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#6: Card-Design v.1

Today I finally get to show off my new card-designs. They are only for testing, but still I put some effort into them, thinking about what information I wanted to display and trying to make them at least a little bit visually attractive.
Anyhow, I probably spend way too much time on them. Still it looked nice to finally place them on the board.

Sorting out the cards



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