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@thirdrulegames.bsky.social

Creating independent card and tabletop games! Developing Arcane: The Eternal, an independent TCG produced in Nova Scotia, Canada! Get involved with the game on discord! www.thirdrulegames.ca https://discord.gg/eBcEpajMWg

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We redesigned the card frame to make it a bit more unique, and a bit more eye catching. In addition, it now frames the stats better so that it's easier to tell what does what. We took out a few weirdnesses, like creatures having their supertype implied, and renamed [ANG] to [DIV.]

15.11.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some new samples came in! #ArcaneTheEternal #tcg #mtg #buycanadian #novascotia #collectible #indiedev

31.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daybreak Regent, Juliana Chislu Daybreak Regent, art for Arcane: The Eternal - Third Rule Games Have been working on some amazing cards for Arcane now and I'm glad to be able to finally share this one!

Finally sharing the art I had a great time working on for @thirdrulegames.bsky.social β™₯

www.artstation.com/artwork/gRDlzx

28.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey there! We're currently in pre-launch, and our kickstarter we're planning for next year. However, we do weekly free play days online in our discord, and we're running an online tournament with steam cash prizes as well!

25.10.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arcane The Eternal is hosting a free, online tournament with Steam cash prizes! Signups available in our discord! Tournament is next month and asynchronous--play on your time!

#mtg #tcg #ygo #collectible #buycanadian #ArcaneTheEternal #indie #indiedev #indietcg #fantasy #writing

21.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Based.

17.10.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I feel you. A lot of the friendships I have today are specifically *because* of MTG. Makes me sad that I won't experience it again, but nothing can tarnish the memory of going to my LGS with my buddies for limited events.

17.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I ended up reducing to the occasional draft on Arena, but I feel icky spending money on the game in its current state.

A lot of indie games these days are doing print and play, which I think is neat.

17.10.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that's what we're seeing as well. Its why I personally stopped playing Magic and started working on my own game. The flood of sets right now is absurd. But it's a tough tightrope to walk, because content droughts kill the game too.

17.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A heavily armored angel leaning against her sword.

A heavily armored angel leaning against her sword.

We're a small indie outfit from Nova Scotia that's making ARCANE: THE ETERNAL, a TCG made for and by Canadians. We're designing here and printing here, not overseas.

Our launch set, Alpha, has 280+ cards and five starter decks.

We play regularly on the discord!

Art by @matanui.bsky.social

17.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I know this is sort of a different convo, but could you clarify the details on how you were priced out? We're trying hard in our TCG to create metas that are accessible both in gameplay and cost, specifically because we see players getting priced out, and I think this would be good data.

17.10.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's a difference between "not trusting you" as in saying you're a liar, and acknowledging the reality that megacorps are megacorps. I'm glad you clarified this, but Wizards regularly pulls support from creators who criticize them, so it's hard to not take at face value.

17.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This doesn't have anything to do with Arcane, but it IS hilarious.

#mtg #universesbeyond #mtgspiderman #tcg

17.10.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bought a few of your titles on DriveThru. Excited to read them and apalled that you need to lay for this out of pocket.

14.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from GoodRx showing discounted medication prices around $1400+.

Screenshot from GoodRx showing discounted medication prices around $1400+.

~335 short for out of pocket seizure med. These are the GoodRX *discount* prices. So unhinged here. Out of pills. Truly, each step closer means everything to me! πŸ™πŸ’–

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(credit/debit): https://bit.ly/payrev

#TTRPG games:
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13.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Some amazing borderless treatments of the art of @matanui.bsky.social ! I think these are really going to pop coming out of a pack.

#indie #indiedev #mtg #tcg #ArcaneTheEternal #buycanadian

24.09.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mfw the gimp select was still on the screen

08.09.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The wonderfully talented @matanui.bsky.social has hopped onboard #ArcaneTheEternal and provided some fantastic artworks! These are definitely ending up on the box art for the booster boxes lmao. #fantasy #art #indie #indiedev #tcg #mtg #digitalart #fantasyart #collectible #BuyCanadian

08.09.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Working on Frame Breaks and Full Art treatments for Arcane: The Eternal. I wanted something to show up in the common and uncommon slots so that you can get more hits per pack.

#ArcaneTheEternal #indiegame #indiedev #digitalart #ygo #mtg #ccg #collectibles #BuyCanadian

11.08.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Okay, not sure if it's what I was seeing, but I did find this, which is a third party booster box subscription service:

www.teamcovenant.com/games/sorcer...

10.08.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, you're...right? I could have sworn I saw someone talking in the Sorcery reddit the other day about an upcoming subscription service. Did I...did I hallucinate that? That's weird.

10.08.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the info! I hadn't considered that side of things. Although I'm someone who doesn't often rip random packs except for pokemon. If the game was designed for more 'hits per pack' do you think you would prefer monthly or buying at will?

09.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do people think of a subscription service for a TCG? I saw that Sorcery was doing it to supposedly counter scalpers, but my initial reaction is negative. What does bluesky think? Pic for tax.
#art #indiegames #gamedesign #darkpatterns #ArcaneTheEternal

09.08.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mal-Mart has seen better days... Hey, why is all the fresh produce just painted plastic!? (screenshot from Neofeud 2, my 90's-style #adventuregame! Neofeud 1 is 70% off now, grab it and help me finish #2! store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiedev #cyberpunk #indiegame #SteamDeck

26.07.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just grabbed it, looks awesome!

26.07.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have anyplace I can read about it? I fuck heavy with the artstyle

18.07.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These are badass I love them

18.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happens to the best of us. I spent an hour a few days ago trying to figure out a printing error and then I realized I never hit the confirm button.

17.07.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our website and discord are in our bio!

17.07.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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