Custom Content Creation

General Information

Creating custom card images

Custom content is usually created with the software "Strange Eons" using the "Arkham Horror LCG" plugin.

Importing your content

It is highly recommended to use the "Zoop" plugin for Strange Eons when exporting your Arkham Horror LCG creations. This plugin will create metadata for all your cards and directly export them as saved object for TTS.

Going the extra mile

The following things can be done to make sure that your content supports all features of SCED and makes gameplay extra enjoyable for players.

Campaign / Scenario Box

Usually, content is stored in "memory bags". This is a common tool that will remember the position of objects, pack them and provide a "Place" and "Recall" button to users.

Memory bag setup

1. To start, take any of the existing boxes (don't mind the art, we will change that eventually) and empty it.
2. Make sure your content (a scenario in this case) is placed and ready to be played.
3. Click the "Setup" button on the box you grabbed in step 1. Then select "Reset" and once again "Setup".
4. There will be a bunch of red buttons appearing (one above each object). Click the ones you want to include in this box. They should turn green.
5. Once you have selected all of your content, above the box click the "Add" button. It will say at the top of the screen "X Objects Saved" (where X is how many objects you've added).
6. Click "Recall" to test it. All your content should be thrown into the box.
7. Click "Place" to return your content back. Your content should be returned back to its original places.
8. If you wish to add things later on, you can click "Setup", click the red square above the new content, then click "Add". If you wish to modify your content's positioning later on (such as slight alignment adjustment), click "Setup", move your content, then click "Set New".

Customizing the box

If you want to change the box's name, right-click it and at the bottom of the list is the name, you can edit it there.

If you want to change the box's art, right-click it and click "Custom". Then, place your own image in the link for "Diffuse/Image". If you want to see how it's formatted/templated, copy the link that is already there and place it in your browser. You'll be provided templates if you ask on the discord server.

Tags

To ensure support for all existing tools / scripting, add these tags to the respective objects:

Description	Tag	Added by Zoop
Campaign Box	"CampaignBox"	❌
Campaign Log	"CampaignLog"	❌
Campaign Guide	"CampaignGuide"	❌
Object to stay around	"CleanUpHelper_ignore"	❌
Player cards (all)	"PlayerCard"	✅
Player cards (Assets)	"Asset"	✅
Scenario cards (All)	"ScenarioCard"	✅
Scenario cards (Locations)	"Location"	✅

Scenario Reference Card

To trigger the title splash screen, ensure one of the following:

1. "oldschool" approach

• Name: "Scenario" (Yes, just literally this string)
• Description: "Scenario Name" (this is your actual scenario name)

2. Metadata

• Name: "Scenario Name" (this is your actual scenario name)
• Metadata should set the type to ScenarioReference and optionally include token data (see below).

This card can also optionally contain metadata for the Token Arranger in the following format (Example from "The Gathering"):

{
  "id": "01104",
  "type": "ScenarioReference",
  "class": "Mythos",
  "cycle": "Night of the Zealot",
  "tokens": {
    "front": {
      "Skull": {
        "modifier": -999,
        "description": "-X. X is the number of Ghoul enemies at your location."
      },
      "Cultist": {
        "modifier": -1,
        "description": "-1. If you fail, take 1 horror."
      },
      "Tablet": {
        "modifier": -2,
        "description": "-2. If there is a Ghoul enemy at your location, take 1 damage."
      }
    },
    "back": {
      "Skull": {
        "modifier": -2,
        "description": "-2. If you fail, after this skill test, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Ghoul enemy, and draw it. Shuffle the encounter deck."
      },
      "Cultist": {
        "modifier": 0,
        "description": "Reveal another token. If you fail, take 2 horror."
      },
      "Tablet": {
        "modifier": -4,
        "description": "-4. If there is a Ghoul enemy at your location, take 1 damage and 1 horror."
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes:

• Zoop should be adding this data automatically.
• A modifier of "-999" indicates that this modifier will change during the scenario (usually the skull token).
• The "front" section of this metadata usually relates to the "Easy / Standard" side of the reference card.