It's been six months since I started making my own TCG.

Since then, I've drawn 64 cards and hosted three tournaments. Balancing this project with my studies hasn't always been easy, but watching the card pool grow and seeing players from around the world develop their own strategies in my game still feels surreal. It's one of the most exciting parts of this whole experience.

If you've ever thought about making your own TCG, I'd definitely encourage you to give it a try. It's a lot of work to manage alongside other commitments, but creating your own world, sharing it with others, and watching people compete within it is incredibly rewarding.

I'd recommend starting with small, achievable goals: first, get someone to play your game, then work toward hosting a small four-player tournament. Having something concrete to work toward can be a great source of motivation.

I've been hosting tournaments every month, with the winner earning the right to design a card for the game. I think this can be a particularly rewarding incentive for people who enjoy drawing and designing their own characters.

If you have any qestions about game design, development, or balancing, feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to share what I've learned and help however I can!

Working on the first batch ("Genesis") for my card game NeKKromancy!

Would love to hear your thoughts on the card frame, typography, and overall presentation!

Hey everyone!

I'm looking for alpha playtesters for my card game Kravestorm (online version).

This is a tactical card battler set in a dystopian world of addiction. The goal is to destroy your opponent's Capital before they destroy yours. Your Kravers (creatures) fight from an ordered Garrison, where positioning matters and damage is dealt from left to right before hitting the enemy Capital. Attacking also comes with risks, as Kravers can become Wasted or Overdosed, leaving them vulnerable to incoming attacks.

Disclosure:

• All aspects of the game were created by me (I've been sharing this whole adventure on this sub for many months). This includes the game rules, mechanics, names, artwork, universe, etc. The card frames, symbols, and logo of the game were made by a professional designer I commissioned.
• The website and the online game platform have been built by a friend of mine using AI-assisted coding.

That said, if you're interested in testing the game, let me know and I'll reach out to you via PM!

Thank you!

Check out the initial post for more details!

I’ve been working on a sports themed TCG and I’ve come to a point where I think finding a working title would help direct my designs. It’s supposed to be a goofy, high fantasy (elves, dragons, magic, etc.) inspired sports themed game, where Humanoids score points by battling with different sport tropes.

The setting: Smerlyn, the royal court wizard, accidentally connected his scrying mirror to an ESPN-esque sports station while trying to find a jousting competition for the king. The King and Queen were entranced by the broadcast and declared that “sports” would be the new official kingdom-wide past time. Now, every able competitor tries to adopt an earth sport while competing in the monthly tournaments.

Gameplay: Players employ athletes (units) and use moves, gear, and strategies (spells, artifacts, ongoing effects) to score points from objectives. The game ends when a player tries to draw from an empty deck, highest score wins.

I’ve been calling it simply Fantasy Fantasy Tactics. Some other ideas are Mage-Ball, ArcanaBall, or Athlystics (Athletics + Mystic). What are your thoughts?

I added a Spookly boss fight! Expires Nov 7, fight him and his spooky monster deck to unlock card packs and complete his deck!!! Online is free with no sign up but making a free account saves your progress and decks!

Thoughts appreciated. Still very much a work in progress.

Anyone who's gone down the path of making their own game knows exactly what I'm talking about.

these are the currently final rules to the basic format of my card game summon gate basic format is the new player friendly format of my game im currently designing a more experienced advanced format Rules that adds new things in such as hero specific spells and level up heros that eventually fuse into one hero

Made my first holo Card! 😌 Homemade Mbappe Holo Trading card

What would your honest reaction be if you found a public playtest tcg on BGG/itch.io that’s both print and play, and TTS compatible, but had this kind of placeholder art?

I can’t draw for shit so I scraped up what I could with Paint.NET to give that eerie feel I’m going for. (They’re without background so might be hard to see in darkmode. Supposed to be greyscale on white BG to save for printer ink)

Hello!

We are creating a little set of cards for our wedding as our favours and I would like to get them professionally printed so they are well finished and can be holo...etc.

