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Title: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 07 June 2016, 04:14:59 AM

Hello ~
I have been observing the forum, but don't think I have actually posted before.  Fan of Frostgrave, and have been making a set of bestiary cards.
I did all of the design and artwork on them.  
All of the drawings are based off of the official Frostgrave miniatures, except when there was none, in which case I based them off of miniatures which seem popular to use for the creature, or from my imagination when none of the above was available.

There are 5 pages of cards and include all the creatures from everything up to now: core rulebook, Thaw of the Lich Lord, Dark Alchemy, Hunt for the Golem, Sellswords
(http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic3046751_md.jpg)

Here is a googledrive link with pdf files for all of the pages.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5OeKs4RNZaESjNQdUdvVzhySjg

Warband template cards:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5OeKs4RNZaEY3lPam12c1dxbUk&usp=drive_web

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: Like_Clockwork on 07 June 2016, 04:20:19 AM

Clever idea


Thank you,
Like Clockwork

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 07 June 2016, 04:25:53 AM

Thanks.
No problem.

Makes for less page flipping while playing. 

I print them double-sided on cardstock, and they fit in standard card sleeves. 

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: CapUsukA on 07 June 2016, 05:08:28 AM

These are great. I was working on some myself but I like your layout better.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: jp1885 on 07 June 2016, 09:25:37 AM

A very useful piece of work and some great artwork - thanks!

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 07 June 2016, 11:15:45 AM

Thanks.  I tried to keep the artwork simple, mainly becuase then I would actually finish the whole set (in a timely fashion).
Took a few weeks of doing a few pictures a day in the evening after work.

Already printed the whole set and have them in use right now.

oh yeah, and the "Summoner" card is just for fun.. no real use.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: Wyrmalla on 07 June 2016, 11:19:40 AM

Ooh, I was commenting during my last game that we could do with having the bestiary for ease (we sift through the rest of the book often enough).

Personally I may wind up just making a spreadsheet though.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: mister c on 07 June 2016, 12:40:11 PM

Lovely work.  I did some, but yours look much more professional.
We use them as a wandering monster deck, that way there are no rolls for monsters we haven't got.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 07 June 2016, 02:39:22 PM

Yeah, I'm kinda using them in the same way, just pull out the cards for the monsters you have, or want to use and draw randomly for wandering monsters. 

Also since I play it mostly by my lonesome, it makes for easy refence when monsters are the main opponent.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 08 June 2016, 01:43:21 PM

I'll have to change the card backs from the official logo to one I make.  I will upload that page again later tonight or tomorrow.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: gary42 on 08 June 2016, 02:32:41 PM

Well done!  We'll be using these!  Thanks!

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 08 June 2016, 02:34:37 PM

Thanks, I'll upload the new card backs here in a few minutes.

Uploaded

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 14 June 2016, 03:01:45 AM

I started to make some Warband cards.  A user over on BGG had the idea to have a blank template, then you can insert a photo of your warband unit's miniature and have model specific cards. 
If anyone is interested I can post the files over here as well.  Still a work in progress, but shouldn't take too long. 

Then you can use GIMP or photoshop or whatever and make a set of cards specific to your warband for easy reference. 

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: punkrabbitt on 14 June 2016, 03:14:31 AM

What is BGG?

And I would be interested in such card templates.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 14 June 2016, 06:26:16 AM

Board Game Geek.

Okay, as they are finished I can post a picture and the download link on here.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: Tokhuah on 14 June 2016, 03:42:20 PM

The BGG discussion is here:

Frostgrave»Forums»General (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1586006/bestiary-cards)

The sample Warband card features my dog in the snow because I do not have a suitable canine miniature, but it will give you an idea of what it would look like (click on image in thread to see bigger version).  The idea is to have print and play cards that players can match-up with their Warband models to use for placing tokens (wounds, etc.) and as a general quick reference. 

Chris has done a great job producing Beastiary and now Warband cards and BGG is well suited to host such adventures so definitely worth checking out.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 14 June 2016, 05:03:43 PM

Oh hi, thanks for adding the link. 

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: twrchtrwyth on 14 June 2016, 06:34:20 PM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: emosbur on 14 June 2016, 10:30:24 PM

Chris, your cards are great!


Have you considered uploading them to Artscow or a similar site?

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 15 June 2016, 01:01:37 AM

I suppose I could do that. 

Well, I'll get working on the rest of the warband cards today.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 15 June 2016, 04:41:43 PM

Here is a link to the Warband template cards:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5OeKs4RNZaEY3lPam12c1dxbUk&usp=drive_web

I'll also post it at the top of this thread.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: gary42 on 15 June 2016, 05:54:33 PM

Well played sir!  Great cards!  Thank you for keeping the alpha channels!:)

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: chrisbogert on 16 June 2016, 06:44:17 AM

Thanks, and no problem.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: Awesome Adam on 16 June 2016, 01:36:42 PM

These are great. Thank you for sharing them.

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: jp1885 on 17 January 2017, 03:24:28 PM

Hi,
Have you by chance done any bestiary cards for the newer supplements (Breeding Pits, Forgotten Pacts etc)?

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: MaleGriffin on 17 January 2017, 04:02:59 PM

Excellent! Great work and much needed! Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: Bestiary cards
Post by: racm32 on 17 January 2017, 08:08:27 PM

Love what you have done! Hope you will keep making more for the new expansions.