Heralds of Galactus

[justa]

The buzzer says "AAANNNN -  wrong answer!"  "justabgkid" is CCTelander (see member list for names) from near the middle of the US.  I am just "justa", which is actually short for "just-a big-L-O" (its a name-&-music thing) from the east coast.  (He suggested I sign up for this forum!)  Both names derive from the 10-character-restriction on screen names using AOL back in the days of dial-up.  (Remember dial-up?)  I thought there might be confusion on the name similarity, but he didn't think so.
Unlike me, he has ability at card/set design, and incorporated some mechanics from other games to expand on the "non-winning" strategies in legacy OP (e.g. burn cards, reveal, etc.).  I thought he had quite the vision for the game, and I'm hoping he can return to these pages and his own.

[DoktorSleepless]

Meant to get back here sooner.

Justa's cards came through a little fuzzy, but they look good conceptually (good art selections/grids). I'm going to try and find his images this weekend and put his cards together in GIMP to post up here (no, I'm not hijacking Justa's cards. I offered to convert them to GIMP and he was on board... which, FYI: my .xcf files for any character I've done are available to anyone. Just send me a message. You'll have to ask Justa if you want the .xcf's for his characters when I'm done. I'm not handing out other people's files without their permission).

Anyway, I noticed the thing about incorporating strategies from other games, and just wanted to say I'm on board. It was thinking about other games that led me to a couple of mechanics I've incorporated so far (the Thanos non-OPD card that says "one per battle" was inspired by RAGE CCG [the battle mechanics in that game frequently involve drawing more cards mid-battle], Magic has inspired a couple more and always has me thinking about discard mechanics and hand information more frequently than I would otherwise). You should encourage "justabgkid" to find his way back here, Justa. The customs community seems very active here, another person would certainly be very helpful and welcome!

[justa]

By all means, Dok, if you've got the time and the energy, go for it.  (I give formal permission, whatever.)  I will feel guilty that you're taking time away from your own projects, but would love to see them up.  I'm trying to get my daughter & her husband to teach me how to put up pictures, but they lead much busier lives than I do.  (Hence the time to come up with wacky ideas for cards.)  As I've said, almost all the pictures came off of "comic vine", either as .jpg or .png.  All are readily available, though some not the best of quality.  I do have them saved to a flash drive.  I can email some if requested, but only so-many will attach to a single e-mail.  Wish I knew more in the ways of computer, then I could do more.

On the strategies from other games - check out justabgkid's site in detail.  Besides the strategies that he put up, he was close (before he went dark) on the deception and venture strategies, and I think 1 other.  Many of the applicable cards are sown in to different characters, so as to see how they are to work.  Love new innovations.

A design note regarding the Heralds cards I sent:
     I'm not really particular if the fonts are "traditional" or not, the idea was the thing (to get the characters "in-the-game").  I used light purple with pink shading on the Character card names and a darker purple with almost-red shading on the Special card Character names to give it a little more "Galactus" feel.  (Galactus, of course, did not get these colors, since he is these colors.)

[Tussin]

dropbox.com is great for sharing files with private people for projects etc.
mediafire.com is great for file sharing with multiple people

[justa]

I just wanted to be able to insert a card picture into a post.  The kid's schedule seems to have a slow-down after tomorrow, so maybe they'll have time then.  (It's not just the "where", it's the "how".  Never wanted or needed to before, so I never learned.)  I already have an account on pinterest, but I've heard negative feedback on that site from the forum, so I doubt I'll put them there.  Please be patient....I'll get into the 21st century eventually.  (Old dog, new tricks, yada yada, yada....)

[Tussin]

ok when im posting card images from http://overpower.ca

in the reply menu under the B bold icon i click the box underneath it should say insert image after you hover your mouse over it. click it then put the url of image between

[img ]http://overpower.ca/cards/specials/4.png[/img ] <-- it looks like this minus the spaces i added to demonstrate this to you

then hit post after you are done

[justa]

I was looking over this old thread and thinking I should redo the work to post these cards (now that I can post).  But too much of the art was not worthy of posting (in my defense, it was my first attempt at creating cards), and I didn't want to do the work.

