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Interest in a Deck of Monster Cards?

Started by SowelBlack, October 05, 2012, 09:44:56 AM

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crkrueger

#15
October 11, 2012, 04:57:07 PM
Ah ok.

Well to the original poster...no offense, but any collectability horseshit and you can shove the whole thing up your ass.  :hatsoff:

and yes, considering how I feel in general about collectability in RPGs, that was about as nice as I could make it.

Other then that, yeah it's a cool idea, especially if there is a pdf version to recoup the various ways cards get destroyed.
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SowelBlack

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October 11, 2012, 10:47:52 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2012, 10:50:35 PM by SowelBlack
Thanks for the feedback to date.

Quote from: CRKrueger;590902Ah ok.

Well to the original poster...no offense, but any collectability horseshit and you can shove the whole thing up your ass.  :hatsoff:

and yes, considering how I feel in general about collectability in RPGs, that was about as nice as I could make it.

Other then that, yeah it's a cool idea, especially if there is a pdf version to recoup the various ways cards get destroyed.

Just trying to gauge interest in different factors.  The survey results aren't as overwhelming as I hoped, so if I move forward it has to be in a way that minimizes up-front costs.  Of course, now-a-days there are ways to do that.  So I'll put in in the drawer of projects to consider next and the feedback to date helps me to decide if I should pull it out next or pick something else.
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TristramEvans

#17
October 12, 2012, 02:08:03 PM
I don't really have a problem with "chase cards" as long as they aren't necessary to complete a set. I mean, alternate "hologram" versions of cards are just fine. But really they only exist so people will keep buying packs long after they've completed their set.

SowelBlack

#18
October 12, 2012, 03:40:56 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;591063I don't really have a problem with "chase cards" as long as they aren't necessary to complete a set. I mean, alternate "hologram" versions of cards are just fine. But really they only exist so people will keep buying packs long after they've completed their set.

What I was thinking of was doing multiple versions of some common creatures stat-ted up in different ways.  So the chase cards could be different goblins or kobolds or skeletons (goblin shaman or a kobold king or a dwarven skeleton) where the base set has the basic version of the creature.

So if you just want the basic stats for all creatures you can get that in the base set.  The chase cards just give an extra level for people who want more.
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Doctor Jest

#19
October 12, 2012, 08:38:18 PM
This was the monster cards I was talking about, from 1982. The art was pretty hit and miss, mostly miss. They were released in 4 sets of 20 cards each. They're hard to find because they only had one print run, as they were fairly unpopular.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/97137829/1982-tsr-hobbies-advanced-dungeons-and

TristramEvans

#20
October 12, 2012, 09:33:55 PM
Quote from: Doctor Jest;591146This was the monster cards I was talking about, from 1982. The art was pretty hit and miss, mostly miss. They were released in 4 sets of 20 cards each. They're hard to find because they only had one print run, as they were fairly unpopular.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/97137829/1982-tsr-hobbies-advanced-dungeons-and

Erg, yeah, sometimes its painful to see TSR art before the heyday of AD&D 2E.

Were there stats on the back of them?

Doctor Jest

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October 12, 2012, 09:49:51 PM Last Edit: October 12, 2012, 09:53:15 PM by Doctor Jest
Quote from: TristramEvans;591153Erg, yeah, sometimes its painful to see TSR art before the heyday of AD&D 2E.

Were there stats on the back of them?

Yes, the full stat block was printed on the back. Like most of the art, it was printed portrait oriented, which also seemed odd. They were also rather flimsy card stock, and the back where the stats were printed was uncoated, so it smudged and stained and wore easily.

RPGPundit

#22
October 13, 2012, 09:49:23 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;590869A general lack of protective sleeves?

Getting the cards lost or damaged.

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