Simon Klibisch#
My CE thoughts (for any who are interested):
As far as I can judge the Camarilla Edition today (which is not too far), I
would say that there has gone a lot of thought into reprints of cards (see
Derange, 2nd Trad.).
For my taste, the change of Layout was unnecessary and does not improve
table overview (at least not to a radius more than 50 cm).
Cards are recognized by their pictures. That is the way it was and that is
the way that will be (IMHO). Making the pictures smaller are not a good way
considering the above.
Adding the green bar to library cards is in itself not new, as the left side
of a card did already include the same information it includes now (just not
in green). In general green proves to be a difficult colour when it comes to
aesthetic matching with other colours.
IMHO beginners won´t benefit from larger discipline symbols, because they
are generally unfamiliar with the symbols and additional card text, so they
will look at the vampires closely, even if the disciplines are larger. When
they know the card texts, they mostly know the (important) disciplines.
(Note: I find it amazing how easy it is for a CCG player to learn all the
cards/pictures/effects)
Maybe a better idea would have been to give every discipline a defined place
on the left and leaving it grey/hazy if the vampire does not have that
discipline (and printed as normal, if the vampire possesses the discipline).
So it could roughly be recognized from more than a meter away. I know this
idea is next to impossible to realize, because of the many disciplines in
VTES, just a thought.
I am especially not liking the change of background colours of the vampires.
That was needless.
Considering the "3"-thread: I think it is an elegant way not to overpower
the Camarilla.
Great simplified NRA rules.
ALL IN ALL: So far nice ideas, bad layout.
Just thought to let you all know.
To LSJ:
Did you decide to alter Concealed Weapon because "weapon employment by using
an action'" is too slow in a tournament environment to be successful?
I always thought about using weapons in tournaments that way and am quite
interested to see how this change turns out.
Simon