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Weekly Design Contest / Weekly Design Contest #169: I Am Not Throwing Away My [One-]Shot
« on: November 19, 2022, 09:07:41 pm »
WDC #169: I Am Not Throwing Away My [One-]Shot
Hello again, everybody! Here's this week's contest:
Design a card that is (or can be) a one-shot.
As a reminder, a one-shot is a card that can remove itself from your deck after playing it, via trashing itself, setting aside, returning to its pile, etc.
Acceptable submissions include:
Other rules and suggestions:
Judgement Details:
Have fun! While it feels like one-shots have gotten increasingly rare in Dominion these days, it was surprising to see how many there still are, and it feels like there's a lot of design space people can go with both mandatory and conditional options.
I'm excited to see your designs!
Entries:
Schrödinger's Cat by Builder_Roberts
(Untitled) by fika monster
Excavate by Augie279
Ocean Wave by BryGuy
Sieve by majiponi
Stash House by emtzalex
Deer Stalk by Ethan
Hero's Demise by Sumrex
Prospecting Town by JW
Pawnshop by weretheruler
Travelling Book Merchant by lompeluiten
Crusader by czzzz
Bricks by nagdon
Mask Salesman by kru5h
Study by xyz123
Morgue by NoMoreFun
Adorn by anordinaryman
Burnt Offering by Xen3k
Gunpowder by SignError
Pupil by Gubump
Venture Capitalist/Seed Money by spheremonk
Swordsmith by exfret
Recycled Goods by X-tra
Infrastructure by arowdok
Maid by LTaco
Trailblazer by Erick648
Hello again, everybody! Here's this week's contest:
Design a card that is (or can be) a one-shot.
As a reminder, a one-shot is a card that can remove itself from your deck after playing it, via trashing itself, setting aside, returning to its pile, etc.
Acceptable submissions include:
- Mandatory one-shots which are always one-use only, such Island, Treasure Map, Pillage, Distant Lands, Changeling, Acting Troupe, or the now removed Feast or Embargo
- Conditional one-shots which are optional or only trigger at a certain threshold, such as Mining Village, Investment, Horn of Plenty, Fool's Gold, Death Cart, Hermit, Knights, Urchin, Raze, Engineer, Encampment, Farmer's Market, Small Castle, Pixie, Tragic Hero, or Acolyte.
- Non-supply one-shots, such as Madman, Spoils, Horses, or Wishes
Other rules and suggestions:
- While many Travellers are technically optional one-shots, for the sake of this contest (and my judging time), let's stick to a max of two total cards per submission.
- I prefer submissions where in most instances, the one-shot trigger permanently removes the card, vs. only temporarily (excluding edge cases like from-trash-gainers). So try to avoid Reserve cards like Rat Catcher or Wine Merchant which can bring themselves back into your deck, back and forth exchangers like Vampire and Bat, or things like Stockpile which is often only removed temporarily.
- Your submission itself must have a way to be a one-shot on its own vs. requiring other cards, so things like Procession, Way of the Horse, or Way of the Butterfly will not be accepted.
- I know there's a bit of nuance here on what constitutes a one-shot, so to make things easier, if I believe your submission meets all the requirements, I'll give it a +1.
- Your submission should have a clear and compelling reason to have a one-shot trigger, and especially for conditional one-shots, it should make for interesting decisions of when to use it or not.
- As mentioned above, I will accept non-Supply cards or split piles as part of your submission, just try to keep things to no more than two cards if you can.
- Don't make me squint. Eliminate unnecessary words and complexity where possible.
Judgement Details:
- Entries and revisions must be submitted by 5:00 PM CT (11:00 PM UTC) on Saturday, November 26. I'll have results posted on or before Monday, November 28.
- Entries will be judged on ingenuity, balance, simplicity, and creative/appropriate use of the one-shot mechanic.
Have fun! While it feels like one-shots have gotten increasingly rare in Dominion these days, it was surprising to see how many there still are, and it feels like there's a lot of design space people can go with both mandatory and conditional options.
I'm excited to see your designs!
Entries:
Schrödinger's Cat by Builder_Roberts
(Untitled) by fika monster
Excavate by Augie279
Ocean Wave by BryGuy
Sieve by majiponi
Stash House by emtzalex
Deer Stalk by Ethan
Hero's Demise by Sumrex
Prospecting Town by JW
Pawnshop by weretheruler
Travelling Book Merchant by lompeluiten
Crusader by czzzz
Bricks by nagdon
Mask Salesman by kru5h
Study by xyz123
Morgue by NoMoreFun
Adorn by anordinaryman
Burnt Offering by Xen3k
Gunpowder by SignError
Pupil by Gubump
Venture Capitalist/Seed Money by spheremonk
Swordsmith by exfret
Recycled Goods by X-tra
Infrastructure by arowdok
Maid by LTaco
Trailblazer by Erick648