Audrey’s Oubliette

So while writing the Forsaken rules I have had to make some decisions on the rulebook layout. I know the rules are going to be in black and white. I looked at a number of rulesets that are print in B&W to see how they did their examples. The two choices are illustrations or photos. I found that the photos can be difficult to make out even in the rule books by the bigger game companies printed on coated paper. I decide to go with illustrations. But even with that decision I needed to choose how I want the illustrations to look. For me it is easier to create them in illustrator over drawing them by hand and scanning them in. Plus they will look more polished over hand drawn images. Below are two test examples I created to see what looks nice and will still print legibly. I think they turned out pretty good and should work nicely in the rules. Now I just have to put together all the visual examples I need.

One thing I do like about creating your own game is coming up with graphics and such. Sometimes it can be tedious and a pain. But it sure is nice when you see it completed.

The examples below show you roughly what a character sheet in Forsaken will contain. I am not planing on releasing color cards. The rules will have a blank black and white version for people to photocopy. Though I may offer a blank color version as a pdf download for those that want to go the extra mile.

The cards are 2.5″ wide x 3.5″ high. They are designed to fit in a regular card protetive sleeve. That way you can mark on the sleeve with a dry erase marker without messing up the cards.