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That is the intended difficulty of having to perfectly match values for a trade. Perhaps you had a string of bad luck? I'd have to see your board state when you have a loss. I just updated the rules to make starts a little more forgiving since you start with 3 Guild Standing instead of 0, but makes the game a hair more difficult overall since you have less total cards in your Inventory.

Favour was an old version's terminology (2023), have you downloaded a more recent version?

Ah yes, correct. The first 18 are the core set, next 6 are E1, next 6 are E2, last 6 are E3.  It may be tough to see but the text on the bottom left lists the set a card belongs to. The inverted text over the black background bubble says "Core Set". The following sets say the expansion name and have "(E1)", "(E2)", or "(E3)" next to them.

Unlike many other games, these expansion cards don't really add any new major gameplay rules, more so just new abilities and effects. You simply mix and match the new non-essential cards with old non-essential cards during deck construction. So, the basic game rules already include any new elements introduced in the expansions like the Start of Game trigger event and the Forked Path attribute on the Galdor/Feragot card. 

Can you post them here? I can't guarantee anything will happen with them since I have a published version coming out in near future, but interested to see what you have.

Just Photoshop set to 825x1125px for print on demand needs. One file for the individual cards, another for the 6-card PnP sheet template.

Thanks for the support and even checking it out.

Good callout, I will mention that in the rules. And It DOES remove a card each cycle. The top tooltip tracks this by showing "Cards Drawn" going from X/6 to X/5 to X/4 and so on down to GAME OVER each time you cycle through the deck.

I'm going to convert this section to a forum instead of a thread after tomorrow, so these comments may disappear!

Yeah, random base can be very punishing depending on the draw. hence why it's just a variant and not the base game rule.

Yeah, I can look into how to word this better emphasizing the formation and Ace are for aesthetics while the 3-7 are gameplay-relevant cards. The Ace itself is not a base defense so cant be removed even with a "1". That is considered a missed attack. It's simply there to stare you down as you play.

I originally had all 8 based defenses around the Ace of Spades in the middle (imagine a 3x3 grid). However, that actually made the game a little easier since you had more numbers to target and slightly larger table area.

The Moving a Champion section on this page was summarized here to save space (maybe that was a bad idea?). What you see here is maybe 85-90% of the actual rules. In the downloadable PnP rules, step 2 of Moving a Champion reads as

• Draw a new active movement card. If the deck is empty, shuffle the discard pile to form a new deck, then remove the top card from the game before drawing the new one.

Edit: I added more of the Moving a Champion section from the actual rules onto this page. I remember now why I summarized it. Nested lists, mixing of ordered lists and unordered list, and itch.io's squirrely code interpreter make for a formatting headache.

To be honest, I normally don't just list the rules here like this since its all in the downloadable file, its just here while I work on the promo art. Maybe I should remove it to avoid mismatched interpretations.

Thank you! I have improved the rules to mention which row each set of Spades go in to form the base.

I think there is a 9-card low ink format version on BGG page. I didn’t create those, so can’t bring them over here.

On Top of Deck trigger only resolves once per turn. Can’t reactivate multiple times just because a card was rotated otherwise you could keep rotating eligible rotation cards and activating their On Top of Deck ability multiple times.

Also, this is an old image. The current version of Orzumal's Eye in the PnP file specifically states "If this side was active prior to this turn..."

Sounds great, I think that may be best to put on the BoardGameGeek page so you can manage it and reach wide audience. Thank you!

Hey I'm not sure the publisher's release schedule. Hopefully "soon" there will be an announcement!

They're also available here (I can see the preview thumbnail again so that's a good sign!): 

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/14FwJIUL-Dth3KbflKVSUTfmHif_gUBSf/view?usp=shari...
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/13kYuyQtHtARgk9NWAMQH0b70TCZuByhY/view?usp=shari...

Ok, try to download them now

So the files are blank even when opening from your desktop? Or blank in the browser PDF viewer?I think I figured out why this happens to some people.

When I get home tonight I will update the card files to PDF/E instead of default Adobe PDF.

This only happens with PDFs you combine through Acrobat plugin, not the ones you convert from Microsoft Word.

The 3 matches the Used Item’s Type so it counts as $0 (free) from the Exclusive Offer rule.

While a valid trade, that example was from a time when you always had to trade three Items, where now it really only makes sense to trade a free Item when it will also result in Guild Standing. So, I will change that part of the scenario to avoid confusion.

Yessir!

Edit: I now clarify that on the rules card.

Nah, you didn’t miss it. About month before I was going to release the PnP to TGC, I got signed to a publisher instead. I don’t think they have officially announced any info about the release yet for people to subscribe, but once they do, I will post it here and on BGG. Hope I have more news soon!

Yes, thanks for doing this and making it available to others.

Yes

Back in June of 2023, something happened to the PDFs where they didn't work with the preview function (of any web browser or application) anymore. Not sure if it was an Adobe update or what, but it's been a little frustrating.

What do you need from me to allow Staples to approve it? An official copyright release? Them to see this thread that  "I, Gregg Jewell, am the rightful owner and creator of the Galdor's Grip print and play card game, including all associated print and play materials. I hereby grant anyone the non-exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, and publicly display the aforementioned print and play version of the card game for personal purposes."

Btw, I use UPS store and upload the files online as an online print order and then pickup later once they're ready. Never had an issue.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/149aOwMbk3ktftFEoRAye8yHUmKaLqFjt/view?usp=shari...

have a full list of all extra letters/characters needed?

I don’t think there is any difference, just offering it on multiple platforms. I even had Galdor’s Grip on PnPArcade at one point but was iterating too much during development last year that I had to keep asking them to update files and images whereas itch.io gives me full control of uploads and page design.

I hadn’t really pursued a publisher for this game because I had planned to make expansions and improvements first. However, I lost the original card files and design notes and became disheartened. I really do need to re-examine this design this year and expand/improve upon it.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1LDjO0H32Fn4nbNEGPYvt4xEfB0HQTFR6

Sorry, I missed this. Let me know which ones you want. I can hunt them down and put into a gallery at some point sure.

It is kosher, I will have to hunt down the 825x1125 sizes. Worst case, I just add the bleed and resize the 750x1050. Remind me again this weekend about it.

Thanks! Yeah, it’s a fun casual little game with some options to adjust difficulty.

As far as I’m aware, it will be different art (by an illustrator) to preserve this version and incorporate tweaked elements in the new version.

Which version is shown on the rules you're referencing and which version shows up on bottom of the cards? I assume you are referencing v4.X rules but playing with v5.X (or TGC 1.0) cards? In version 5.0+, the laurel wreath and varying value point system was replaced by the Power (star) system. Instead of a variable score with scoring chart, the game now requires a threshold of Power to win. This added another win/lose condition and more manageable tracking of score.

If you'd rather play with the old v4.X of the game, you can access those PnP card files here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1NykYrRryPK1fWAiIfkU3VuKqlNpUfmVn

The Galdor/Feragot card is a double-sided "Forked Path" card that you get to choose which side is face up during setup (and will remain on that side for the entire game) . This unique card type, introduced in expansion 3, is further explained in v5.X of the rules, which can be download here on itch.io.

All I can think of is that your PDF viewer is out of date?