Strange Eons
A Custom Component Design Tool for Board and Card Games
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Contents
Introduction
Download
Bugs and Known Issues
Frequently Asked Questions
Customization (new cards, games, etc.)
Miriam Beecher's Basement
Guide for Translators
Version History
Introduction
Strange Eons is a design tool for creating custom content for board and card games. It was originally built for the Arkham Horror board game. For Arkham Horror players, Strange Eons makes it easy to create new investigators, Ancient Ones, monsters, items, allies, and other custom content—even whole new "big box" expansions. For players of other games, there is a small but growing base of support. Plug-in authors can add nearly any kind of game component imaginable.
Some Features
- Dedicated editor lets you concentrate on game design: it does the math, rule-checking, spell-checking, layout, and typesetting. Created cards closely mirror official components.
- Simple image importer automatically scales and rotates portraits to fit on cards and tokens. Just pick the image file. You can even grab an image right off of the Web by entering a URL.
- Design aids let you focus on being creative, and provide new ideas when you're stuck.
- Print characters directly from the program, export them as a .zip archive of .png or .jpg images, or organize them into a "deck" of related materials formatted for printing.
- Special support for large projects that span many files.
Download a Sample Pack of 8 Characters Created
with Strange Eons
Download the Gilman Memorial Exhibit
Deck
For a summary of new features in the current version, see the
History page. For more details, see the
Release Notes.
Download
Download the latest version of Strange Eons here.
Bugs and Known Issues
Fixed Bugs
A detailed list of bug fixes is maintained in the release notes. If I notice a minor bug while working on the code (minor in terms of the effort needed to fix it), then I might not always take the time to stop and document it. So releases also include small bug fixes in addition to those listed.
Open
- OS X: Font selection issues due to a bug in Apple's Java implementation.
- Windows Vista: starting with the Windows .exe wrapper may cause menus to have a black background. Starting directly from the JAR file does not cause this problem. The most likely cause seems to be a graphics card driver issue, as it only appears with certain cards.
Issues with a current translation are likely to be listed on the Translator's Guide.
Have an issue not listed here?
Please let me know via the Feedback form. You might first check the FAQ page in case your issue is a common problem but not really a bug.
Frequently Asked Questions
A list of Frequently Asked Questions is maintained here. If your question is not answered there, try asking your question on the Fantasy Flight message board, or ask me directly.
Customization
Strange Eons has extensive customization and plug-in capabilities. To learn more, start with the basic instructions on this page.
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November 9, 2006 — Updated August 03, 2010