#phantom capsule

For any amount over 1k, I guarantee that I would produce more phantom capsule.

I’m actually really happy people still like the project so I feel super bad neglecting it, but I feel like I need to get a few of my larger projects out of the way before picking it up again. Mainly Tiny Grumpy Armies ( WHICH IS HAPPENING. I SWEAR)

In case you don’t believe me, heres a peace offering I still haven’t tested at all!

I’m overhauling the HUD into a card-based system. You still use the pips for damage counters, but now you don’t have to do as much banking and re-arranging every time you take a hit. It’s more elegant and interesting!

CONSTRUCTION; print this page, cut along the black lies and fold/glue so you have double-sided cards with a number on one side and a skull on the other. (theres enough cards here for 2 players)

HOW TO USE; each player starts with 5 cards number-side up in front of them. Arrangement is up to the player but you may not switch them around during the game. Acquire some kind of cool token and place it above the card you wish to use first. You can only use one card per round and on each card is your CRADLE’s current capabilities;

BATTERY: when you take damage, put the pips directly on the card. The battery is how much damage a card can take before it has to be flipped over. 

If you take damage while a SKULL card is active, you must immediately flip an adjacent card regardless of it’s current battery power. If all your cards are flipped, your CRADLE is out of commission. 

If there is a shield, you can negate one attack per round.

ABILITIES: Simple. If you are on a card that says you can move and shoot, you can move and shoot. If it says move OR shoot, you have to pick one, not both. Also note the dash booster’s “any axis”. That means you can fly onto/off-of buildings/terrain! fun!

SPEED: Same as original rules, at the start of the round arrange the turn order according to speed.

SHIFT: At the end of the round, a player may SHIFT their token to a different card to the left or right up to as many spaces as indicated in the current card’s SHIFT stat. This means arranging your cards according to some kind of strategy becomes somewhat important.

So Like I stated in my earlier post today, I am working on more complicated rules set for Phantom Capsule.

Pugfart's main rules, although very fun because they make the game easy and fast to play because its simple. Ultimately their simplicity is why I've done this though.  

I would defiantly count these rules as advanced though cause its complicated now and will be slightly more so when I'm done.

Been working on some custom rules for one of my favorite free to play games this week. Phantom Capsule! I also sent a message to the games designer Pugfarts to get some input and he responded to me. 

I'm very happy that he is interested in continuing work on the game!

The custom rules I've been working on for the game are still a work in progress since I am overhauling the gameplay to be complicated and more difficult and more multiplayer friendly.

I shall post them here when I have them in a workable state.

Phantom Capsule is a papercraft minis game developed by Little Roller Papercraft.  The players take control of a CRADLE, which is a type of mecha used to defend cities from horrible creatures spawned from other dimensions intent on devouring the city's perpetual reactor.  I've been building a copy of the game to test out and review for a homebrew games article I'm writing for Games Magazine.  You can download the rules and all the pieces required to play here:

http://littleroller.blogspot.com/p/play-phantom-capsule.html

Oh, and this is great background music to have playing during a game: