To my amazement, about 30-40 minutes into the game, he became wise to these strategies on his own, and the game found its outer layer of fun. The game was now being played the way the creators had fully intended, and Kevin genuinely understood the game. During one of his playful quarrels with my brother over how much wheat was worth his ore, it dawned on me that I witnessed this exact same thing, over my game, just two nights before. Whatever satisfaction I had felt after the play-test on Friday was amplified to a whole new level of realization; Destined Legends, (in our amalgamation of concepts and mechanics,) is now officially a game. It still has some bugs for us to work out, but it is still a very satisfying feeling.



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