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Argumentation: a game about how history works will be printed in standard tarot deck format. It will come in an attractive, shrink wrapped tuck box, and the cards will be 2.75in x 4.75in (7 centimeters by 12 centimeters). It will have 78 cards broken into the following categories: 36 question cards 18 historical framing cards 11 rules cards 4 citation and attribution cards 1 X card ... and 6 cards that are yet to be determined
Symposium: a game about asking questions was the last game Jason Walters created for High Rock Press. It is a Descended From The Queen storytelling card game in tarot deck format for 3-8 players, simulating a philosophical dinner party (or "symposium") in the classical style of the ancient Greek world and based on Plato's work of the same name, with some modifications to make it more accessible to a modern audience.
High Rock Press is a Nevada based publisher of fiction and roleplaying games, mostly written by longtime game industry professional Jason Walters or his friends, and inspired by their prodigious imaginations. The company has a nearly twenty year history. It began as Blackwyrm Publishing; a partnership dedicated first to creating licensed Hero System material, then later branching to become a prolific fiction publisher. Later when Blackwyrm went out of business, Jason recreated the company, naming it after one of the most isolated and spectacularly beautiful locations in northwestern Nevada. When Hero Games temporarily ceased publishing new material, High Rock Press filled the void by publishing such works and Aaron Allston's Strike Force, Darren Watt's Golden Age Champions, and Champions Character Creation Cards. It then branched out to creating other roleplaying games, such as the ENnie nominated storytelling game At The Hand of an Angry God and the popular card game Symposium: a game about asking questions.
Yes, I (Jason Walters) have a considerable amount of experience running crowd funding projects. And what I have taken away from the experience is that the more you prepare, the better. Which is why Argumentation is nearly complete, needing only input from backers, a little more artwork, and some final graphic design touches before going to press. The quicker you get projects completed and out to their backers, the better!
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