Sourceforge Explorer: Magic Set Editor 0.3.8

If you're into battle card games like Magic The Gathering or Marvel VS and over 15 you're a gaming geek. Say what you will, but if you're still playing battle card games at that age you probably own at least one D & D rulebook and quote passages out of the latest Forgotten Realms novels.

So I'm sure somewhere along the lines of being a battle card player you'll have wanted to make your own cards which is where the free program Magic Set Editor comes in. It's a really cool program that allows you to create your own battle cards very easily. The full installation package for version 0.3.8 comes with templates for Magic The Gathering, Marvel and Yu-Gi-Oh. To create your very own custom deck full of magical cheeseballs, possessed household items and toy tanks all you need to do is choose a card template click on the card template and away you go. In addition there are plenty of useful features like a statistics feature and a search function.

I'm sure this is on the too-do list but the most glaring omission is the lack of an easy to use template creator. You can manually create templates using scripting and adding files in the directories but it is somewhat inaccessible to most people at the moment. But you can't really complain about something like that when the program is free right?

Check it out here.

Sourceforge Explorer: MegaMek

MegaMek is a conversion of the Classic Battletech boardgame allowing you to play against other players via hotseat or network. The program is designed for Battletech players already familiar with the game so you'll probably need to buy/borrow a Battletech manual. It covers the core rules and maps and the developers are working on including the optional rules. You can also create your own maps as well. I'm sure the Battletech gamers will love this.

For those of you who need to get introduced to Battletech and the glory of commanding giant mechs to blow each other up. Check out Classic Battletech. They even have free rules for new players!

Sourceforge Explorer: JSesh Hieroglyphic Editor

I thought I would spend some time browsing through Sourceforge and looking up some cool programs. And what's cooler than Egyptian hieroglyphics? Being able to write your own!

Available free from Sourceforge, the JSesh is a hieroglyphic editor so you too can make your own hieroglyphics and be uber cool! Of course, if you're an academic it will be probably be very useful when you're writing up that journal article on your latest discovery.

Personally I would rather use it to print random nonsense on a t-shirt and sell it.

Check it out here.