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Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about the Monster Homing Beacon and the Teleport Backpack. These two pieces of Equipment have the ability to change the active player. The Monster Homing Beacon makes it any other player’s turn and the Teleport Backpack skips your own turn. This can be tremendously useful at some points, particularly if an…

Hi everyone! As of today, we have a little under a week left on the Kickstarter. Things have been going really well for our first card game and I’d like to thank everyone who’s supported! I hope you’ll consider joining us there if you’ve enjoyed these posts! I also want to remind everyone that there’s…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about 3 cards that have the power to change the game that also have a very specific set of targets. Sunrise, Occam’s Razor and Bacteria each have the capability to wipe out every example of one of the types of Monster in the Oncoming Horde. Bacteria, in a fun little…

Hi everyone! Today, expanding on what I covered yesterday about bonuses, I’m looking at the Ultraviolet Light. I really like this image! This piece of Equipment is only effective against Undead. It is a Level 3, but will do nothing to Creatures or Aliens. While it may look like a moderately strong piece of Equipment, this…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about the Grandmother’s Revolver Equipment Card as an example of the bonuses that some weapons have against certain types of enemies. The Grandmother’s Revolver is loaded with Silver Bullets which, obviously, means it’s much better against Creatures than your standard weapons! While it’s normally a Level 2 piece…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about the Butterfly with a Bomb. Sophia very kindly brought to life this wonderful little reference to Spaced’s Rorschach Test. I felt it would make a perfect Level 1 Creature to join in the assault against Humanity! In fact, in one of the games I’ve played, we defeated every single Monster…

Hi everyone! The Micro-Alien is an example of a card in this game that I was, personally, very unsure of when it was suggested. It was thought up by Johnathan Lewis, a long-time writer on our projects and general “silly ideas” man, who suggested this particular one. Every player who’s come across it has loved…

Hi everyone, Today, I wanted to share the Alien Scout with you. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but this is one of my favourite images in the whole game. For me, it captures the essence of the Aliens – they are intelligent enough to have a scout. They are a little ridiculous (using…

Hi everyone, Just a reminder: all this is about the Champion of Earth Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/champion-of-earth). It’s up for another 2 weeks or so, so don’t miss out! Today, I’m talking about the 6 characters that are in Champion of Earth. They don’t provide any mechanical difference, it’s all for flavour. But you can’t forget where…

Hi everyone! There are quite a few moderately subtle jokes in Champion of Earth. As today is a day particularly associated with bad jokes in my experience, I thought I’d share one of those with you. This joke also involves a pen being jammed into an Alien’s eye. I mean, what more could you really…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about the “Wounded Alien Soldier”, which is significantly different to the “Injured” status that players experience. In fact, in this case, this was just an excuse to prove that: a) Yes, Aliens can use swords and still look cool. b) Yes, they really do bleed purple. And, of…

Hi everyone! Today, I wanted to talk about the Giant Eyeball. I was asked a little while ago in a playtest exactly what it did to damage you (it’s a Level 1, and the individual in question felt I was being insanely generous!) We eventually, after a significant amount of discussion (the parties just don’t…

Hi everyone! We’re now halfway through this Kickstarter. I’m really pleased with how well we’re doing: as a company which has never created a card game before, we weren’t sure what to expect from our Roleplaying Game fans. I’d like to thank everyone who has backed and helped us pass Stretch Goals for their interest! We…

Hi everyone! By now, if you’ve been following along, you’ll know that many of the cards in Champion of Earth have some interesting special abilities. The power of them in this game, though, can be massively improved by  using them in combination. I’ve mentioned the Flamethrower briefly before, but not what it does. This card does 4…

Hi everyone! The Illuminati is a game-changing card. It can turn an easy-to-defeat Oncoming Horde into your worst nightmare, or just as easily make some of the biggest problems in the game simply return harmlessly to The Cave. The Illuminati is an Alien card which, when you turn it over, shuffles every Monster in the…

Hi everyone! “OR” is a word you will find on several Equipment Cards, such as the Segway. The Segway is a Level 3 piece of Equipment, but it also has a special ability. While some cards are able to use their special ability as well as attack, any card that says “OR” is not able…

Hi everyone! I promised you yesterday that I’d talk more about “The Other Kind of Man In Black”. Well, here he is in all his glory! This is the reverse of the Man In Black. When he’s turned over, he takes all of your Equipment Cards. The deck is shuffled and the player responsible for…

Hi everyone! This is the Man in Black, one of the most useful cards in the game when you are in a tight spot: It’s only a Level 3 piece of Equipment, but it has a very useful special ability. It allows you to discard this card and trade every other Equipment Card in your…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about Equipment which has the ability to “Scout”. It’s a specific trait that some equipment has, including the highly awesome “Hobby Drone with Assault Rifle”! Well, if you have all that duct tape, you have to use it somehow, right? The “Scout” ability on any card allows you to expend…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about the Mind Control Collar. This card makes the first monster alive in the Oncoming Horde into your willing servant. It’ll attack the next monster, and whichever one loses dies! Don’t worry, if they are equal in power, your new pet wins! Unfortunately, during the fight, the Mind Control Collar is…

Hi everyone! For anyone who doesn’t already know we have created several tabletop roleplaying games… uh… we did! I’m talking today about a particular card which is a big self-reference for us. This is the Martian Pants card. It’s a reference to Era: The Empowered, and one of the most powerful heroes in that universe….

Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking about another of the mechanics that is a little more focused on the versus aspect of the game, specifically “Just Making Sure!”. This card is capable of making the difference between a winner and a loser! Like the Alarm, which I spoke about yesterday, it is an Interrupt card, meaning it can…

Hi everyone! The alarm and the creatures that act like it in the game can be intensely strategic tools against your fellow players. What they do is very simple: every monster of the same type will attack the players instantly. If you’ve played with the Quickstart Pack provided by the Kickstarter, you’re probably already familiar with…

Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to comment briefly about what happens when you can’t defeat the Oncoming Horde. It’s going to happen at some point, if you play enough: Monsters all around you and no way to win against what you have to fight! In these cases, there are weapons that can help you, which…

Hi everyone! Some of you already know that I am a keen computer gamer, who played World of Warcraft for many years and play quite a few other games even now. From that, I learned a lot about what enemies might do to defend themselves. Creatures in Champion of Earth use brute strength, Aliens use…

Hi everyone! I mentioned yesterday about the fact that Undead have some really unique abilities on their cards, so I thought I’d go through a couple of the more interesting ones for you! Vampires are well known for sucking blood, of course, and gaining power from doing so. As I observed previously, Undead tend to be…