Assistance Needed

Does it make sense for me to buy Red and you to buy Red, then fight each other? I really think I'm worrying too much about this. Haha.

I believe we've narrowed our theme down to two options, one of which takes place in a post-apocalyptic type scenario where the realm of our game has been shattered. Influential figures emerge and realize the realm is now situated for conquering, so they begin building an army out of the remaining citizens.

Or a theme where players will act as Overlords that were sealed away a thousand years ago during the Great War (or whatever event). Their seal has since been broken (somehow) and they're free to walk the realms. Intent on total domination, the Overlords will stop at nothing to gain control of the realm. They'll have to destroy the opposing overlords in order to do so. Because they're ago powerful, they have the ability to summon powerful monsters to create their armies.

I was thinking the turn sequence could work like this:

1. Initiative
2. Action
3. Combat
4. Discard
5. Draw

#1 Initiative phase determines who will begin both the Action and Combat phases. The player with Initiative will start each of these rounds.

During #2, the Action phase, you could play Allies, Tactics, and Relics from your hand into play. The player with Initiative begins this. Your area of the table is set up in four different zones: deck, discard, active, and spent. Tactics that aren't Continuous would enter in the spent zone. All other cards enter into the active zone, As Relics are Continuous and Allies are always placed active. These card types provide you with a currency to purchase cards with. At the end of your Action phase, discard any remaining cards from your hand and in your spent zone. At this time, you should only control Relics, Tactics that are Continuous, and Allies.

Play is then passed to the left, allowing each player to play their hands in their own Action phases. Once all players are out of cards and have completed this phase, we move on to the next phase.

#3 Combat phase is going to be a phase where all players will take turns having a combat, just like the Action phase where each player got a chance to play out their cards. Combat will begin with the player with Initiative. I should mention here that Allies have a star called Damage which is used to inflict damage to other players and Allies. This player may attack with his Allies one at a time at any player. For example: I control 3 Allies and I'm playing against 3 opponents. I could attack Ally #1 into Player 1, Ally #2 into Player 2, etc. Each Ally can only attack once. Once it attacks, it moves back into the spent zone, meaning it can no longer take any actions for the turn. To keep players feeling "in the game" and always included, I like the idea of players being able to defend against an Ally attack by choosing an Ally to defend with. Allies can only defend in the active zone, so Allies in the spent zone cannot be used to defend with. Defending does not move them to the spent zone.

Once all players have had a combat phase, we move to phase #4, discard. Everything in play that isn't a Continuous Tactic or Relic is discarded.

The last phase is Draw. Each player draws 5 cards (not up to five).