Basic HeroScape Customs ?

[DaCoda]

Hey There,

I'm only seeing master game versions of custom cards. What are people doing with the basic side of cards. I am looking into printing off some custom cards to start playing and I wanted to make sure that I could easily print a) accuratly sized, and b) two sided cards. The issue with this is that I do not see the other side of these cards.

Is there a community rule about adjust stats for a basic game? Are people just ignoring the basic game cards? I only ask because I am about to start taking HeroScape to local game store game nights to try and recruit some intrest in HeroScape and wargames in general. The master game might be a little extreme to just thrust people into.

[ibechief]

I love the enthusiasm here; but I do not agree about the level of complexity present in the master game version. The game is designed to be picked up by 8 year old children and played. Starting them off with the basic game may be worth wild for small kids but I think any adult worth their weight in cheese would prefer the strategy contained in the Master version.
I would love to see some custom basic cards as my 5 year old plays the master version with our local game shop crowd and might like to play the basic game on a causal level at home.

[mac122]

C3V creates a basic side for their releases to match the official cards. I've thought about it for my personal.customs, but haven't done any. I'm not aware of any other person or group that creates the basic side.

[DaCoda]

Well C3V would be the first customs I'd want to reproduce. So that's great.

I am not going to debate the simplicity of the master game. I'll add my ocd as a second reason to want the backs for my cards.

I have one reproduced custom; a repainting of a Krav Magna agent that is a standalone hero in a red jumpsuit. She's at my other house. I'll post her name later. I never use her because her card is half the size of the others and only one sided. That just bothers me.

If I decide to use customs other than C3V's I will ask first and then make a basic side for them.

Now I just need to learn how to print correctly sided, double sided cards. I'll need to get a better printer. I think my mother can hook me up with an Epson to borrow.

[ibechief]

Originally Posted by DaCoda

Well C3V would be the first customs I'd want to reproduce. So that's great.

I am not going to debate the simplicity of the master game. I'll add my ocd as a second reason to want the backs for my cards.

I have one reproduced custom; a repainting of a Krav Magna agent that is a standalone hero in a red jumpsuit. She's at my other house. I'll post her name later. I never use her because her card is half the size of the others and only one sided. That just bothers me.

If I decide to use customs other than C3V's I will ask first and then make a basic side for them.

Now I just need to learn how to print correctly sided, double sided cards. I'll need to get a better printer. I think my mother can hook me up with an Epson to borrow.

As far as the printing goes, you should be able to print properly sized double sided images of the cards with ease using any Graphics Editing program like Photoshop or GIMP. Any normal printer will work just fine.

Edit: almost forgot about Magic Set Editor

[mac122]

I highly recommend MSE. It greatly simplifies card making. When I first.started customs, I used GIMP for the whole process. I always had alignment issues. MSE provides a consistent quality and also automates a lot of steps. Drop down menus and automatic abilities reduce typing (and typos). There are Basic aide templates included as well.

Edit: I still use GIMP to edit the images and hit zones.