User:MCDeMarco

I've devised some pyramid games and tools, listed at my website and also below. My storage system is an old chocolate tin.

Rules and Tools

I’ve put together some rules summaries, randomizers and scoresheets for pyramid games:

• Zoning Out Randomizer, randomizes the random special rules for Zoning Out, a Sprawlopolis-like game, as well as the three draw bags, and includes a scoresheet and rules summary.
• a Pyramid Randomizer based on the code I wrote to randomize the draw bags for Zoning Out.
• Dectana Deciphered includes a player aid similar to the official one for Dectana, a Zarcana-like game, but with more pretty pictures.

Geeklists

I’ve compiled some pyramid geeklists for reference:

• Pyramid Arcade Games, games in the Pyramid Arcade, the Quartet, or the Sandships mailing.
• Pyramid Arcade Extra Games, the 22 extra games not included in the box, plus the 6 fan favorites not included in the 22 extras.
• The Arcana, my history and taxonomy of Zarcana-like games.
• Am I a Starship Captain?, my Starship Captain list, such as it is

My Games

I’ve half-designed a few pyramid games based on other games, mostly as an intellectual exercise. They have not yet been fully playtested.

Darcana

Darcana is an unpublished work in progress along the lines of Dectana, but with more Gnostica and less Zark City.

Deck Town

Deck Town is based on Zark City, a Zarcana for the rest of us by Andrew Looney. I devised it in order to work my way up to actually playing Dectana (after having merely deciphered it).

Jacynth City

Jacynth City is also based on Zark City, as well as the Decktet classic Jacynth by P.D. Magnus, I devised it after a discussion on my geeklist of Zarcana-type games.

Somids

Somids is a variant of Nomids designed for my pyramid-hungry toddler who refuses to shed.