Please check out my "Poll" about "Player Counts"

Well I've got ten (10) votes already... and to my surprise it seems like designers are advocating somewhere between 2 and 4 players. I will of course playtest both these scenarios, but I had planned to test other larger groups such as 6 to 10 players.

But it doesn't look like those seem to be popular player counts. I get the impression that people would prefer a "tighter" game with less players. I had planned to go with a larger group size and "easier" game play... As you all know, the more players, the SIMPLER the game needs to be. Otherwise players will get bored waiting for the opponents to play their turns. So the game needs to be "faster" with a larger group...

While some of you "touched" on a "quicker" game and something like less than 20 minutes... I'm not yet certain how long a game will take. I will be working on making a *NEW* prototype this week... And hopefully get some playtesting done on Saturday!

Cheers...

Actually the game can be played with a "Micro" Deck of ten (10) cards. One (1) is your "Lord" card (there is a possibility of 10 Lords - got 4 to flesh out still), this card gives you a round bonus +3 "resources" and an asymmetric ability (various usage). And lastly there is a "score card" so to speak where you can keep track of each round (as it plays out).

So that's twelve (12) cards in total.

It has nothing to do with minimums, all I can say is that I don't know what the minimum is, because the orders come in batches for each card. Obviously there are higher amounts - but the minimum is 200 cards.

Since this is a Collectible Card Game (CCG), that's the sourcing format that I have agreed to. Needed to figure out a way to make the cards have some "market" value aside from the pricing of the cards. And I don't know when I will "re-fill" a card (and order another batch)... Sometime people may need to wait for certain cards...

So goes the "market"!

I've check the vote count ... and it currently seems to be a TIE between 2 Players and 4 Players. As such I believe something like 2 to 4 players seems reasonable. I plan to test 6 players later (given that it's just 2 players above 4...) because I wanted to support a larger collective.

I still need to get to designing the cards. Which I will start working on TODAY! I got my cutting machine ready for when the cards a designed and printed ... rather than using scissors which makes the process very tedious.

A cutting machine reduces unevenness and is quicker too.

Keep you all posted on the advancement of this prototype...

Designers feel that the game should be between 2 to 4 players. Originally I had wanted it to be four (4) players. And then as I worked on the cards, I got the impression that there could be MORE players involved.

As such because of the voting and opinions of the other designers, I have decided to make the game a 2 to 4 player game.

This is taking into all the votes into consideration ... And I feel it makes an overall better game to get into (and it's a bit flexible too). Because I wanted to be able to accommodate that "extra" player (one above the four) for those groups that have the need/requirement.

Now comes the challenge of "actually" DESIGNING the game in further detail.

This is because the design is in a state of "flux"... Because there needs to be MORE "meat on the bone"! I still have got plenty more to think about...

One thing is for certain - this "Mash-Up" of pieces from various designs seems to be getting more interesting... We'll see where this leads to!