{"id":287,"date":"2011-01-25T13:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2011-01-25T21:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:18:00","slug":"blood-and-swash-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"Blood and Swash Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sample Cards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw a link on The Miniatures Page not long ago about a print on demand shop, superiordpod.com<\/a>. \u00a0I got the idea that for my pirate tavern fight convention games, it might be nice to have cards with pre-rolled stats. \u00a0In those games, using Blood and Swash<\/em>, I usually have each player control one of each character class: Swashbuckler, Hero, Swordsman, and Man at Arms. \u00a0Over the holidays I photographed each of the pirate figures I use in those tavern fight games and then made these cards. \u00a0It took a few iterations with the company to get my cards to match the template for printing, but I’m really happy with the final product.<\/p>\n

This photograph shows some figures along with their matching cards. \u00a0Note that each character class has a different colored label. \u00a0This is so I can quickly sort them into four stacks and have the players draw one from each stack to start a game.<\/p>\n

In practice, I plan to get the hard cases used for collectable cards. \u00a0Each player will put his cards in one of those cases so he can use a grease pencil to mark off ammunition and hits.<\/p>\n

I’m so happy with these cards that I’ve been thinking about other uses of custom cards. \u00a0A deck of 54 cards costs about $6.00 plus another $5.00 for shipping. \u00a0I made some mistakes on the first order. \u00a0Then I wanted to finish making cards for the rest of my pirates. \u00a0I just sent in another order for 108 cards, and the total order cost was something like $14.00. \u00a0The price is very reasonable. \u00a0I’m working on custom decks of cards for GMs of Look, Sarge<\/em> games.<\/p>\n