https://www.walkingcarpetgames.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-08-16 https://www.walkingcarpetgames.com/blog/game-designers-blog-3 monthly 0.5 2026-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/c2a5b692-2a8a-4b87-bd34-186d754a6053/Early+Life+Out+West+Rulebook.png Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - Early Rulebook for Life Out West When sending game submissions, we didn’t have a sale sheet and often sent the first page of our rulebook with prototype cards and a pitch letter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786893116153-9838APYQAO7DBQJ9P0I5/LifeOut+West+LSCE.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786893116160-10J89EIK4R46A9OPNMW6/Life+Out+West+LSCE+Inside.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786837031261-GBAJ3576RSYM9QVOYN9V/Funeral+Parlor.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - 7 Resource Funeral Parlour Early version of the 7 Resource Building Card for J Hislop's Funeral Parlour. For Buildings, I wanted to use as many real pictures as I could find. I was also quite proud of my template design with multiple layers and grids in InDesign CS3 to make these cards! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786837031260-E8I1IM55QITD1DNZBMYY/Sweet+Alice.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - Gunslinger Sweet Alice Early version of the Gunslinger Card Sweet Alice Sweetwater. Flavor text was important to us so we could showcase the personality of our characters. These various cartoon images were also the references Steven used for all his character illustrations, since Chip and I had grown quite attached to them over 17 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786837032379-VSG73QPNPVIUI6I7770K/Thunder+%26+Lightning.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - Life Out West Card Early version of the Life Out West Card Thunder and Lightning. In the game, Life Out West Cards are everything, and add a unique story to each person and playthrough. Their design mechanic was inspired by “Farmer’s Fate” from The Farming Game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786837244176-MRH1RS1GLDLZKRQGNX58/jake+%26+chester.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - Gunslinger The Townes Brothers Early version of the Gunslinger Card for Jake and Chester Townes. A favorite card and flavor text amongst Chip and I. They are also a Bane to players who struggle flipping a coin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02658f5c7c3d754c90cbd7/1786839252759-J0YO9OJCUUVZ8M6TYU4T/fools+gold.jpg Walking Carpet Blog - Game Designer’s Blog: Volume 3 - Expansion Life Out West Card Quickly after making Life Out West, we make an expansion that introduces mining and Gold. Once Life Out West is published, this expansion will be our second game release (Q4 2026). 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