Item Cards status update

Flyspeck23 · 17th November 2006, 05:46 PM

The Blank Item Cards are nearly ready for release. As this is the largest set of blank cards yet (32 pages, not counting 2 pages for intro and OGL - didn't I tell you this project is huge?

), it'll be quite some work to check if all the form fields (literally hundreds of them) are working properly.

As I write this, I'm working on the last item type (weapons) for the Complete Item Cards. They'll be released soon. I guess I'll need another 3-4 days to get the layout done, plus maybe another day for adding form fields (the CIC are the first set of Complete cards which will feature form fields) and other stuff.

What this boils down to: Blank Item Cards will be released this weekend (11-19), and the Complete Item Cards shortly thereafter.

**Morrus** · 17th November 2006, 07:33 PM

I've seen the blank cards and damn they're great!

Did I ever mention how much I love your cards, Stefan?

Flyspeck23 · 18th November 2006, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrus

Did I ever mention how much I love your cards, Stefan?

Not often enough

Flyspeck23 · 20th November 2006, 03:57 PM

In case you haven't noticed, the Blank Item Cards are available now.

Boss · 20th November 2006, 04:08 PM

I have to say, these are wonderful and will definitely see use in my game!!!!! Can't wait for the Complete Items to come out.

Flyspeck23 · 21st November 2006, 10:35 AM

Thanks! Glad you like them.

And I can't wait for the CIC to be released too... contrary to what some people may think, I'm not too happy with very small fonts

Meaning: not quite done yet. As usual there are problems emerging where I didn't expect any. Nothing too severe though, still making good progress.

DonTadow · 29th November 2006, 05:23 PM

The anticipation is killing me. I got some money set aside just for these items. Any idea how much longer the wait?

Flyspeck23 · 6th December 2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DonTadow

The anticipation is killing me. I got some money set aside just for these items. Any idea how much longer the wait?

Not much longer... RL had been hitting kinda hard last week, but that's settled. All that's left to do is editing the weapons and armor cards, both of which I'm still not 100% satisfied with (I'm talking about text and functionality of the card, not the basic layout - that'll remain pretty much unchanged from the blank version).

So basically the CIC will be released once I'm happy with them. Working on it...

Tourk · 2nd January 2007, 08:25 PM

I saw your Item cards and I think they are really great. I was wondering a few things though, will the Complete Item Cards come in the "standard" size 2.5" x 3.5" format or if not can you tell me how to resize? Will I be able to save my custom cards on the complete version?

Thank you for your time,
Zeb K.

Flyspeck23 · 4th January 2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tourk

I saw your Item cards and I think they are really great. I was wondering a few things though, will the Complete Item Cards come in the "standard" size 2.5" x 3.5" format or if not can you tell me how to resize? Will I be able to save my custom cards on the complete version?

The CIC will be the same size as the blank version, the same size as all of TOGC's cards. As for resizing, that could be done in Acrobat Reader - but not if you want the cards to fit on 2.5x3.5.
Did that answer your question?

You'll be able to save the blank item cards at a later date, not necessarily when the CIC are released. That's because I can't add that feature to a PDF - another company does that.

Tourk · 4th January 2007, 12:20 PM

I meant would the individual cards be 2.5" x 3.5" about the size of a Magic: the gathering card? I couldn't find an option in Adobe Reader, could you tell me where it might be?

Thanks again.
Zeb K.

Flyspeck23 · 8th January 2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tourk

I meant would the individual cards be 2.5" x 3.5" about the size of a Magic: the gathering card? I couldn't find an option in Adobe Reader, could you tell me where it might be?

In AR7, all you can do is fit / reduce the page to printer margins. Even if you could manually select a percentage, it would be quite hard (trial and error or some math) to get the cards to exactly that size.

The cards should roughly be the size of Magic cards though. You can store them like those.

cobalt · 13th January 2007, 09:28 PM

Recently purchased the spell/monster/psionics cards. We absolutely love them. Looking forward to the item cards. Keep up the good work!

Forge · 15th January 2007, 01:30 AM

Any idea as to when they will be done? I will be starting up a new campaign soon and would love use them in the game.

Flyspeck23 · 17th January 2007, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by cobalt

Recently purchased the spell/monster/psionics cards. We absolutely love them. Looking forward to the item cards. Keep up the good work!

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forge

Any idea as to when they will be done? I will be starting up a new campaign soon and would love use them in the game.

Soon :\

I think I can give a precise release date (the kind of release date TOGC hasn't missed yet

) later this week.

Edit: see the latest news (1-18-2007) at the TOGC site for a more detailed explanation. In a nutshell: final release date on Monday or Tuesday, release shortly thereafter (5-10 days later).

Flyspeck23 · 23rd January 2007, 07:21 PM

FYI: the release date is 2-5-2007.

Keoki · 6th February 2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyspeck23

FYI: the release date is 2-5-2007.

Today is 2-6-2007 and I can't seem to order the item cards at TOGC or RPG Now. Are they out yet?

DonTadow · 6th February 2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Keoki

Today is 2-6-2007 and I can't seem to order the item cards at TOGC or RPG Now. Are they out yet?

I was just thinkinga bout this. Rpgnow is down.

Flyspeck23 · 6th February 2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DonTadow

I was just thinkinga bout this. Rpgnow is down.

But it's my fault they're late

Still some work to do. They'll be available today or tomorrow...

Flyspeck23 · 7th February 2007, 07:46 PM

Pretty soon the CIC will be available! I've finished the cards and they're awaiting validation by RPGNow.com.

In the meantime take a look at the CIC Demo (838 kb PDF).