Card WRITING GUIDE:
- All cards must have the following:
- All research and writing must be complete before starting the art.
- Write a 1-2 sentence description of the event with the correct tense listed below.
- 300 characters max.
- (To do a character count copy your text to google doc and go to Tools > Word Count).
- Many of the cards have a google slide presentation that was done by the Museum School students that you can find in the Google Drive here.
- If the card does not have research completed it is the KCAD artist' responsibility to research and write for the card.
- It is the KCAD artist' final responsibility to have the card writing correct, historically accurate and respecting diversity and cultures and to follow this guide.
Allied Character Card Writing Guide:
3rd person present tense; each character's description should mention at least one important/noteworthy specific action. "Example: George Washington uses (not used) his military knowledge to gain ground for the Whigs."
Give a very brief background description on the character, but keep the focus on what it was that they accomplish during the Revolutionary War - but not before the end of the war.
The EPIC characters should want to align with them, so cards must have a positive trait expressed. (Cards should not give away if the person was eventually a loser.)
If the character is known as a person with another name say AKA, then list the name as we have in the Joseph Brant card.
Example of Allied Character Card Writing
While the Joseph Brant card is partly correct it still does not have the phonetic way of saying Thayendanegea like the one in blue. All Indigenous people should have the phonetic way of saying their names in addition to the translation of their name from the 5 nations tongue to english.
EPIC Character Card Writing Guide:
3rd person present tense; each character's description should mention at least one important/noteworthy specific action. Give a very brief background description on the character, but keep the focus on what it was that they accomplish during the Revolutionary War.
- Example of an important act: "she gathered secrets to help her and her husband, Benedict Arnold, get ahead."
These are intended to be neutral and undecided if they are Tories or Whigs during the Powder Keg Phase so the writing cannot lead the player to know which side they ultimately chose. Imply struggle and conflict between the choice of choosing to be a Tory or Whig in the card.
- Example of an undecided character: Peggy is often torn between her loyalist family and Arnold's patriotism.
Example of Epic Character Card Writing
It is helpful to describe why this character is (EPIC suite named in the gold bar) revolutionary, politician, wildcard, (etc) in the descriptive writing.
- Example of Powerhouse and Wildcard Epic Suite: She spends her days living in luxury and attending high society parties.
Event Card Writing Guide:
(Event cards include: Powder Keg, PowderKeg Tiebreaker, War and War Tiebreaker):
3rd person present tense; write as though the event is happening right now, and make the language exciting (think "star wars opening crawl").
A clear, distinct writing style is preferred for event card descriptions. Keep the text clean, disconnected, and in a third person written perspective.
No I statements or you statements or as if you are speaking to someone.
They, he, she is correct.
The text must be historically accurate up to that point in history but not give away the ending of the final war.
Example of Event Card Writing: Specifically for a War Tiebreaker card (but all event cards use the same method of writing.)
Item Card Writing Guide:
2nd person present tense; emphasize the various uses of the item, good/bad, etc.
Ideas to explain include showing the economic impact of the item on the times and the people of North America including the indigenous people, slaves, British in Great Britain and the British in the "New World." Explain how this item big or small is used in the powder keg or in war, either through protest, to convince others, to use on the battlefield or to supply troops.
Example of Item Card Writing