Everything Bianca

I want to create a card game. The refrain hasn't faded since it started this morning. I thought one based off Krae Virdani would be interesting, and I also thought I was thinking about a trading card game.

Hours of research have set me straight. Since I don't 1) have a large circle of friends to collect anything with and 2) don't care to sell it, I am probably thinking along the lines of a "dedicated" card game with an TCG feel. Like, you'd have all the cards, but still build a play deck from it. That's loose at the moment. 

I can't say I've ever played a trading card game. Sure, I've played a few rounds with my husbands M:tG cards, but those were his decks, and they were some mean decks. In fact, I can't touch them any more. (Something to do with beating the creator with his own deck, no doubt.) I have to build my own decks if I want to play, and I don't care to play that much.

Either way, the idea of creating a game has always lingered. I halt every time I start thinking of a computer game to create. No passion there. While thinking about ways to print the Nysidra cards I just finished (not a game, but still cards) the card game idea occurred to me.

I'm still doing research and jotting down notes. I think I know a theme I want to go with, but I have a few game-minded friends that I want to consult first: Jesterman, The Gnat, and Corkchop, to be precise. On this project, I actually know people who could provide insight into the mechanics. 

We'll see.

10-April-2008
"Everquest II - I stopped playing this game last year. I'm putting it on the list because there's the chance I may start playing again. Not on my old character, Korina, on my old server, Najena. I'd start on the same server as my neighbor."

Friday evening, I renewed my subscription and began reinstalling the game. Somehow (as if I'm really surprised), I went from just checking out the site and forums to waiting for the updates to finish.

Saturday morning I iniated the transfer that turned Lady Korina Noctiferre of Najena into Lady Korixa of Antonia Bayle. That's the server my husband put his character on while I was in "quit mode."

I haven't played since September of last year, and prior to then, I'd been playing for three years. There have been several updates I know nothing about. I don't know anyone on AB (other than my husband). I always played Korina in a 'near' roleplay manner, but now that I'm on an official RP server, I can do that even more. 

The sad part, is that I can't think of her as Korina anymore. She isn't the #1 Woodworker. She doesn't have the market firmly in her grasp. She doesn't log in with several requests from people to craft things. She isn't going to be called to raid at all hours of the day. There won't be any familiar faces. 

So, I'm not going to put up my 3 years worth of screen shots of a character I no longer play. Korixa is a transfer student. Whatever happened in her past is over. No one cares. She's an unknown. 

This can work too. 

I spent that first day in game spending nearly all of Korixa's money. There was so much furniture she didn't have! Flowers, plants... oh, and a piano. 18p? No problem. Oh, and new lighting fixtures, and more pets. I spent about 70p on furniture and about 50p on collection items.

Korixa is walking around with 30p on her now, but her house is up to date. Although, I will admit, it's starting to look a bit... full. *laughs*

Sunday I attended a couple of the server's roleplay events. I went to the Wishing Well and to a guild's bar. It was weird. I didn't know anyone. I'm used to knowing almost everyone. Agony. 

This makes the game worth playing now though. Having everything (short of a few 'uber' raid items), made the game boring. Now I'm low on funds, no longer top level, out of the loop, friendless, guildless, and there are lands as yet explored by me.

Awesome.

 Lineage II - Private server, chaps. This one has been falling out of favor with me lately. Nothing to do with the game, it just keeps getting squeezed out in the time crunch.

Mythos - This one is still in beta. So, that's all I'm going to say.

The Witcher - I play this one less than L2. When I heard there was an update being created for it I decided to wait for that to come out. It's a great game.

Everquest II - I stopped playing this game last year. I'm putting it on the list because there's the chance I may start playing again. Not on my old character, Korina, on my old server, Najena. I'd start on the same server as my neighbor.

Go - Not online. With a board. With stones. With another person in meatspace. I bought the board so that my husband and I could play. Currently, we're both beginners. This adds a new level of fun and bemusement to the game.