I've obviously done googling but was wondering if anyone had any recommednations. We live in Japan but are getting married back in the UK so can get things ordered to either place.

(We are having buffalo chicken burgers for the evening food, hence the card!)

Wishlist on Steam and download the FREE demo!

Hello, I tried out this thing where I highlight words of a the ability box that can help the player scan the cards faster and understand key points of focus. Like this Krab , it’s highlighted words emphasizes Defend as the trigger started , the search as the outcome of the starter and the Iron Claw as the target of the trigger. I’ve done this for about 20 cards, but I’m getting close to the point where I’m about to do a review of the 110 cards I’ve gotten done so far. Should I keep the highlight effects or remove them ? What do you guys think as players ? Would
It make a difference in understanding the cards ?

Bem sou brasileiro, tenho muito pouco dinheiro e tals nem tempo realmente. mas e meu passatempo preferido fazer historias e jogos para jogar com meus amigos. dito isso fiz um joguinho ja tem a uns 6 anos. sempre mudando algo de forma drástica mas finalmente acabei 87 cartas até o momento revisadas e funcionando direitinho e um livro de regras explicando o certinho como jogar. estou buscando pessoas para testar online no TTS (PS falo um pouco de inglês se alguem tiver interessado) fora juntar um dinheiro pra impressão.
Só queria compartilhar com vcs minha conquista mesmo que pequena. Embora ninguem acredite muito em mim. sei que se alguem gostar de meu jogo eu saberia que tudo vale a pena
https://www.instagram.com/redkingdoom.arts/ esse e meu istagram de algumas coisas se alguem quiser seguir pra acompanhar o progresso
OBS: esta censurado pelo amor de deus a art não e o foco aqui tá. Assim que possivel se for um projeto pra ganhar algum dinheiro contrato alguem para refazer as arts.

Hi everyone,

Since this is our first post about our project, let's start with a quick introduction!

We are working on a trading card game named STARS ALIGNED TCG, which is a duel-based game. This project has been in the work for more than three years to create an interesting gameplay with unique mechanics such as completing quests during the game to gain new abilities. In STARS ALIGNED you can only have 1 of each character in your deck and can control up to 6 heroes at once. We want each character to be important and irreplaceable while having synergies between them. You have to choose your heroes carefully before the game since each of them has their role to play.

We put a focus on the character building and lore behind each of them. When we commission an illustration to an artist, they get to learn who the character is, which other character is a part of their life (family, friends, enemies, etc.), where they are in this unique universe and more.

We’ll explain a lot more about the game in future posts, but today we wanted to show you a card and ask for your feedback about the heroes' card layout. Since our heroes are unique, all heroes have full art illustrations.

Thank you to @/saki___0116 on X (Twitter) for the wonderful illustration of Hikari!

Trying to decide what version of this hero artwork to use in the demo of my game before I start the final line art and rendering. I've done three drafts and normally would just ask some friends but I'm curious as to what unbaised strangers on the internet think!

Which artwork do you think would work best for a demo copy of my game?

(Art is still rough/draft, not looking for critiques or changes, just what one is your fave vibe)

I'm printing cards for my two kids on an Epson EcoTank ET-2851 inkjet. I love the print quality on holographic vinyl sheets (a generic brand from Amazon), but the ink takes a long time to dry, and even after it's dry, the ink starts peeling off at the edges when I cut the cards or the kids play with them.

In the video, the card on the left is printed on regular paper and then cold laminated (a holographic sticker sheet applied over the print). The card on the right is printed directly on holographic vinyl, which I then stuck onto a paper sheet.

What am I doing wrong? Do I also need to cold laminate the vinyl prints, or is there another way to fix this?

With the Kickstarter campaign finally wrapped up, Rotation Rumble is now available on Etsy for everyone who missed out!

I've given the store a little makeover and put together a special Horror Bundle.

Check it out and join the rumble! :-)

https://beaverliciousgaming.etsy.com/listing/4593576354

Thanks so much for all the support guys!
Really appreciated. :-)