Lockbox
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
Now and at the start of your next turn: +1 Buy.
When you discard this from play, if you do not buy a card this turn, you may set aside up to 3 Treasures from play. At the start of your next turn, put the set-aside Treasures into your hand.
Big Mandarin-Haven in the next turn. Not very exiting, especially because you don't know how many Treasures you will have next turn.
Star Charts
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Now and at the start of your next turn, look at the top 4 cards of your deck, discard any number of them, and put the rest back in any order.
While this is in play, when a player buys a card other than a Victory card, he gains a copy of that card, putting it on top of his deck.
The top is terminal Cartographer. I mean, I love Cartographer, but why should it be on this card? The while in play looks funny, but I think it isn't appreciate. A good (building up) buy turns into two and a bad one is either doubled or the player doesn't want to make it. Imagine there were 6 Star Charts in play. Your next turn would be full of Silvers, Platinums, Treasure Maps, Star Charts or whatever. Nice card, but I don't think it works out.
Shipwreck Cove
Types: Action Attack Duration
Cost: $5
+2 Cards. Each other player chooses a card he has in play and discards it. If that card would do something at the start of that player's next turn, that effect is cancelled. At the start of your next turn, +1 Action.
Hey, the "next turn" effects are triggered when the Duration is played. Not at the start of the next turn. I dislike "cancelling" effects that are already triggered.
Harbourmaster
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+3 Cards. You may discard this from play. If this is in play at the the start of your next turn, trash it and +3 Cards.
Smithy with a "3-labs-pinata". Sounds good, especially for a megaturn. But not novel enough to me.
Tariff
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
+$2. Choose another player. At the start of your next turn, +$1.
While this is in play, when the chosen player buys an Action or Treasure card, you my discard a card. If you do, +1 Card.
Why not the player to your left (or right)? This version is political. You choose a player who will want rather to go green than building up more.
All in all, this is a kind of Merchant ship with an interactive duration cellar. I dont see what this card wants to be.
Clipper
Types: Action
Cost: $3
+1 Card. +1 Action. Put a Coin token on an Action card pile in the Supply.
Cards cost $1 less per Coin token on their Supply pile, but not less than $0.
Yeah, first non-Duration! Sort of anti-Embargo. Since it effects all players, it is also very strategic, but only on actions. I really like it, it is also kind of a Duration Peddler. Individual cost changes can be very interesting, e.g. gain Grand Market by Border Village or generate a $1 cost to make Upgrade worse. Maybe it should be harder to play or even be trashed like Embargo. If the cost reduction ended when the pile is empty, I'd add a rule that it works also on empty piles.
Beacon (A)
Types: Action
Cost: $6
+1 Action.
While this is in play, keep the top card of your deck revealed. During your Action or Buy phase, when the top card of your deck is an Action or Treasure, you may discard this from play. If you do, play that card and gain a copy of it.
There are some problems that the others have pointed out, but I like the basic concept. Something like Grand Herald/ Band of Misfits. It would work better without gaining the revealed card, but that would be too similar to Herald and Band of Misfits.
Cottage
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $3
+2 Cards. +2 Actions. Put 2 cards from your hand on top of your deck. At the start of your next turn, reveal the top 2 cards of your deck. You may discard one of them. You may trash one of them. Put the rest back in any order.
This is nice because it makes Scout and Wishing Well better, maybe overpowered. On the other hand, not exciting enough.
Ship of the Line
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
You may gain a Victory card costing less than a Province. At the start of your next turn, +3 Cards.
While this is in play, Victory cards cost $1 more.
Interesting. The "attack" is doubled for the player himself, so the 3 labs are justified. In strategy, it also makes the players build up their economy longer.
Investment
Types: Action
Cost: $5
You may choose an Action card from your hand. Set aside this and the chosen card on your Investment mat. Return them to your deck at the end of the game.
When you play an Action card, +$1 per copy of it on your Investment mat.
