The Deck Of Sixty: A Guide to Sharlayan Cartomancy and Other Amusements

[janTesi]

The Deck Of Sixty: A Guide to Sharlayan Cartomancy and Other Amusements by Tesi Suwi-Unpa

I have written a short book on how to use the AST Deck of Sixty for divination. I would love to get some official Square-Enix eyes on this (I think it fits smoothly into the lore and would love to see it published alongside a full deck). If you want the description of how I got started on this project, there's a thread I made in the Lore forums.

This is a first draft, and I'm not sure what I might end up changing. I'm still comparing the minors to make sure there aren't too many similar meanings and that they cover a diverse enough range of possibilities. Also, as I have hopes of getting it in print, I will probably take this link down eventually (and have). In the meantime, I'd love some input and, if you like it, some hype maybe? My prior written works were self-published, so I have no idea how to get the attention of an enormous video game company. More than anything, I'd just really like someone to produce a deck that's nicer and easier to shuffle than my index cards. My next step otherwise is to buy some blank Bicycle cards and go at them with a sharpie. Either way, I definitely intend to provide readings in game, and adjust the system to any changes in lore that come up.

Also, feel free to make a deck and try the system out. I'd love to hear your results. Same goes for the rules for the card games. I haven't actually gotten to playtest any of those yet. I was just trying to write games that fit the descriptions in the Encyclopedia Eorzea.



Update: Just added a new version. Made some minor changes to the Cups and added a bit of language to the Attunement section to mention the existence of elemental arcanas.

Update: Added another new version. Updated some terminology and realized I had the astral/umbral as passive/active backward. This didn't change card definitions, just how I describe the courts, Ladies now being umbral, rather than astral. They are still the active version of their element.

Update: removing the link and setting it to private. I hope everyone who downloaded it while it was available has enjoyed it, but I do hope to get SE to support such a product, and having the whole book available to the public is generally a no-go for that sort of thing.

Major update (just figured out how to get the edit post option on phone): This is now a zine! Just hit shelves yesterday, and we're super excited!
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/58250

[te8445]

Imagine my surprise when I run into exactly the kind of resource I could use for a project I'm creating... And then it turns out that I missed out even seeing it by a few days. What a shame. Hope things go well for you with this, and barring that, I hope you can allow public access again at some point.

[janTesi]

Imagine my surprise when I run into exactly the kind of resource I could use for a project I'm creating... And then it turns out that I missed out even seeing it by a few days. What a shame. Hope things go well for you with this, and barring that, I hope you can allow public access again at some point.

I'd be more than happy to chat about the ideas contained therein. Shoot me a message on FB. https://www.facebook.com/desmodeus
I'm honestly surprised that there's no private message system on here.

[JepMZ]

I'm interested in reading. But what's the problem exactly? You aren't trying to make official merchandise but sharing a project. There's nothing harmful about that

[janTesi]

Major update: This is now a zine! Just hit shelves yesterday, and we're super excited!
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/58250