I am working on a push-your-luck dice game with a pirate theme. The game is scored in increments of 50 up to 5,000. I have three sizes of coin, and decided on denominations of 50, 250 and 1,000.
For a game that scales from two to six players, how many of each denomination coin should I include?
It is hard to tell with what you have posted. Playtesting will identify if you have too few.
For a game that scales from two to six players, how many of each denomination coin should I include?
If there is a direct relation between scoring and coins (1 to 1) then:
5,000 = max money per player.
Minimum coin distribution: 4x1000 + 3x250 + 5x50
So, for 6 players:
24x1000 + 18x250 + 30x50
But I would use a few more coins to avoid constant exchanging (6 more per coin type).
I hope this is what you need.
Néstor
Make your math easy. Unless there is a thematic reason, just simplify it to the lowest rate (1,5, 20). That is, unless it is Pokemon and bigger is better!
But I would use a few more coins to avoid constant exchanging (6 more per coin type).
Yeah, and you would probably want a few more of the low denominantions than of the higher denominations.
I suggest:
30x1000 (with six players everyone could have five of each of these)
30x250
40x50
If that's too much coins, you might want to introduce a 5000 coin and you could go with something like this:
6x5000
24x1000
24x250
30x50
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