Those environment cards work great for me, thanks Spiff!. They print a tad bigger than the cards, but cutting a bit of the black border is no big deal.
OK, good to know. I'll trim them back a little in my file, maybe to half the border width, then finish off the set.
I noticed you're using my templates for the environment cards. I've updated them since that version though, with squared borders that are better for sleeved cards and can be trimmed for rounded edge for those that want them, fixed some coloring as well.
EDIT: The templates are complete now as well. Don't foresee any more changes to them besides maybe minor things such as text alignment, but that doesn't affect the graphics of the cards. Got all I need on them now, easy to cut out, very modular with them snapping together better, option of B&W or Color.
Good to know. Since I already got this far, I'll probably just trim what I'm using and finish off the project. But for future stuff, I'll grab the latest templates.
Hey Spiff, any chance you could post the card duplicates in a native format (MS word or Open Office, I'm assuming)? I'm specifically looking to print the villain cards minus the changes to the villain rules cards, since I don't use the wee villain rules cards anymore anyway. Many thanks if you can do this. And for that matter, even if you can't. Your work rocks.
I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for. All I'm doing is using Photoshop to open the PDF that Christopher published and copying/pasting each card part until there's enough on a page. Then I turn the page back into a PDF and post it. So the native format is a Photoshop document, but it's really just full of individual pastes of what you see in Christopher's PDF, nothing editable. Would that be helpful to you? I don't have original files of cards with text and images and everything on separate layers.
What does "print the villain cards minus the changes to the villain rules cards" mean? Isn't a villain card minus the changes just the way the villain card is originally? Why would you want to print that since presumably, you already have a card in your hand that's like that?
When he says that he doesn't want changes to the villain rules cards, he is refering to the text portion of the villain character card. Likely he already has the pack of oversized villain cards which have already been fixed, and thus he doesn't need the change set for those cards.
OK. In any case, since I don't have original files with the text and images on separate layers, it sounds like I don't have what he needs.
I am basically asking for the document before you printed it to pdf. The reason was I wanted to delete some of the cards before printing the sheet. Specifically, I wanted to remove from the villain sheet the changes to the villain rules cards (the ones that go into play at the very beginning of setup), because I use larger villain cards and didn’t want to waste the ink.
Sure, how about if I just prepare you a special version without the changed villain rules? I don't think that will be a popular request for most people, but it would be easy enough to do a one-off for you. I've got a couple of things on my plate to finish, but I think I could do that before the weekend. When it's ready, I'll let you know.
That'd be very cool, Spiff, thank you. But if it's easier I don't mind working from the document.
Sorry it's taken me so long to finish this, but those environment cards took a lot of typing. As of now, the file that's available on my site (www.spiffworld.com/sotm) has all the inserts for all the cards. In addition, I've got a "kronmichael special" file available here (www.spiffworld.com/sotm/files/kronmichael_special.zip) that is just the villain inserts minus the villain card parts. By removing the villain cards, I was able to move the inserts from the third page onto the first and second page, so not only is kronmichael going to save printer ink this way, but paper too. Good times.
I don't expect the kronmichael special to be a particularly popular option for most people however, so if you can tell me when you've downloaded that file, kronmichael, I'm going to remove it from my server afterwards. Thanks.
As a final note, re-typing in all of that text from the environment cards really punctuates something I've been saying from the beginning -- there is far too much space being taken up on cards by the words "at the start of the xxx turn" and "at the end of the xxx turn". I understand the original reasoning behind spelling it out verbosely, but I strenuously posit that the readability of the cards would be vastly improved (and the amount of space available for text that actually does need to be read each time) by turning those two phrases into a simple icon. I hope that just how Rook City brought us the "H' mechanic, the next expansion could bring us the big "start/end icon" revolution.
Nightmist has icons too! And I support Spiff's start/end icon (r)evolution.
Thanks, Spiff. I am not sure why anyone who uses your excellent oversized villain cards would also want to print inserts for cards they don’t use. But might I suggest that if you put those revisions together on a third page appended to the end of my special file, future users could simply decide whether or not they wish to print that page, adding some versatility for those who use your large cards while still covering those who want it all?
That's a great suggestion. I'll do that.