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Major Breakthrough
In September, I had what I believed to be a breakthrough with Armor & Ash. For about a year now I’ve been struggling with what…
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Playtesting the Evil Eye
My wife and I recently play tested a game of Armor & Ash using the Forest Elves and Fomorians. She was the Elves, which lost,…
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Decks Were Not Created In Order
It might come as a surprise to find out that the factions and unique characters that end up in the final version of a game…
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Beast Deck & Fear
After a few playtests, it occurred to me that I might want to save the Young Griffin card for a supplemental Beast deck I’m beginning…
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Diverse Characters in Games
Continuing my earlier post about diversity within the factions, I recently created a few new characters for the Forest Elves and the Undead faction. For…
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Completely Balanced is Boring
In an earlier post I talked about how I graphed out each of the faction decks that make up Armor & Ash. By the numbers,…
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Elemental Damage
Today, we are testing version 3.something of the game. My enthusiasm is high and the ideas about how to make the game better are coming…
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Card Diversity in Armor & Ash
Today I want to talk about the diversity of units within each faction because my original concept is a lot different than where the game…
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Armor & Ash, The Early Versions
When the original idea for the card game, Armor & Ash, came into my head I started writing the core elements of it down on…
