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cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:50 pm GMT Post subject: Daemon Dice Demo Mat

I didn't get to review the rules, but I did update the demo mat. If you have a chance, try it out and let me know what you think. its intended to print on 11 by 17 paper.

http://www.sfr-inc.com/DemoMat_0.6b.pdf
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chuckpint · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:44 am GMT Post subject:

Forgot to change Move to Dodge.

Quotes on ray and sweep should be italics.

Stinger reads wrong. Should be: "Stinger is wounded, victim suffers stun each turn until victim chooses to suffer a wound."
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:47 am GMT Post subject:

:-p

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posted.
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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:51 am GMT Post subject:

Can you make a more graphic version...
(comical) or (dark)
I think it would add excitement and pictures seem to be easier to assiciate with rather than "wordy" assignmnets.

example:

Comical for stunned: twirls over a crossed eyed face

Dark:

Wounded: blood drips

cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:01 am GMT Post subject:

This is still a draft and not going into any kind of box.

.i plan to pretty it up with some artwork when it's closer to being done.

The one thing i don't know if it needs...

Most icons apply to one area. Attack or defense or minus. Would putting those icons in that area help or just lead to premature sorting?
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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:28 pm GMT Post subject:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:32 pm GMT Post subject:

So there are two ways to handle that.

Currently the list of icons are done alphabetically, which is only useful if you know or can guess what the icon is.

So I could reorder the icons at the bottom into 'minus, defense, attack'

or I could leave that list alone and just put the icon image (no text) with those three boxes.

it would make it a little more busy.
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Spesh · dragonmount Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Location: RENO

I like your idea to sort the icons, into "minus, defense, attack".

cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:27 pm GMT Post subject:

ddicerc · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:47 pm GMT Post subject:

I didn't have 11 x 17 paper, so I printed out a couple in 8 1/2 x 11. Tried a quick game, and a 13-die fiend really has no problem on the smaller mat. Unless you play a lot of "grabbing" dice, most sections are big enough (although you may have to go two-deep on attacks or defenses if you got a good roll). Wounded might be a little small against some fiends (especially rot), but if you fill up the current space your game is probably pretty close to over.
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:57 pm GMT Post subject:

Spesh · dragonmount Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Location: RENO

I think that sorting the icons on the bottom only, should be enough.
Just grouping them together according to their function, could be a help to new players.

DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:56 am GMT Post subject:

Spesh · dragonmount Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Location: RENO

Cliff has all the icons located at the bottom of the mat, which is a good location; they aren't in the way of play, but they're handy for reference purposes.
I was just thinking that having them sorted according to function, would make it easier for a new player to locate the icon that they're searching for.

dproman · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:48 pm GMT Post subject: Daemon Dice™ Demo Mat

I agree with Spesh. If the icons were sorted by function (or some other criteria) it might help me to (a) learn the game (for myself)
(b) teach/demo the game.
Just looking at it from a novice rep 'point of view' Very Happy

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DialFforFunky · rare Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 1992 Location: Groningen

Couldn't leave well enough alone, even though I hardly have any experience with the game. It was only halfway through that I discovered that there already was a demo mat (which turned out not to differ all that much from my set-up), so I borrowed some parts.

Even though my picture is a very rough set-up, I hope that it does demonstrate that I wanted to display structure. The fields have a strong relation to each other in a spacial sense. Active goes left, inactive goes right. The arrows make the board follow the broad lines of the thought-process that underlies a turn.

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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:07 am GMT Post subject:

Very Nice... I like the tentacle.

Personally... I think the whole look should be that of a dungeon.
Just like the logo depicts... dungeon-like.

DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:22 am GMT Post subject:

Yes I'm certain of it...
to me anyways...
based on all these boxes used,
it would seem that a floor plan of a dungeon fits the bill.

So each box would be a room in the dungeon.
Passage ways would link rooms, similar to the arrow.

The entire look should be dark, large dungeon bricks,
and use the tentacles and claw body parts to add a spooky-creepy feeling.

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:12 pm GMT Post subject:

BTW - the reason that I put those across the top the way i did is so that two mats will line up against eachother. thus the grabbed and grabbing are near themselves.

Also, There are 3 minus and 4 defense and 11 attack and two multipurpose icons. I am not loving anyway to lay these out due to the large count differences...
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:43 am GMT Post subject:

I'm still not in love with this, but wanted to post it just to see what it would look like.

http://www.sfr-inc.com/DemoMat_0.7b.pdf

I know it needs some eye candy, but the artist I wanted to use is swamped, so it'll take some time for him to get to it.
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