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[RoseHeart]

In this game you design 5 special moves for your mech. You will get 1 to 4 copies, the remaining will be default cards. I will judge the power of your cards and choose how many you get and what defaults you receive. Your final deck will have 20 cards.

I will accept 2 players. I recommend you do not submit a deck if the game is full, as the rules may be rebalanced before another round. (I have never seen a player use a mech they made early, later)

I will post and update details in the next two posts. After I post them, feel free to sign up/waitlist.

[RoseHeart]

Objective:
-Destroy the enemy mech's torso or last head before they do this to you.
-You also win if they surrender, which is recommended if disabled.

Instructions:
-Your deck begins with 20 cards.
-You draw 2 cards per turn.
-If parts are destroyed, you discard that many cards before drawing.
-Each round both players take turns announcing thier cards, and the higher priority one goes first.
-If your card damages or affects parts of the opponent, you may announce which part. Otherwise the torso will be targeted.
-You can play 1 card per turn. Or pass your turn.
-You may also discard any number of cards from your hand.
-You may also drop, pickup, or reposition equipment.
-Cards you play or discard go to a discard pile, which are reshuffled back into your deck when empty.
-Your maximum handsize is equal to your number of remaining parts and you must choose which extra cards to discard before you play another card.
-Most rules can be bent or broken by your cards.

Spoiler: Mech Design (click to show/hide)

Armour
You have 20 points to spend on armour(HP), each part must have 1 point. When armour is damaged, you discard that many cards at random from your deck into the "damaged pile".


Part Types & Function
Torso (limit 1) - The center part of the mech.
Head (limit 1 per teammate) - The player's cockpit. Extra heads require extra players piloting the mech. Cards for 3+ heads drawn will be given to the players in an order they decide at the start. An a pilot's hand is discarded when their head is destroyed. Teammates cannot trade cards.
Equipment (held by arm) - Held and activated by an arm. Cards that require(only) a single equipment part are judged lighter, in exchange for the risk of the enemy using them.
Accessory (not attached to equipment or another accessory) -
Arm (attached to torso) - Can hold equipment.
Propulsion (attached to torso) - Initiative is equal to the total armor points remaining on these parts. May be hit when aiming at other parts.


Part Orientation & Naming Convention
Center, Right or Left, Front or Rear, Top or Bottom, or some combination of two. If multiple parts would fit these names they will instead be numbered, with higher numbers identifying more backward facing, then lower ones. However, identical equipment will simply be numbered("sword 1", "sword 2").

Spoiler: Card Design (click to show/hide)

Stats
Zip: Bonus to initiative
Hit: Accuracy (20% ea, 10% ea target part)
Pow: Damage output

If these stats are above 5 or could make another card above 5, they are "scannable" and the opponent will see them before the match, aswell as the filler cards in their set.

Card Effects & Bonus Effects
Card effects are additional effects other than direct damage. Bonus Effects specifically require additional parts to be functioning to activate. Please keep the length as short as possible or I will shorten it for you. Details may be unapologetically lost.

Misses and Redirects
When an attack does not hit the target part, it may miss or redirect to a neighboring part. These include attached parts, and ones that share similar orientation, including equipment held by a neighboring arm.

Future Sessions
Hypothetically, if you reuse cards they may be judged more softly, giving you more copies. Story wise your pilot dies if their cockpit is destroyed.

Judging Guidelines
In general I will first consult this table. Average/Highest Stat:

2/4 (4 copies)
3/5 (3 copies)
4/6 (2 copies)
5+/7+ (1 copy, and may have penalty fillers)

Effects and part requirements and anything else relevant will then factor in. If you wish to propose a unique reason a card should be judged more lightly, such as inherent vulnerabilities, go ahead. Likewise, if you point out subtle strengths I might have missed, it will at least be good sportsmanship.

Spoiler: Form(PM this) (click to show/hide)

Pilot Name:
Affiliation:

Mech Model:
Nickname:

Design

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Changed "illegal" to "scannable".
-Added Card Effects/Bonus Effects description.
-Added round description.
-If teammate's head removed, their hand is discarded. Teammates can't trade cards.
-If a part is destroyed you only draw 1 card.
-Clarified most rules can be broken by cards.
-You now discard cards when parts are destroyed.
-If your card damages or affects parts of the opponent, you may announce which part. Otherwise the torso will be targeted.

Version History

[RoseHeart]

Current players:

frostgiant vs The Ensorceler, with dgr11897
>Game Thread<


PM your mech designs. Here is an example:

Spoiler: Gundium (Design example) (click to show/hide)

A. Head (B) +2
B. Torso (A, C, D, G, H) +4
C. Left Arm (B, E) +2
D. Right Arm (B, F) +2
E. Blaster Equipment (C) +1
F. Sword Equipment (D) +1
G. Left Leg Propulson (B) +4
H. Right Leg Propulsion (B) +4

1. Sword Slash (F)
Z1 3H 2P

2. Gun Blast (E)
Z3 1H 2P

3. Gun Snipe (E)
Z1 4H 4P
Bonus Effect (C): If Blaster Equipment is held with Left Arm, +3Z.

4. Jet Thrust (B):
Z5
1: Dodge all attacks this turn.
Bonus(G, H): You may play another card with Slash in its' name at the same time.

5: Final Slash (D, F):
Z3 H5 P5

Waitlist:

TricMagic

[frostgiant]

Sounds interesting. I guess I'll sign up?

[TricMagic]

So you would be my opposition? (Once the rules are up.)

