First player to begin

@Jay103
Hahaha, you understood the first one perfectly. But those kind of games, why would they even play them? With magic the gathering, the same issue would arise, no?

Regarding the "chess" variant. I don't know how to put it without sounding defensive about it.
But let's say that in the beginning, an attacking player is at a disadvantage.
In the middle, the attacker is not at a disadvantage, by random draws and planning; the strongest player/deck will attack.
And at the end (if any), without attackers, the attacker would be at a disadvantage again.

A second factor in the game:
Depending on the type of cards. There might be "chess" situations at the end. Where the attacker could mathematically eat away certain RPS factors of the opponent in order to gain the upper hand.

Which reminds me. I need to repost the combat mechanic soon in the other post.

Also. It isn't written in this topic. But cards can be played multiple times at the moment of placing them on the table. This depends on if the player decides to have more resources first. Or decides to try to gain a table control by placing more forces.
Also, trying to gain more table control by attacking while the opponent is still weak is a valid strategy.

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@questccg
I considered an extra card. In the early design stages.

But due to RPS and the fact that cards can't attack in the same round. The first few rounds are a gamble for either side.
Sure, the one with better cards AND the starting position has the upper hand.
But the one with better cards AND going second has even more chances to win.

A key strategy in this is that players always. ALWAYS have some cheap cards in their deck.

There are 2 I think.
But the main one is that the first player doesn't pick an extra card on 7. The second however does. And has 8 at that moment. At the end of the turn, more than 7 cards means that the opponent may discard for you??? Correct me if needed here, I have not played in ages.

However, my game says that the hand cannot exceed 7 unless there is a special card placed on the table.
Each round, players REFILL their hand to the cards they are allowed to have. So spending no cards means simply skipping a turn. In that regard.

Players need to perform at least one of the following actions in their turn:
- Draw cards (you can't if your deck is depleted)
- Gather resources (even if it is throwing away cards 1 by 1)
- Attack (you need units).
- Buy cards (you need resources and cards in your hand).

If they can't do any of the above. They loose!