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Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: Black Vulmea on February 11, 2013, 03:01:31 PM
Only a little more than a day left to put Tavern Cards (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1341684959/tavern-cards-playing-cards-that-create-a-tavern) over the top!

Tavern Cards are a deck of cards which allow you to randomly build a tavern for roleplaying games. If you like random generation of setting details, these are right in your wheelhouse.

Only $800.00 to go! Check 'em out!


Note that I'm simply a backer, not the project creator. All I get out of this if it funds is a deck of cards.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: DestroyYouAlot on February 11, 2013, 03:05:43 PM
That sounds cool as hell.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: One Horse Town on February 11, 2013, 03:08:42 PM
Quote from: DestroyYouAlot;627356That sounds cool as hell.

It isn't.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: Black Vulmea on February 11, 2013, 03:13:23 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;627357It isn't.
Killjoy wuz here.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: APN on February 11, 2013, 03:52:51 PM
Think I'm missing something here. As in, what's the point of them? Are they a game aid, some kind of card game or what? I initially thought they were a pack of random adventure generators as might be found in the old 'You start in a tavern...' intros to adventures of old. Draw a card - rescue a... another card... merchant... who has been ... card... kidnapped... by card... Trolls and so on, with say a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet section on each card, all different. Draw seven cards, read the colours and put an adventure plot together.

Or at least that's what I thought it might be. This, I'm not sure of. On the plus side $5 for shipping is very reasonable, probably too cheap (to get from the US to Britain for $5?) I'll have another look at it.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: Black Vulmea on February 11, 2013, 08:34:30 PM
Quote from: APN;627367I initially thought they were a pack of random adventure generators as might be found in the old 'You start in a tavern...' intros to adventures of old. Draw a card - rescue a... another card... merchant... who has been ... card... kidnapped... by card... Trolls and so on, with say a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet section on each card, all different. Draw seven cards, read the colours and put an adventure plot together.
Yeah, I saw that post on story-games.com, too.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: APN on February 12, 2013, 12:52:24 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;627426Yeah, I saw that post on story-games.com, too.

Well, I didn't post it there - just stating my thought on how the cards *might* have been useful. As it is, I don't know what they are for.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: Black Vulmea on February 12, 2013, 01:56:17 PM
Quote from: APN;627566As it is, I don't know what they are for.
Like any other randomiser, they provide inspiration and they're fun to play with.

The project funded, btw.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: RPGPundit on February 13, 2013, 10:42:43 AM
I'm glad it funded but couldn't a similar thing be done with some random tables and no expense?

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Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: Black Vulmea on February 13, 2013, 11:07:23 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;627879I'm glad it funded but couldn't a similar thing be done with some random tables and no expense?
Sure. The cards add novelty, nothing more.
Title: [Kickstarter] Tavern Cards
Post by: RPGPundit on February 14, 2013, 01:17:27 AM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;627886Sure. The cards add novelty, nothing more.

Well, fair enough. If some people want a gimmick, and someone else wants to sell it to them, there's no harm done.

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