Sycarion Diversions

About

Sycarion Diversions hopes to be a different type of game company. Our mission isn’t unique, we want people to be entertained by playing games. What’s different is that we aren’t completely about selling games. The rules of all our games are free.

That’s right, the rules are free. In addition to that, any ideas on our blog are available with a few rights reserved. Basically, just say you got it here.

So how do we make money? Since we are in the business of selling entertainment, any money we make comes from providing conveniences to our customers, time with game creators, merchandise, and patronage. Basically, we sell dice, pre-made game boards, pre-printed rules (like a hard-cover edition or paperback), t-shirts, etc.

We also use Google AdSense, but without forcing twenty banners and a tag in every post. We use search (SafeSearch On) and one skyscraper ad in the right column. I have done my best to remove inappropriate ads, let me know if you see one.

Our patronage system allows you, the customer, to tell us what we should be working on right now. We will bump everything to finish a project for a patron on time.

Our other goals include developing the Action! System(TM) and other diversions. These other diversions will be anything from Card Games to Board Games to Dvorak based card games. Posts will present various ideas and make them open to discussion. PDFs and OpenOffice files will be available on Beta and Finished projects. If you really want Alpha files, send an email to us.

We are always looking for folks interested in helping out. If you enjoy entertaining people, or if you enjoy the details of good game mechanics, or if you just have a fun idea, please register and drop us a line. We’re not many people right now, you could be the one that is paid from a patron. (We won’t even ask for a cut!)

Feel free to look at the Roadmap

You can also check out the Projects page.

One example of a regular card game is Dice Poker, check it out!