Dealing From the Bottom of the Deck

 

My game deck of cards that I created.

Previously, I posted pictures of the deck of cards that I will be using in my "Who Killed Julius Caesar?" game at Historicon this year. Game Cards

It is Event #900 on Friday night at 7PM. There is room for six players in the game and unfortunately nobody has signed up for the game in the preregistration period. Hopefully when people walk past the game table they will take a look at it and then rush over to the onsite registration desk to sign up for the game.

The first person to sign up for the Caesar game gets a hug and a kiss from Sydney Sweeney. The second person who signs up get the same from me. And of course there is also some sweet looking game swag for the players. Game Swag

I only need one player to play the game as I will step in and play. Mrs. Fritz and I have been playing the game over the course of the past week and she agrees that the game is a blast. Last evening it was Brutus in the Bakery with the amphora. Apparently he invited his good friend Julius Caesar to the bakery for a chocolate chip scone and then clocked him on the noggin with the clay pot. Nasty business that.

Today I did a little more work on my deck of game cards. I decided that the cards would look better if they were printed on the front and the back sides of the card. Now the cards look darn near professional with the SPQR logo on the back side of all of the cards. I took them over to Staples to get them laminated so that they will hold up from frequent game usage.

The new backside (left) for the game card deck.

I also created some game handouts to give to passers by so that they can understand what the game is all about. These are being printed at Staples as I write this blog post.

All of the work for this particular game is done and put to bed. I still have a little bit of work to do for the skirmish game, "Romans, Come Out To Play-yay!".  I have another play test of my skirmish rules set for tomorrow so that I can tweak things a little bit.

A set of Roman Vigiles arrived yesterday from Speira in Sweden. The Vigiles were the Roman city police force. There are plenty of game tickets available for this game too, if you catch my drift.

Friday I pick up my rental car and start loading it up with boxes of soldiers and terrain. Then on Saturday it's off to good old Cleveland, Ohio for the first leg of my two day trip to Pennsylvania. On Sunday I arrive in Gettysburg and I will spend a couple of days visiting the battlefield with Ken Bunger. We have licensed battlefield guides arranged for both days. If you ever visit Gettysburg National Military Park then I highly recommend highering one of these knowledgeable battlefield tour guides.

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