Greetings,
There used to be a plugin for Monster (Farm) Rancher Battle Card but has been abandoned.
Also, If anyone is able to assist, how can I add this to the roster of Plugins? Do I just comment in the sticky post or is this added by moderators?New efforts arose and after hundreds of hours creating revised cards, templates and translation updates to be used in Tabletop Simulator mod and LackeyCCG plugin.
AutoUpdate LackeyCCG Plugin link for Monster Rancher Battle Card revisions: - https://legendcup.com/images/mrbccards/lackeyccg/updatelist.txt
What is Monster Rancher Battle Card?- Originally a Japanese physical card game that was never released in the west (Also in Japan it is referred to as Monster Farm, while English released games are Monster Rancher).
- You choose 3 monsters to play with, along with monster-specific cards, as well as "Any" monster cards, or "Breeder" cards. (YOU are the breeder)
- Win by KOing the opponent's 3 monsters first, or lose by deck attrition. (Your Draw pile is also your resource for spending your resource to attack or defend).
- The English Video Game versions had poor translations, but made it to GameBoy Color, and PlayStation1.
- The GBC version only had the first expansion, while the PS1 version had 3 expansions.
- The Physical cards go up to a 4th expansion before they were discontinued.
- The Physical and video game versions of MRBC play with the exact same rules so it's an easy transition
This might lead one to ask: What is Monster Rancher? - Started as a fantasy Pet raising and breeding simulation, like Tamagochi on steroids. It's also very roguelike, before that was specifically a genre.
- The original gimmick in Monster Rancher was the ability to swap out the game and insert CDs in the PlayStation and a monster is generated from the CDs meta data
- The monsters were able to be cross-bred as well, so in addition to being able to pass down traits, attacks etc. from parents, they can have hybridized looks too.
These MRBC images started out as a preservation project when the originator of the translations shut down their website. We've picked it up since and continued the work to keep the
My site is dedicated 100% to Monster Rancher, has been running since 1999 and FQDN since 2001.
For the page
dedicated to the LackeyCCG Plugin and playing the MRBC Plugin on Lackey, go here:
- https://legendcup.com/mrbc-lackeyccg-plugin.php
Sample of changes: Some of the cards that made it to the PlayStation 1 port, and the abandoned plugin from over a decade ago have the original localization verbiage.
Golem's "Protect" card in the Original 90s localization:
- "Makes once damage to a monster in your team this monster's per attack"
Golem's "Protect" card in the revised translations:
- "This monster takes all damage from an attack against another monster in your team"
This, along with the entire collection's card texts has been revised/modernized/play-tested to still be accurate to the original intended play of the cards, with clearer verbiage than was provided in the original poor localization.
Adding the Monster Rancher community
Discord: https://discord.gg/venPxfG - for finding other MRBC players, or to report plugin issues
Promo Video for MRBC Plugin for LackeyCCG