Destined Legends TCG

We’re currently in out first round of testing and I can say with some relief that the game is playable. Its one thing to spend months developing spreadsheets of all of the cards, but theres no way of really telling how the game is going to play or behave. So I printed them out super-cheap at fedEx and cut them all out home-brew style. It was quite the feeling to be holding a deck of our cards in my hand. We setup the game back at home and sat down to play.

Our initial findings was a problem with the probability of drawing playable cards at the start of the game. We rigged the game to get past that initial hurdle and actually test the mechanics. I have to say that the game is actually really fun. When you’re in the thick of the battle, things get pretty intense. I was also glad to see our implemented elements of strategy in use already.

Soon we will be revealing more about the mechanics of the game, but for now, you get to put a face to this up-until-now-supposed game. In the images above is a rough draft example of a type of card in the game called “Legend Cards”. The “Legends” are essentially your party members. The word “Legend” is used because of its implications into the Lore of the game, which will be revealed in due time. I’ve broken down the card so you can get an inital understading of our card layout and core design. The grey cards are what we’re using right now for playtesting. There are 5 other types of cards in the game which, once revealed will make the card above make more sense.

Keeping in mind that the cards above are all rough drafts, What do you guys think of the design and layout concept?