[dgr11897]

Can I join the waitlist? This seems like it could be interesting and probably pretty fun, plus I like designing things.

[dgr11897]

@roseheart What is the ETA on the rules, Just so I know about how long it will take for the first two players to get started playing (and thus get a slight picture of how long I could expect to wait before I get to play)?

[RoseHeart]

Thanks for asking.

I'll try to have them up in a few hours.

Had to call it a night.

Alrighty, roos posted!

[dgr11897]

Right I will get to work on making a mech, mostly for fun, also because then if a player drops out or joins I will be ready to fight. Also, Can I use this system for something kinda like supernerd's demigod hood multiverse? With my own twists and Ideas added in. Also, if another player joins could we theoretically start a second arena area and do a game there while we are on the wait list?

[RoseHeart]

I don't recommend discussing your strategy in this thread. Usually, in the past this leads to people making hard counters.

[RoseHeart]

"Also, Can I use this system for something kinda like supernerd's demigod hood multiverse?"
I haven't been following that. You can design your mech anyway you want.*

"Also, if another player joins could we theoretically start a second arena area and do a game there while we are on the wait list?"
We'll see. There is no 4th sign up, so I don't have to make that call, conveniently.

*Sure.


@dgr1187 you could possibly team up with one of the existing players, this is the purpose of "multi-head" mechs!


Archive

Spoiler: 1.0.0 (click to show/hide)

[b]Objective[/b]:
-Destroy the enemy mech's torso or last head before they do this to you.
-You also win if they surrender, which is recommended if disabled.

[b]Instructions[/b]:
-Your deck begins with 20 cards.
-You draw 2 cards per turn. If one of your parts are destroyed, you do not draw next turn.
-You can play 1 card per turn. Or pass your turn.
-You may also discard any number of cards from your hand.
-You may also drop, pickup, or reposition equipment.
-Cards you play or discard go to a discard pile, which are reshuffled back into your deck when empty.
-Your maximum handsize is equal to your number of remaining parts and you must choose which extra cards to discard before you play another card.

[spoiler=Mech Design]

[u]Armour[/u]
You have 20 points to spend on armour(HP), each part must have 1 point. When armour is damaged, you discard that many cards at random from your deck into the "damaged pile".


[u]Part Types & Function[/u]
[b]Torso (limit 1)[/b] - The center part of the mech.
[b]Head (limit 1 per teammate)[/b] - The player's cockpit. Extra heads require extra players piloting the mech. Cards drawn will be given to the players in an order they decide at the start.
[b]Equipment (held by arm)[/b] - Held and activated by an arm. Cards that require(only) a single equipment part are judged lighter, in exchange for the risk of the enemy using them.
[b]Accessory (not attached to equipment or another accessory)[/b] -
[b]Arm (attached to torso)[/b] - Can hold equipment.
[b]Propulsion (attached to torso)[/b] - Initiative is equal to the total armor points remaining on these parts. May be hit when aiming at other parts.


[u]Part Orientation & Naming Convention[/u]
Center , Right or Left, Front or Rear, Top or Bottom, or some combination of two. If multiple parts would fit these names they will instead be numbered, with higher numbers identifying more backward facing, then lower ones. However, identical equipment will simply be numbered("sword 1", "sword 2").

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Card Design]

[u]Stats[/u]
Zip: Bonus to initiative
Hit: Accuracy (20% ea, 10% ea target part)
Pow: Damage output

If these stats are above 5 or could make another card above 5, they are "illegal" and the opponent will see them before the match, aswell as the filler cards in their set.

[u]Misses and Redirects[/u]
When an attack does not hit the target part, it may miss or redirect to a neighboring part. These include attached parts, and ones that share similar orientation, including equipment held by a neighboring arm.

[u]Future Sessions[/u]
Hypothetically, if you reuse cards they may be judged more softly, giving you more copies. Story wise your pilot dies if their cockpit is destroyed.

[u]Judging guidelines[/u]
In general I will first consult this table. Average Stats:

1 (4 copies)
2 (3 copies)
3 (2 copies)
4 (1 copy)
5+ (1 copy, with penalty fillers)

Effects and part requirements and anything else relevant will then factor in. If you wish to propose a unique reason a card should be judged more lightly, such as inherent vulnerabilities, go ahead. Likewise, if you point out subtle strengths I might have missed, it will at least be good sportsmanship.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Form(PM this)]Pilot Name:
Affiliation:

Mech Model:
Nickname:

[i]Design[/i]

[/spoiler]

[dgr11897]

Yes I could join with either  in order to get in. So anyone want to do that? Try out the "multi-headed" mechs with me? Sounds like they would be more powerful in some ways, wait no I just looked, they might get to play more cards but that is probably it.
I just had a genius idea for a mech...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH its orkin time

[The Ensorceler]

I'll join too. I'm ok with joining as a second head or waiting for a solo match.

Pre-emptively, are transforming mechs and other extra-deviant card mechanics banned?

[dgr11897]

Cool, I'm currently trying to finish a solo mech, but I could just slap a second head on if you want me to. And I hope Extra deviant card mechanics aren't banned, mine is a mad scientist-ork hybrid abomination, which probably falls under the definition of Extra deviant. I might also drastically change it tomorrow. That mech is kind of a cluster truck, and I really want to design a v3 of it. Probably using some less chaotic card designs.

[The Ensorceler]

dgr11897 and I have PM'd a bunch. We're going to be piloting a two-headed mech together.