Event Cards (V2.0?)

Another set of Event Cards was using a number between 100 to 6000. Just to give money, steal stuff etc.

I let the players roll the number now, by 2d6.
The numbers are multiplied with each other and by 100.
Now we have 100 to 3600. But a cut down of 1/3th of those cards. Huray!

I don't know if I should put all cards in 1 deck or not.
Probably not, since I am done re-writing them.

Right now, I have 3 different types of Event Cards:
- 30 Adjustment Combinations (5 cards to make an combination)
- 10 Tactical
- 10 Special

My hunch is that players pick 3/1/1 cards per round.
If an deck is empty, a player may pick from another pile by choice. Of course, still 3 from the first pile.

With 5 cards in total per round. I think I will allow players to hold up to 15 cards. A deck would be empty after 5 rounds. And at 4 rounds, there is already discarding/forced usage.

With 2 players, this set is enough. But with 3-4 players, I need to multiply the set by 2. And with 5-6 players, thrice.

There are 324 combinations possible. With the 5 quotes displayed down here.

When you look at the first quote block, you notice. 1/6th of these combinations are permanent. 5/6th is only going to be temporary. Players only use temporary when they see a chance to kill, shield of, or see the use of self inflicting harm.

In short, players primarily hunt for the permanent cards. Just because they can do so. How to stop this???

Some temporary effects are still useful if you know the tricks. But even experienced players go for the permanent cards.

I understand how you get to 45 in total. And evenly divided among the 3 decks. After 5 rounds, the cards are also evenly divided among the decks, player 1 and player 2.

Why 52? I don't see the point.

The point was to get rid of the creeping aspect of this. To better distribute the weight and reduce the amount of cards. I turned the first deck into a system of combinations. The true deck is only 30 cards, not the 324 combinations.

Players combine 5 cards into 1 effect.
And that effect is going to have:
- Duration; for how long is the statistic changed?
- Calculation; is the change an addition or reduction?
- Modification; how much is the statistic changed?
- Statistic; which of the 5 statistics is changed?
- Targets; how big is the modified army?

The other 2 decks are 10 each. And have notching to do with the first deck.

So, in total, I have 50 cards. 2 Remain, if I am to get to that 52.

I expected someone to comment on the "complexity" of this system. Which would have been very understandable. And suggestions on that one are welcome.

But that too would not take away the problem with the duration cards.

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I am left with 2 options:

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Number 1

The duration card is removed. Instead, players roll for how long it will take.
123; 1 Action
45; 1 Round(1-3 actions)
6; Permanent

The down side to this is that it will become a gamble. The FUN side of reducing range and speed on your own warriors, might now become permanent. Which is actually bad in that regard.

And with a chance of 1/6th, I don't see it happening that players will use this tactic.

Perhaps, allowing players to roll for the duration first. Then decide on who it is going to be used.

Perhaps, allowing players to have a choice instead. Thus:
123; 1 Action
45; 1 Action or 1 round
6; 1 Action or 1 round or permanent.

I am leaning to the latter. With that, players need to say on which squad it is going to be applied. Then roll for the duration. If they want something permanent, there is a chance of 1/6th of happening. If they don't want something permanent. The chance is 100%.

This however will reduce the deck to 24 cards that allow for 108 combinations.

I don't think it is hard to think of 2 more cards for each of the other decks. And the amount that players could pick can go down from 3 to 2. So, 4 cards in total after each round.

Not only that, but by deciding on the colours. I can go from 7, down to 6. The "colour" dark can now be removed from the deck.

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I could go into details with the number 2. But it is shit to look at. So I try to keep it short.

After writing out how the card flow might go.

And I tried to see if discarding the entire hand would help.

But guess what. My friends told me, they are ok with that. Because they simply save up cards after obtaining the permanent card.

So...
It is obvious that I need to get rid of this card. Or better yet, the set of duration cards.
Even rolling for the duration as option on a card is too much. Number 1 is much much better in my eyes.

I am sure, that some Special Event Cards will have TOO MUCH text.
However, I am a bit uncomfortable, posting "the plans" here.

Handy to know:
"rolled stats" is d6 x d6. Where 1 infantry unit is worth 1 and the average tank is worth 6.

This one is the biggest. There is no way that this fits on one card. So I need to make it shorter asap.

What would still be an effective miscommunication?

If a squad is ordered to do something, it would cost AP. Who pays this?
And who receives the gained XP? I have to make that very clear.