A tradeoff that is relative to Pirate Ship: Shall I play this or shall I "Island" this to get more out of it? What I don't like about it is that it can lead to mono strategies where you just want to play one card as often as possible. E.g., Cellar with +$3 would be just sifting through your deck until you have played enough Cellars. Also note that the difference between Village and Bazaar or between Market and Grand Market is really huge. I also don't like to use a new mat.
Shipyard (A)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
+1 Card. Now and at the start of your next turn, trash a card from your hand.
Not bad, but also not exciting.
Fisherman
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+1 Buy. +$1.
When you discard this from play, put one of your Fisherman token on a Supply pile that costs $6 or less which is not a Victory card pile.
When you buy a card, gain a copy of it for each of your Fisherman tokens on that pile and remove all of your Fisherman tokens.
Clarification: Each player has his own Fisherman tokens (maybe in different colors) and you only gain copies of the bought card for YOUR tokens.
I don't like new tokens. It could also be "gain a card and set it aside; discard it when you buy a copy of it". But even that is only a delayed gain. Mostly it will gain Golds. The basic concept is good, but this version won't get my vote.
Thugs
Types: Action Attack
Cost: $4
+2 Buys. +$2. Each other player with 4 or more cards in hand discards 1 card for each card he gained last turn. Each other player with no cards in hand draws 3 cards.
Nice idea, but... no.
Cannon
Types: Action Attack Duration
Cost: $5
+1 Action. +1 Buy. At the start of your next turn, you may trash up to 2 cards that are not Curses. If you trash exactly 1 card, each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. If you trash exactly 2 cards, each other player gains a Curse.
Don't like next turn attacks. This one has not really a reason to be a Duration.
Recycle
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Trash a card from your hand. Gain a card costing up to $2 more than the trashed card, setting it aside face down. At the start of your next turn, return the gained card to your hand and trash a card from your hand, gaining a card costing up to $1 more than that trashed card.
A weakened Expand. Can only gain Provinces from a $5 with a $7 on the table. Maybe it is alright, but maybe a simple double-Remodel would be better?
Martello
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $3
Now and at the start of your next turn: +1 Action and +1 Buy.
While this is in play, when any player gains a card, you may choose for him to put that card on top of his deck. If you do, he may first discard the top card of his deck.
The "first" is unintuitive. I don't really see an interesting concept in this mixture of effects.
Kraken
Types: Action Reaction
Cost: $6
+$2. Put a card from your hand on top of your deck.
When you put this on top of your deck, you may reveal it. If you do, choose a card in the Supply; each other player gains a copy of the chosen card, putting it on the bottom of his deck.
A Reaction attack. Nice idea, but I don't see a strategical concept as Tunnel has. Other cards that trigger Kraken include Scavenger (pretty strong), Develop, Cartographer, and Ghost Ship (attacking while you are attacked can get very confusing). Maybe it could be a nice card if the attack was something else. The top part itself is too weak.
Flagship
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Set aside a card from your hand face down. At the beginning of your next turn, reveal the set aside card, then reveal cards from your deck until you reveal a copy of it. Discard the other revealed cards and either trash both copies or put them into your hand.
Eh... Treasure Maps??
Vessel
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
Now and at the start of your next turn: +1 Buy and +$1.
While this is in play, when another player gains a card costing $4 or more, gain a card costing less than it.
Nice, but it shouldn't gain VP cards. "While this is in play, when another player gains a card, you may gain a card costing less than it that is not a Victory card". The fun thing is, the +Buys defend you that other's Vessels can't gain too expensive cards. Maybe too strong. How about $5 cost? Could be too near at Haggler then.
Mermaid
Types: Action
Cost: $2
+1 Action. Discard the top card of your deck. Put the bottom card of your deck into your hand. You may put up to 2 cards from your hand on the bottom of your deck.
This could replace Pearl Diver. As a new card, it is not good enough.
Beacon (B)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $2
+2 Cards. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card and put a card from your hand on top of your deck.
While this is in play, when you gain a card, trash that card or put it on top of your deck.
