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Mini-Set Design Contest / Re: Treasure Chest Design Contest — Card #3: Dark Ages
« on: October 01, 2013, 05:58:25 am »
There wasn't much enthusiasm for my card, which was:
The evolution of it is a bit convoluted so I won't say much but here are a couple of comments. I thought the tension between trashing now for the benefit, or keeping to accumulate more ferrets could lead to some interesting decisions. I definitely wanted both buying it as a one shot $4 or as a way to breed more ferrets for a mega-turn to be viable depending on the board. Probably as the card is the incentive for keeping them is not enough. An earlier version had a + Buy (someone suggested this in a comment I think as well). At one stage I also allowed any action card to be ferreted out of the trash. I'm curious to know whether the card would have been more popular with these changes (as below), or whether people think the whole concept is uninteresting.
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Ferret
Types: Action
Cost: $4
You may trash this. If you do, +$ equal to the cost in coins of an Action card in the trash that you choose.
While this is in play, when you buy a card, gain a Ferret from the Supply or trash.
The evolution of it is a bit convoluted so I won't say much but here are a couple of comments. I thought the tension between trashing now for the benefit, or keeping to accumulate more ferrets could lead to some interesting decisions. I definitely wanted both buying it as a one shot $4 or as a way to breed more ferrets for a mega-turn to be viable depending on the board. Probably as the card is the incentive for keeping them is not enough. An earlier version had a + Buy (someone suggested this in a comment I think as well). At one stage I also allowed any action card to be ferreted out of the trash. I'm curious to know whether the card would have been more popular with these changes (as below), or whether people think the whole concept is uninteresting.
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Ferret
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+1 Buy
You may trash this. If you do, +$ equal to the cost in coins of an Action card in the trash that you choose.
While this is in play, when you buy a card, gain a Ferret or gain an action card from the trash.