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It has 27 characters, each with different powers. You can download it here https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dropbox.com\u002Fs\u002Fjrgphx4vn95va4z\u002FLegimonChristmasSet2013.pdf\n\nHis goal is to have 100 kids play it, and he wants to give it away free as a Christmas present so that more kids can play it. I have created a Facebook page https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Flegimon . He would be ecstatic if anyone has feedback for him.",{"problem":45,"audience":51,"pricing":58,"motivation":65,"time_to_build":9,"stack":69,"openness":70,"stage":71,"team_size":72},{"value":46,"source":47,"evidence":48},"Gives kids a free card battle game to play and share","maker",[49],{"id":50},"post",{"value":52,"source":47,"evidence":53},"Kids and families playing print-and-play card games",[54,55],{"id":50},{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},"6958213","I asked him if he would prefer to share it with other kids, or if he wanted me to pursue licensing with a toy company (I own a manufacturing company). He very clearly wanted to…",{"value":59,"source":47,"evidence":60},"Free to download and print; creative commons license with commercial rights retained",[61,64],{"id":62,"by":10,"text":63},"6958254","Troy very clearly wanted to share with other kids, but to charge if someone wanted commercial use. So he picked the creative commons license.",{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},{"value":66,"source":47,"evidence":67},"Son wants 100 kids to play the game as a Christmas gift",[68],{"id":50},[],"free","launched","team",{"praise":74,"objections":99,"requests":106,"questions":138,"alternatives":154},[75,91],{"value":76,"source":77,"evidence":78},"Artwork and illustrations are fun and engaging","commenter",[79,83,87],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"6956249","hawkharris","Your son is very talented! The illustrations, writing and game mechanics are fun and engaging. I hope he learns how to write code (if he doesn't already) because it would be…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"6956094","maerF0x0","if your son worked in tech he'd have been sued by a troll by now. I really like the drawings :D",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"6956269","Liongadev","Well done Troy! Artwork looks really nice how was that done?",{"value":92,"source":77,"evidence":93},"Impressive work for a 10-year-old",[94,98],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"6956344","primitivesuave","You've got a really talented kid, and he's lucky to have a parent who encourages him to distribute his ideas. One great way to expand on this would be to get him into programming…",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},[100],{"value":101,"source":47,"evidence":102},"Balance issues: not all characters have x2 enemies, since only the first 27 of 100+ are in this set",[103],{"id":104,"by":10,"text":105},"6958188","You can post to here, or to the facebook.com\u002Flegimon page. There are some issues caused by the fact that these are the first 27 characters of more than 100 written out so far.…",[107,121,131],{"value":108,"source":77,"evidence":109},"Clarify how battles, winning and scoring work",[110,114,118],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"6956005","swamp40","Looks very cool! Good job Troy! I'm not quite sure how the battles go down. You pick an attack method, and the # is subtracted from your opponents HP score (possibly x2), and…",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"6956235","lotharbot","Additionally: how does one \"keep score\" in this game? Do you gain points for each enemy monster you kill (in which case, it might make sense to have a \"trophy pile\")? Do you gain…",{"id":119,"by":116,"text":120},"6958579","I tutor small groups of 4 at a time, all third and fourth graders. I don't actually have a lot of leeway with what I teach, at least not until after standardized tests are done…",{"value":122,"source":77,"evidence":123},"Explain what evolved characters and character levels do",[124,128],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"6956226","windsurfer","I remember making tons of board games when I was a kid. What happens when you want to play an evolved character? How does that work?",{"id":129,"by":10,"text":130},"6958247","The game involves a lot of subtraction. Also keeping track of who is weak guides your strategy. Start with the HP number, and each attack subtracts the attack value from the HP…",{"value":132,"source":77,"evidence":133},"Add fluff and story for the characters",[134],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"6971054","Vaskivo","Great Work! I love games, so I'm really happy to see a kid so young designing game. Too bad I don't have any kids around to play this with. Does he have any thought on \"fluff\"?…",[139,147],{"value":140,"source":77,"evidence":141},"How the artwork was made",[142,143],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"6956742","speg","Looks way better than anything I could do. Did Troy do it all himself?",{"value":148,"source":77,"evidence":149},"Where to submit balance feedback",[150],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"6956346","lsdafjklsd","Wow this looks like fun! Printing out to play my nephews \u002F nieces tomorrow, they will love it :D Where can I submit balance issues? :P",[155,166,173],{"value":156,"source":77,"evidence":157},"Board game distribution sites such as BoardGameGeek and DriveThruCards",[158,162],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"6956251","pessimizer","It may get more love at http:\u002F\u002Fboardgamegeek.com. Lots of people there distribute games to assemble and play, and are always looking for kid-friendly stuff.",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"6956360","clavalle","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.drivethrucards.com\u002Findex.php as well. The unofficial home of print and play card games on the net.",{"value":167,"source":77,"evidence":168},"MooCards for printing custom card sets",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"6957891","err4nt","Wow, very creative! I know it's not the cheapest way to do it, but MooCards.com makes it really easy to print sets of unique business cards (like each card in the stack has a…",{"value":174,"source":77,"evidence":175},"Scratch for programming the game",[176],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"comments":178,"answered":41,"key":179},11,[180,183,184],{"id":181,"text":182},"6958175","Thank you. He has done some playing around with Kodu Game Lab, and we have played with some very basic Arduino stuff. 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