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Go West, Young Brode: A 300-card fanmade expansion

Welcome! 'Go West, Young Brode' is a 300-card fanmade expansion I've worked on for the past 9 months. Set in the fictional setting of Boom Town ruled by a corrupt mayor and terrorized by bandits, this set was heavily inspired by spaghetti westerns, something fresh and exciting I thought I could bring to Hearthstone without it feeling completely alien. I introduce a new mechanic, the Straight (numbered Costs in a row in your hand, so a Straight of 2 would be a 2-Cost and a 3-Cost while a Straight of 3 would be a 7,8,9-Cost) and while it's admittedly a flavour thing first and foremost from texas hold'em up poker, I also hope it can promote a slower pace with less emphasis on perfect curve, and add a new layer of mindgames. I will let you discover the other subthemes by yourself!

I'm not looking to be the next Hearthstone designer or anything like that. I simply love to design cards and consider that its own reward. My simple goal, truly, is to have Ben Brode look at my cards one day and say 'Dude, that's an awesome card.' And then we will laugh together. Perhaps it will be this set. Perhaps not.

Enjoy!

Druid

Hunter

Mage

Paladin

Priest

Rogue

Shaman

Warlock

Warrior

Neutral Commons

Neutral Rares

Neutral Epics

Neutral Legendaries

A big thank you to all the artists whom I've credited individually for each card, to /r/customhearthstone for their fantastic feedback and support, /u/SgtFailure who encouraged me to start over when I lost my PC, /u/shadowcentaur for his great work on Lorado in our brother Magic subreddit, /u/IksarHS for his encouragement, and of course, Blizzard for making me love a children's card game!

For more custom cards, head over to the custom hearthstone subreddit!

For my previous sets, check out my Burning Legion expansion

Edit2: Guys, it happened! Ben Brode called this set AWESOME! Yipee-kay-yay! Now I can ride off into the sunset!

Edit3: You the real deal, /r/hearthstone! Have another legendary!

Iksar

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Can't wait to read all these tonight when I get some free time. Glad you took the time to complete your set!
Ben Brode

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Lol, I'll keep that one person in mind. :D What can I do to make sure that I make it past the filter phase? What does that person look for? I really appreciate you answering all the questions, Ben. I really want to make a good first impression.

Make sure you meet the requirements and show your passion and skill at the job!
Ben Brode

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Hey Ben Brode, Do you know who reads what part of the application? While I think doing something like sending in an interpretive dance could be interesting, I doubt the recruiter or manager would find it humorous. Of course, if the Hearthstone team reads the card design part, I could go wild there.

One person filters down the applicants to the ones who are most qualified. Usually Peter and Matt take a look after that, and then I will get involved for the interviews.

That one person has a great sense of humor, though. :)
Ben Brode

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

I get that you may not be able to answer this, but does seeing cards here restrict your teams design options?

Like would you not make an awesome card because someone on your team saw a version (simmilar or the same) of it on a fanmade list/site?

We can't accept privately submitted ideas, but publicly submitted stuff is fine.
Ben Brode

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

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I wrote some stuff that might help you: https://bbrode.svbtle.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-games
Ben Brode

Posted 9 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Dude, these cards are AWESOME. Many of them we actually playtested in the past; for example, Old Blanchy is exactly (stats and text) what Sir Finley Mrrgglton was early on. Turns out it's less fun in practice than we thought, unfortunately.

There's also some stuff in there that we are actually currently testing, too... ;-)

The flavor is really fun. Totally dug it. /salute

Also, I don't know if this interests you, but I'm just going to leave it here... http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=16000FI

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<div class="md"><p>Can't wait to read all these tonight when I get some free time. Glad you took the time to complete your set!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4c51n3">Iksar</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Lol, I'll keep that one person in mind. :D
What can I do to make sure that I make it past the filter phase? What does that person look for?
I really appreciate you answering all the questions, Ben. I really want to make a good first impression.</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Make sure you meet the requirements and show your passion and skill at the job!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4dp37r">Ben Brode</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Hey Ben Brode,
Do you know who reads what part of the application? While I think doing something like sending in an interpretive dance could be interesting, I doubt the recruiter or manager would find it humorous. Of course, if the Hearthstone team reads the card design part, I could go wild there.</p>
</div>
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<div class="md"><p>One person filters down the applicants to the ones who are most qualified.  Usually Peter and Matt take a look after that, and then I will get involved for the interviews.</p>

<p>That one person has a great sense of humor, though. :)</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4cdgyq">Ben Brode</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>I get that you may not be able to answer this, but does seeing cards here restrict your teams design options? </p>

<p>Like would you not make an awesome card because someone on your team saw a version (simmilar or the same) of it on a fanmade list/site?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>We can't accept privately submitted ideas, but publicly submitted stuff is fine.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4cdf1y">Ben Brode</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>[deleted]</p>
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<div class="md"><p>I wrote some stuff that might help you: <a href="https://bbrode.svbtle.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-games">https://bbrode.svbtle.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-games</a></p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4cddkx">Ben Brode</a>)
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<div class="md"><p>Dude, these cards are AWESOME.  Many of them we actually playtested in the past; for example, Old Blanchy is exactly (stats and text) what Sir Finley Mrrgglton was early on.  Turns out it's less fun in practice than we thought, unfortunately.</p>

<p>There's also some stuff in there that we are actually currently testing, too... ;-)</p>

<p>The flavor is really fun.  Totally dug it.  /salute</p>

<p>Also, I don't know if this interests you, but I'm just going to leave it here...
<a href="http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=16000FI">http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=16000FI</a></p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4b4bi7">Ben Brode</a>)
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<p><div class="md"><p>Can't wait to read all these tonight when I get some free time. Glad you took the time to complete your set!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4c51n3">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Make sure you meet the requirements and show your passion and skill at the job!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4dp37r">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>One person filters down the applicants to the ones who are most qualified.  Usually Peter and Matt take a look after that, and then I will get involved for the interviews.</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>We can't accept privately submitted ideas, but publicly submitted stuff is fine.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4cdf1y">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>I wrote some stuff that might help you: <a href="https://bbrode.svbtle.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-games">https://bbrode.svbtle.com/how-to-get-a-job-in-games</a></p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4oa362/go_west_young_brode_a_300card_fanmade_expansion/d4cddkx">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Dude, these cards are AWESOME.  Many of them we actually playtested in the past; for example, Old Blanchy is exactly (stats and text) what Sir Finley Mrrgglton was early on.  Turns out it's less fun in practice than we thought, unfortunately.</p>

<p>There's also some stuff in there that we are actually currently testing, too... ;-)</p>

<p>The flavor is really fun.  Totally dug it.  /salute</p>

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