So, how could this be put in words in a short but effective way?

http://www.bgdf.com/forum/game-creation/design-theory/steps-and-tips-des...

Still having trouble with that one card though. But some others have been put on a diet as well.

Last evening. I tought up 3 new tactics cards. And thus splitting up the wall o text into 2 cards.

I also added 3 more special cards.

Bringing the total on 54 cards.
That, is such a clean number.

I need to reconsider every card over and over again. Some might be to strong. And one is so strong. That it asks for sacrifice of other cards and gamble.

This got me to dream this night. What if I add a weigh cost to each card?
And using one will cost me another?

But this is very unorthodox for me. Since I would be doing this on what my guts tell me.

I have some lead way.

Because they are less depending on hard numbers.

Except the combination cards. But those on the other hand. They need so much attention of the players. Well, it is almost like a mini MtG. That was never my intention.

An Event Card was to be supposed a, aha! kind of thing.

And I think that I want to cut them down more. This time by eradicating the combination cards.

The adjustments where way to big.
Also, a lot of dice where rolled. But the rolls on themselves where complex. Roll 3 dice, drop lowest, multiply the numbers, multiply this by 100.

Things like that, are fun if they are the main part of a game. But not as a consequent support power. Honestly, a support power should not be that time consuming.

I am thinking of only the 6 stats adjustment cards. 2 sets, one is adding up, the other one is reducing. The reducing side will have a higher value for the card. They start out the same as the other special cards, regarding determining the amount.

Then, two more dice rolls should be allowed.

Primarily the duration. Red die.
1,2,3; Action.
4,5; Action or Round.
6; Action, Round or Permanent.

The main adjustment is going to be only 1. Blue die: Roll a 6 to add 1, and re-roll.

Maybe still to much. But time will tell. I will keep cutting!

Up to Event Cards V3.0

"Yaaarg!"

I am also going to keep track of 1 document. The cards themselves with some rules in general. Right now, I was having them in 2 documents. But that costs twice the time. (Silly me)
A rookie mistake.

I fast printed a deck for tomorrow.

Gona sort the cards. And put them afterwards in 6 or 7 groups.

Then I will apply the weight of 1 or 2 to 6 or 7.

I don't want a weight of 8 or higher. Way to complicated in planning for players.

Looks like I am on my own with this one. Can't ask any one of my group.

I went with the latter. And am very satisfied with the results.
Perhaps some cards will switch places. But there isn't much room for that any more.

Only the top, of value 6 and 7 might switch places. That is, if I can come up with 3 more cards that have value 8 and 9.

Unclear right now, what kind of cards I should come up with. Are there other games than MtG that have super powerful abilities?

Almost done. Only checking spelling and space remains. In fact, I think I can finally start making more "professional" looking cards.

If I want to keep the cards as natural as possible. I could take a look to how much XP would be given by these cards.

There is a card with value 1. That will supply the player with 1225 XP on average. Max 3600 XP.

The 12 adjustment cards do this by selecting units instead. Again an average of 1225 and a max of €$3600.
These cards also have a durability check. There is 1/3th a chance that the card is permanent.
And to make things better, there is a multiplier roll. An average of 2.
But maybe, I need to make it better for some statistics.

I have this list of general units. Here I can witness the effects of the 12 adjustment cards, calculated back in terms of XP.

On some units, some cards work much better. But most of them don't work that well, now that I can see the XP more clearly. It terms of XP, the previous system was a bit more balanced.

But here is the next problem:

I have cards that are opposites of each other.
And each of these cards have a negative effect as well.

+ health and its negative - health are the opposite of
- damage and its negative + damage

Then I have the accuracy effect.
+ accuracy is a better weapon
- accuracy is a worse weapon

It is ok to have weapons that can't do damage at all.
But it is not ok to have units that are immortal.

The opposite of accuracy would actually cause this. So there is only one solution so far.

Automatic Penalty on opponents.
Where each projectile has to go through a set of penalty rolls of 3/6th.

But how do I invert that!?
So a way might be to have a penalty roll that will undo a miss instead.
But even that would mean an increase on damage points. And any damage point would go to the next target.
And that next target has probably not the negative penalty roll.

Doubling health is the only correct and fair way.

I have 2 vacant spaces in my deck. Preferably doing something with health.

Maybe I should have one card add that penalty roll. And the other card do something entirely else. But what could that be?