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Fri 11th Sep 2015 02:13 #1 / 7
I just got three wild cards in my first three turns on the Civil War map. Literally thought the game was broken until I got my fourth card. If my math is correct, the odds of that coincidence are about .01%.
Anybody else have any cool coincidences like that in games they've played?
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Fri 11th Sep 2015 10:50 #2 / 7
Looks like that map actually has a couple of extra wild cards in the deck:
Card deckA:18 B:18 C:18 W:4
The default is just 2. I have never changed those numbers from the default on my boards, but I have thought of making a board where there are tons (or even all) wild cards.
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Fri 11th Sep 2015 12:38 #3 / 7
Ozyman wrote:
Looks like that map actually has a couple of extra wild cards in the deck:
Card deckA:18 B:18 C:18 W:4
The default is just 2. I have never changed those numbers from the default on my boards, but I have thought of making a board where there are tons (or even all) wild cards.
I'm not sure that I'd like a board with all wilds. I think it'd take away from the timing of your attacks, and eliminate sneak attacks on back to back trades.
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Fri 11th Sep 2015 16:18 #4 / 7
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 00:35 #5 / 7
Cramchakle wrote:
Just depends on the game. No reason it couldn't be worked in as a mechanic.
+1 - it would remove an element of randomness, that could be a good thing. I could also imagine some kind of theme where having only a single card would fit. In general, I think it's not a good idea, but I wouldn't dismiss it entirely.
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 00:39 #6 / 7
The Bowling board awards only a single kind of card - so you always have a trade in. The games are short and the card values low so that removes some randomness but still keeps the bonus mechanic of cards.
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Sat 12th Sep 2015 06:34 #7 / 7
Card Membership - putting the power of factories in your hand.
Cramchakle wrote:
Just depends on the game. No reason it couldn't be worked in as a mechanic.
Agree, but the result on most boards would be that pretty much all players would end up receiving a bonus on the same round and in the same order throughout the game - hardly acceptable for most designs ..though I suppose on a board where cards are hard to come by, it could be a desired mechanic.
I still feel that cards have a massive amount of untapped functionality when you consider what they could be used for if they could trigger factories.
http://www.wargear.net/wiki/doku.php?id=designer_workshop:proposed:card_membership
