Ramblings, rants and idle thoughts

All 25 demo decks have arrived from CGaC.


So I'll be holding, setting up demos in local gaming stores in the near future.

the Radar Control FaceBook page is active: https://www.facebook.com/lowen.kind.5

To increase my chances of raising the needed funds I also am doing an IndieGogo campaign here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/radar-control-card-game/x/6192691 .

I screwed up and made it fixed funding rather than flexible funding. so it is an all or nothing deal, like KickStarter. :=/

I also added another stretch goal for $100.At that level you get not only a signed deck, but a limited edition hat. :=3

My brother, who did the artwork, called me to ask if I had received the proof deck yet. The answer was no, as I should get it tomorrow, Friday.

I told him what I had posted and I was feeling frustrated.
He said, "Don, you have gone further than 95% of the people do when they have an idea. Even with the hotel, you have gone further. You have taken steps to make your dreams reality. Do not give up. Make it work."

He also told me that printing cost rang true with him, as he has to deal with printers in his day job, a catalog manager for a restaurant supply house: Franklin Machine Products or FMP.

I had to agree with him on his assessment of my progress. Even with the hotel I formed the company, drew up basic plans, did preliminary renders, and have a rock solid business plan. Not many people go that far with a long shot idea.

So, unlike Ralph and Fred, at least I get my projects started to the point where they can become reality.

BTW, I do have another idea that I have been sitting on for close to 20 years, but that idea requires a factory to mass produce cast/machined parts. This is one idea that the "Shark Tank" would probably go for, but I need to get a prototype built first.

On another note, I received all the official documentation for the company, including the company seal, today. So, Lion Games, LLC is officially official. :=3

Banner for game by LionkingCMSL on deviantART

Here is the banner for the game that will be at various cons.
Full size it measures 24" wide x 80" tall.

Artwork Copyright 2014 Karl Miller

Radar Control box mock up by LionkingCMSL on deviantART

This is a mock up of the box, using copier paper, for my game, Radar Control.

All the artwork has been finalized and the first proof deck is only days away. :=3

I'll post a better quality picture of the box and the deck when I get the proof deck in.

Box artwork Copyright 2014 Karl Miller

I just received the invoice from Chicago Game and Card for 50% of the cost to print up the demo decks! :=3

Once I get the proof and am satisfied with it I pay the rest and shipping.

So a game that has been on the back burner since 2003 is going to become reality. :=3

As I do the happy lion dance!

I just launched the KickStarter for Radar Control at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/642265234/radar-control-game .

Please help me get this game off the ground, so to speak.

I will be ordering 10 demo decks to show around and demo the game. So, pass the word!

We, our normal gaming group, have ended one campaign using the old characters and started a new campaign, using new characters, but in the same setting fifteen years, or so, in the future.

I chose to play an intelligent, speaking, quad lion who is a ranger. This does lead to some interesting interaction. :=3

We are now at level 2 and at level 4 Simba gets an animal companion. I'm leaning towards a red-tailed hawk, as that would compliment a lion's abilities just nicely.

So I decided to render a pic of Simba and his companion, "Red" as they navigate through some woods.
( You know the drill. :=3 )

The normal gaming group had defeated the dragon and was pretty much unstoppable. :=3 So we decided to halt any other campaigns with them and to make new characters and re-start in the same local, though 25 years in the future.

Well, I have played a full anthro lion, in a Jade Claw campaign, the last was a human totem warrior, as a lion with his totem. By the end he could morph to lion at any time. So, what to play next? Only one thing left, a full quad lion, that happens to be intelligent and can speak. ;=3

His name is Simba, which is a real Swahili word for lion, and he'll be a ranger. When he gets his "animal companion" I leaning towards either hawk or eagle. I think that would make a great team. ;=3

Well, mooncat  decided on a anthro cat, a Siamese "fire point", to be her character. I think It's a druid ranger, and her name is Brin. Funny thing is that Brin only stands 3' 6" tall, or about shoulder height on Simba.

There has been some discussion on how NPC's may see a druid and an intelligent lion. Something like Simba would be Brin's animal companion. Of course Simba is against this, and Brin is telling him that if he doesn't cooperate they might see him as a demon. :=3

This brought to mind me doing a scene involving that discussion:

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It is morning and Brin is trying to convince Simba to go along with her plan. Simba is quickly losing his patience and is ready to take his leave of her. Better to leave than to do something he would regret later.

BTW, Mooncat, I know you picked an epee, but I didn't have one, so she got a long sword. Also, this was my best guess on how she would look and her clothes. ;=3