As Lighthouse is the Duration Moat, this is the Duration Watchtower. Not really compelling.
Dispatch
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
Trash a card from your hand. Gain an Action card costing up to $2 more than it, setting it aside face down. At the start of your next turn, play that Action card.
Okaay. Looks a bit weird, but I think I like it. It's a really new Rebuild variant because it only gains Actions.
Observatory
Types: Action
Cost: $2
+1 Action. Trash a card from your hand. Look at one card from your deck per $ in its cost. You may put one of them into your hand and discard any number of the others. Put the rest back in any order.
Very nice idea for TfB. But it doesn't really reward trashing expensive cards.
Treasure Fleet
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
+1 Buy. +$2. When you buy a card this turn, gain a Treasure card costing less than it, setting it aside. At the start of your next turn, +1 Buy and put the set aside card into your hand.
Stronger than Merchant Ship in too many cases, I suppose?
Commune
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $2
Now and at the start of every turn this card is in play: Trash a card from your hand. Draw until you have 5 cards in hand.
Do not discard this from play during your Clean-up phase. While this is in play, it is also in the Supply.
So you can buy this from my in-play land? Cute idea, but too political. Maybe "discard this when another player buys a Commune"? But even that is political.
Customs Officer
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $1
+1 Card. +1 Action. While this is in play, when you gain a card, you may return it and this to the Supply. Gain a card with cost exactly equal to the total cost of the returned cards.
Why should this be in play for more than one turn?
Supply Ship
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Gain an Action or Treasure card costing up to $4 and set it aside. At the start of your next turn, play it.
A Duration Armory. I like it, more than Treasure Fleet.
Drift Bottle
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+2 Cards. Choose one: Trash the card on the Drift Bottle mat; or gain the card on the mat and discard a card per $ it costs. Put a card costing between $3 and $6 from the Supply on the mat.
Setup: Put a Silver on the Drift Bottle mat.
Clarification: There is just one communal Drift Bottle mat.
Too complicated. I suppose this is a fix for my Courier (A) of the Hinterlands Contest? The discarding is a too big penalty for gaining a particular card. However, Drift Bottle looks fun with on-trash abilities.
Royal Armada
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+1 Card. +1 Action. You may choose an Action card in your hand and set it aside. At the start of your next turn, play it twice.
It looks pretty simple, but it isn't. The problem is, it turns one smithy from this turn into 6 Labs next turn. No.
Raider
Types: Action Attack Duration
Cost: $5
+$2. Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. At the start of your next turn, +$1 and each other player discards down to 4 cards in hand.
Another Duration Attack this doesn't look worth it.
Seafarer's Charm
Types: Treasure Reaction
Cost: $0
Worth $1.
When you discard this from play, you may put it on top of your deck. When another player plays an Attack card, you may discard this from your hand. If you do, you are unaffected by that Attack.
Sunken Treasure
Types: Treasure
Cost: $3
Worth $1.
When you shuffle, put this at the bottom of your deck.
Clarification: Seafarer's Charm and Sunken Treasure are not Kingdom Cards. Each player begins with one of each in place of two starting Coppers. Determine whether these Treasures are used by the proportion of Seaside cards, as one would Colonies or Shelters. Sunken Treasure has a special back. When shuffling, you may choose the order in which you resolve multiple Sunken Treasures or Stashes.
Good ideas, but not interesting enough to change the starting decks.
Shipyard (B)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+2 Cards. Set aside a card from the Supply costing up to $6. While it is set aside, copies of it cost $1 less, but not less than $0. At the start of your next turn or when the game ends: Gain the set aside card.
Looks fun, it's a mix of Clipper and Supply Ship. But I think one of these concepts would be enough.
Docks (A)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
Now and at the beginning of your next turn: +1 Card per card you have in play.
Okay, this rewards chains and especially Durations the next turn. I think its way to imbalanced.
Fishmonger
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $3
+1 Card. +1 Action. +1 Buy. At the start of your next turn, +1 Buy.
