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#1 2012-05-02 11:59:24
Minecraft Trading Card Game!
Hey guys! I, along with some of my friends, are making/wanting to make a minecraft trading card game. I have quiet a few ideas for the cards, but don't really have any ideas for game play. I want something original. Not like pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or magic. Something that's never been done. If someone could come up with a game play idea, I will start making cards that you guys can use to play. So, what do you guys think? Let me know below!
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#3 2012-05-02 12:23:09
- undefeatedgames
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Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
elfin8er wrote:
Anyone know if it would be legal to sell these cards?
Probably not, considering the characters in Minecraft are probably copyrighted. Best not to do it.
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#4 2012-05-02 15:22:45
Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
undefeatedgames wrote:
elfin8er wrote:
Anyone know if it would be legal to sell these cards?
Probably not, considering the characters in Minecraft are probably copyrighted. Best not to do it.
From what I could find, they aren't. Only the game its self, and the name minecraft. I can use the name minecraft, but it can't be called "Minecraft - The Trading Card Game".
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#5 2012-05-02 15:45:19
Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
Buying them? I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself now.
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#6 2012-05-02 20:28:30
- technoguyx
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Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
You might be interested in this. I and other people (I remember gbear605 and BWOG did some stuff too, plus some other people from the MC forums) worked on this long time ago and it's now pretty much dead.
EDIT: I'll give you a little advice, always concentrate on balance and how easy to pick up is the game, rather than emulating the game it's based on. Our TCG went along fine until we decided to implement time of the day, etc. and then everything went loose and it eventually died. You might also consider restricting card creation to a small group of people - in the wiki I just linked to anyone could make cards, but it didn't go really well, even with the approval system we implemented.
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#7 2012-05-03 22:32:12
Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
werdna123 wrote:
Buying them? I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself now.
Well, I need a way to evenly distribute the cards. What I was originally thinking, was to have some kind of way to make them printable online, but then people could just go all out and just make them selves a really powerful deck. Then I Thought maybe people could earn them, like from playing a game, but again. They could just print a ton of them. Also, I don't know a secure way I could do it without people just copying the URL, and giving it to their friends. I thought selling them would be the best, and easiest way.
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#8 2012-05-03 22:34:55
Re: Minecraft Trading Card Game!
technoguyx wrote:
You might be interested in this. I and other people (I remember gbear605 and BWOG did some stuff too, plus some other people from the MC forums) worked on this long time ago and it's now pretty much dead.
EDIT: I'll give you a little advice, always concentrate on balance and how easy to pick up is the game, rather than emulating the game it's based on. Our TCG went along fine until we decided to implement time of the day, etc. and then everything went loose and it eventually died. You might also consider restricting card creation to a small group of people - in the wiki I just linked to anyone could make cards, but it didn't go really well, even with the approval system we implemented.
Thanks for the advise!
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#9 2012-05-04 13:51:41
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