Squib is a Ruby [DSL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language) for prototyping card and board games. Write a little bit of Ruby, define your deck's stats, then compile your game into a series of images ready for print-and-play or even print-on-demand. Squib is very data-driven and built on the principle of Don't Repeat Yourself. Think of it like [nanDeck](http://www.nand.it/nandeck/) done "the Ruby way". Squib supports:
Squib is a Ruby [DSL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language) for prototyping card and board games. Write a little bit of Ruby, define your deck's stats, then compile your game into a series of images ready for print-and-play or even print-on-demand. Squib is very data-driven and built on the principle of Don't Repeat Yourself. Think of it like [nanDeck](http://www.nand.it/nandeck/) done "the Ruby way". Squib supports:
On BoardGameGeek.com? Show your Squib pride by <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/microbadge/37841">getting the microbadge <img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/andymeneely/squib/gh-pages/images/microbadge.png"></a>
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3. Go through `the samples <https://github.com/andymeneely/squib/tree/master/samples>`_
3. Go through `the samples <https://github.com/andymeneely/squib/tree/master/samples>`_
4. Google it - people have asked lots of questions about Squib already in many forums.
4. Google it - people have asked lots of questions about Squib already in many forums.
5. Ask on Stackoverflow `using the tags "ruby" and "squib" <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=ruby squib>`_. You will get answers quickly from Ruby programmers it's and a great way for us to archive questions for future Squibbers.
5. Ask on Stackoverflow `using the tags "ruby" and "squib" <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=ruby squib>`_. You will get answers quickly from Ruby programmers it's and a great way for us to archive questions for future Squibbers.
6. Our `thread on BoardGameGeek <http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1293453>`_ is quite active and informal (if a bit unstructured).
6. Our `thread on BoardGameGeek <http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1293453>`_or `our guild <https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/2601>`_is quite active and informal (if a bit unstructured).
If you email me directly I'll probably ask you to post your question publicly so we can document answers for future Googling Squibbers.
If you email me directly I'll probably ask you to post your question publicly so we can document answers for future Googling Squibbers.
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Andy Meneely
10 years ago