It's okay but we have enough vanilla Durations.
Scalawag
Types: Action Attack Duration
Cost: $3
Each player may trash a Copper from his hand. If you trashed a Copper, each other player gains a Curse. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card for each Scallywag that any player has in play. If there is more than one in play, trash this.
While this is in play, when another player plays an Attack card, you may discard it. If you do, gain a Silver, putting it on top of your deck.
Too much going on here.
Convoy
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+1 Action. Each other player may choose one: he draws a card; or he trashes a card from his hand. Now and at the start of your next turn, +2 Cards and +$1.
I don't want another Governor card. I mean, even with the penalty it is way to strong.
Dock (B)
Types: Action
Cost: $4
+2 Actions. +1 Buy.
While this is in play, when you gain an Action card during your Buy phase, you may put this and the gained card on top of your deck in either order.
A nice one. Maybe rather a Hinterlands card. It would not cut away too much if it said "when you buy an Action card".
Harbour
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
+$1. You may trash this.
Do not discard this from play during your Clean-up phase. While this is in play, at the start of your turn, +1 Card. When another player buys a Victory card, discard this from play and gain a Harbour.
So this is a crazy one. Too wonky for my taste.
Shipyard (C)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+2 Buys. Now and at the start of your next turn: Look through your discard pile, reveal up to 3 Coppers from it, and put them into your hand.
While this is in play, when you would gain a card, you may gain a Copper instead.
I like Copper strategies, but this card is not really convincing me.
Expedition
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $4
Gain an Action card, putting it on top of your deck. Put a copy of it on the Expedition mat. At the start of your next turn: +1 Action and return the copied card to the Supply.
While this is in play, at the start of each other player's turn, he may play a card from the mat, returning it to the mat from play or from the trash at the end of his turn.
The other players play the card that you gain... Not a very convincing concept. If you choose Possession (you don't need potion which is maybe too strong anyway), you will be possessed in the turn when you draw the Possession. If you choose Lighthouse (or any Duration card), there will be the tracking issue. It could work, but what does it add to the game? Again, I prefer Supply Ship.
Voyage
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Reveal cards from your deck until you reveal 3 costing from $3 to $6. Put those cards on top of your deck in any order and discard the rest. At the start of your next turn, +2 Cards.
When you would discard this from play, instead, trash this and gain a Voyage.
Nice idea for carddraw, but I don't like the idea of piling out automatically.
Old Seafarer
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $6
Before the Clean-up phase, set aside cards in your play area. At the start of your next turn, discard your hand, put the set-aside cards into your hand, and each other player draws a card.
While this is in play, you may not play an Old Seafarer.
Big Scheme! Nice idea, especially rewarding chains. But I don't think it might work out. Even with eHalcyon's fix, it would be very wonky, comparable to Madman. Maybe as a one-shot?
Settlement
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
Now and at the start of every turn this is in play: +2 Buys and +$2.
Do not discard this from play during your Clean-up phase. Instead, discard it from play when any player buys a Victory card.
The interactive Treasury. The interactive part is too political. If we cut that away, it would be very similar to Treasury.
Coastal Raiders
Types: Action Attack Duration
Cost: $3
Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. At the start of your next turn, +$3.
A Duration Militia. Interesting, but not new enough to me.
Sea Harvest
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+1 Action. Gain an Action card costing less than $1 per card in your hand. At the start of your next turn, gain a Treasure card costing less than $1 per card in your hand.
The good old bracket problem. For sure it is "costing less than ($1 per card in your hand)", but it's not clear. The next turn effect could be simpler if it refers to the future handsize. There are not many cases where you would have 7 or more cards. I'm not a fan of it.
Shipyard (D)
Types: Action Duration
Cost: $5
+2 Cards. Put a card from your hand on top of your deck. At the start of your next turn, gain a card costing up to $4, putting it into your hand.
The next turn effect is very strong. You can simply choose which chain component you need at this hand. I'm not sure whether this might be balanced. But if so, I really like it.