I did like teesaw's idea for a generic "Heralds" team-type character with specials on page 1 of this thread.  He seemed okay regarding me posting my own version.  He also suggested collaborating, but after sending him a list of what I had at the time, I never heard back from him.  (I've made some changes since then.)  I did use his idea of the art for the Character card, and the KL for the Surfer, but the rest are justa me having fun (and overdoing it, as usual).  I would never expect anyone to use ALL the Specials in a single deck, but there is a lot of room experimenting with combinations here.  (I took Dazzler off the list because hers was a What If? story.)

Heralds Of Galactus 7 4 6 3 IA: Counts as 17 points for deck building if Galactus is a teammate.


Fallen One (*MP) For remainder of game any Special played by the Heralds or Teammates may not be negated until this card is negated.
https://img08.deviantart.net/2b21/i/2017/189/3/7/fallen_one_by_justaopfan-dbflfdv.png

Silver Surfer: Norrin Radd (KL) Opponent must immediately discard all Special cards in play that affect "remainder of battle" or "remainder of game".
https://img06.deviantart.net/266c/i/2017/189/7/a/silver_surfer_norrin_radd_by_justaopfan-dbflfaq.png

Air Walker: Gabriel Lan (EE) The Heralds or Teammate may avoid 1 Power card attack, or remove 1 Power card hit from the Heralds or Teammate.
https://img00.deviantart.net/2f67/i/2017/189/1/1/air_walker_gabriel_lan_by_justaopfan-dbflf84.png

Firelord: Pyreus Kril (AR) Acts as a level 7 Energy attack.
https://img15.deviantart.net/b8ec/i/2017/189/d/2/firelord_pyreus_kril_by_justaopfan-dbflf5n.png

Destroyer (*MC) Acts as a level 11 Energy, Fighting, or Strength attack.  The Heralds' Team may not attack for remainder of battle.
https://img11.deviantart.net/4f42/i/2017/189/2/0/destroyer_by_justaopfan-dbflf2t.png

Terrax: Tyros (NG) Acts as a level 6 Strength attack.  If successful, either Target Character or their Homebase loses their Inherent Ability for remainder of battle, Herald's choice.
https://img15.deviantart.net/f71c/i/2017/189/0/7/terrax_tyros_by_justaopfan-dbflf06.png

Nova: Frankie Raye (LO) Teammate may avoid 1 attack with an Energy icon.  Draw 1 card, discard if duplicate.
https://img09.deviantart.net/7d35/i/2017/189/b/6/nova_frankie_raye_by_justaopfan-dbflexf.png

Morg (HF) Acts as a level 6 Fighting or Strength attack.
https://img09.deviantart.net/bee9/i/2017/189/e/c/morg_by_justaopfan-dbfleul.png

Red Shift (*CY) Acts as a level 7 Fighting attack.  May make 1 additional Energy and/or 1 additional Strength Power card attack.
https://img09.deviantart.net/01d0/i/2017/189/6/8/red_shift_by_justaopfan-dbflerq.png

Invisible Man: Johnny Storm (*CW) The Heralds or Teammate may avoid 1 attack.  Attacked character may not be attacked for remainder of battle.
https://img03.deviantart.net/0293/i/2017/189/9/f/invisible_man_johnny_storm_by_justaopfan-dbfleq3.png

Stardust: Lambda-Zero (HN) Acts as a level 8 AnyPower attack.  Does not count toward Spectrum KO.
https://img02.deviantart.net/abc6/i/2017/189/f/c/stardust_lambda_zero_by_justaopfan-dbfleng.png

Praeter: Pastor Mike (*BQ) Exchange this card for any 1 of the Heralds' Special cards in the Dead Pile and play it immediately.
https://img00.deviantart.net/82cc/i/2017/189/7/3/praeter_pastor_mike_by_justaopfan-dbflel3.png

and justa for the fun of it...
The Power Cosmic (*DM) If Galactus is a Teammate, the Heralds' Power cards are +1 to attack until Galactus is KO'd.
https://img06.deviantart.net/9c54/i/2017/189/9/3/the_power_cosmic_by_justaopfan-dbfleis.png

Galactus (*HI) Galactus and the Heralds may play each other's Special cards until either character is KO'd.
https://img00.deviantart.net/1615/i/2017/189/4/8/galactus_by_justaopfan-dbflef5.png

let me know what you think.

[steve2275]

justa good looking set of cards