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Tanner Howsden
@tannerhowsden.bsky.social
Author of several books with words. I have two dogs and dress like a shark on occasion. SFINCS1 Semi-Finalist.

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Totally should! It's a super fun genre to write!
a woman says go for it in front of a blue and purple background
ALT: a woman says go for it in front of a blue and purple background
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September 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
B for trophies/awards, A for everything else.
July 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
On one hand, I don't even know where or how I'd go about selling it or if it's even any good anymore. But on the other hand, I can't help but smile when I think of having a game I built on sale next to my books at cons. Is that the wrong reason to try & make a card game?

5/end
June 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Today, I find myself looking at the game documentation & card spreadsheets, wondering whether I should do anything with it. A part of me is considering just leaving it untouched. I don't even have a theme after all. But another part of me wants to finish & release it.

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June 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In any case, while looking at my old games, I came across an old card game I was working on for one of these challenges. It's a bit of an alteration of Triple Triad that has a couple different decks & a 5x5 playing board. No art yet, but I did have a couple good playtests.

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June 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
See, about 8-10 years ago I also took up the 1 Game A Month gamedev challenge. The idea was to create a different playable game each month. As I was very new at the time, mine aren't. They have a lot of bugs & not great gameplay. But I don't like to throw things out, so...

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June 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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May 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Related side note (that's in it's own post since my other one isn't editable): How did you go wide in print? Did it take a bit to figure out a good option?

Still trying to figure that out for my books, haven't been happy with any solution yet.
April 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Awesome!! Might have to see if my library has it yet!
April 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thank you!
April 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Totally get that. It's hard to find the energy to write about things like fantasy & sci-fi when you look around the world and just see chaos everywhere. Most of my recent stuff has a depressing edge for that specific reason.

Novella sounds exciting!!
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM