It should be "one Villager or one Coffers"Mummer's Farce
Night/Duration - $5
+5 Villagers
+5 Coffers
At the start of each of your turns for the rest of the game, lose a Villager or Coffers.
(This stays in play.)
Very cool.
... but it should be 'Village or Coffer' (singular), right?
I'll probably say it seem too strong at $6 because trashing and +1vp each turn seem stronger than hierling's +1 cards.QuoteArchbishopAllows you to trash for benefit at the start of each of your turns. The benefit doesn't scale, though, it's a fixed 1 VP per Archbishop in play. Also, even if you have multiple Archbishops in play, you can still only trash one card. I put that restriction on there because otherwise it would be broken with multiple Archbishops. It would be especially broken with Changeling, since Changeling would make it really easy to gain copies once you bought the first one. Without that restriction you could end up with a situation where you have 5 Archbishops in play and the most sensible strategy would be to simply trash your starting hand every turn for +25 VP (5 cards * 5 VP each) until you've trashed everything, then spend the rest of the game buying a Copper each turn to trash on the next for +5VP! Or worse, if you had extra buys, you could buy multiple Coppers. Imagine a "golden deck" consisting of 2 Markets and 3 Coppers. Trash the 3 Coppers for 15 VP, then play the two Markets, buy 3 Coppers and repeat the next turn. Truly awful! I had also considered instead putting "other than with this" on the while-in-play clause, but then that would restrict the trashing for benefit to kingdoms that have at least one other trasher. So, this way you can still get +1VP per Archbishop in play by trashing a card at the start of your turn even if there are no other trashers. But you can't go crazy and trash a bunch of cards each turn without some other trashers
Action-Duration
$6
At the start of each of your turns for the rest of the game, if you have not trashed a card that turn, you may trash a card from your hand.
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While this is in play, when you trash a card, +1VP
(This stays in play)
The cost is something I kept going back and forth on. It's basically an improved Cathedral - the trashing is optional so you're never forced to trash a good card, and you get VP out of it, although you do have to wait for the card to get shuffled and drawn. Does it seem balanced at $6?
This is one of the return I had on discord; we notice a synergy with counting house, gardens, Duke, guildhall, maybe tower,I really like the idea of this Weekly Contest.
This is my submission:
I don't know if "courtyard of miracle" is an international reference so if nobody have it and if it's problematic, I could change the name.
Don't hesitate to notice me if you have a problem with the cost, I think $4 is too strong but I've hesitate to put it at $6 (or, why not, ad debs cost)
I don't know the reference, but I don't think that's an issue, it's a cool-sounding name anyways. My only concern is that in most games I'm not sure why you'd ever *want* to buy this. I can certainly think of some card combos that would benefit from this, but it seems like most of the time this would just end up self-junking. You usually want to get rid of Coppers, not gain them
Originaly I've made it at just 8 coins and that's how I put it on discord. But they point out that, with this cost, the first player who buy it will probably win the game. So they advice me to put it at the same cost as Donate because it's exactly for these reason that card like chappel or Donate have a cost that allow them to be bought in your first shuffle.This is my participation:I don't think Debt cost is a good idea on this. This will be a required opening buy 95% of the time.
Btw, how balance or elegance are considered durring the judging ?
I think Debt does seem like a good idea, as it allows it to be bought earlier than it otherwise would (since this is helpful earlier in the game, probably more than later). $8 seems too high. 4 debt plus $4 cost is effectively no different than 8 debt. What about $6? Or $6 plus 2 debt? Then it's not an immediate buy, but still is reachable early enough.
A completely different take on it - you could "... may trash a card from your hand costing at least $2 to..."
This seems more in line with the official cards, encouraging actually useful cards to go into the trash for future use. It would still allow trashing your 3 estates, but it couldn't trash copper or curse for benefit anymore. At this point, full debt cost would probably be okay (and/or possibly a cheaper cost).
I think it need an other dividing line.
Ok, nice; thank you for your return.
Colossus - Shael
Steps: 6 (fixed)
i'm gonna call it here; i'll have judging posted tomorrow.Hmmm... I think I have a problem, I don't recieve message here since March 27. (my last message)
Is Lunar Ritual basically a more expensive version of Toil? I guess if you have more than 2 Actions you want to play you'd rather have Lunar Ritual, but.Yup; Lunar Ritual is a Toil that isn't a Toil...
I'm not sure how much help this really is, though, since tastes can be very different.I hope that elegance and fairness of each card will be enought to sort the propositions
Rules
-Rules can change and be added over time (Especially when, as an incompetent, I've forgotten to tell it)
-Rules can have their exeption (but don't count on it)
-Don't credit yourself for a card you haven't create (it's frustrating for the autor)
-It's adviced to avoid mecanic that aren't already in the game (because we can't list all of them)
-A card that follow all the Rules and the conditon have to be put on the list. (this one is for me; it prevents me to be unfair)
Events
Projects
Victory
Night
Actions
Yeah! Intended to be very strong if one player can solely win the wonder, but relatively weak if contested.
Ahh, I didn't intend the steps to have to be taken in order? Thought it was more of A Jeopardy situation where you can fill in as you go. That way, the copper buys can be something you do as part of a late rush, or with extra buys midgame if you have decent deck-control that can handle the junk.
There is no real reason for using a blank line and not a divider other than the example provided HERE. The Wonder is completed when all Steps are completed (all players can contribute) which is dependent on the number of players: 2-3 player games-5 steps &
4+ players: 7 steps.
No problem with the question, I did post that rather hastily and so it may not have been completely clear.
This will be using the "Builder Card" mechanic from Sanctum to allow contributing to the wonder.
I hope it is alright I just used the example one.
Number of Steps
2-3 player games: 5
4+ players: 7
To buy a Step, just like Sanctum, you discard the "Build Card" and pay the Step cost ($4 in this case).QuoteEldritch Gate
Wonder
$4 Step: Each other player Exiles a Curse from the Supply.
You may Exile a card from your hand.
Completion: Each player may trash an Exiled card per contribution. Then, each player discards all Curses and Coppers from Exile.
So, not sure how balanced or fun this would be, but I wanted to contribute something to this challenge. It is similar to a Coven that lets you Exile something from your hand as well as attack other players without attacking them. Even contributing later on is beneficial as it will still help mitigate the completion attack.
The Wonder:
The Kingdom card that triggers the inclusion of the Wonder:
I chose to just put reminder text on the card and explain the concepts here due to space considerations. The Wonder is built in 3 stages. To complete a stage, you must simply do what it says at the bottom of the card for each stage:
Stage 1: At any time during one of your turns, discard 2 Estates.
Stage 2: At any time during one of your turns, discard 2 Sacred Lands (Sacred Lands are the Kingdom pile that triggers the inclusion of a randomly selected Wonder (Great Pyramids is one of them).
Stage 3: At any time during one of your turns, discard 2 Duchies.
The Stages must be completed in order (per player, so if player 1 completes Stage 1, he may next complete Stage 2, but player 2 must still complete Stage 1 before continuing). The completion of Stage 3 by a player means the Wonder is constructed and no more stages can be completed by any players.
A constructed Wonder confers advantages to all players who completed at least one stage. The player the completed the Wonder gets the first advantage ("...you may trash or exile a card from your hand.". Any player who completed exactly 2 Stages gets the second advantage ("...you may trash a card from your hand."). Any player who completed just 1 Stage gets the third advantage ("...you may trash a Treasure card from your hand.").
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Adding: just to further explain the concept, Wonders are not normal Landscapes in my version (you don't shuffle them in with Events, etc.). They are an extra pile to be included in the game only when "Sacred Lands" is selected for the Kingdom. This triggers a drawing of a number of random Wonders from the Wonders deck to include. You can choose one or two (it's Dominion, you can do whatever you want, really, but 1 or 2 is recommended). I'm showing here an alternate Wonder to show the kinds of things that can be done by tying these to Sacred Lands rather than having them be a normal Landscape on their own, since it's an important part of the design. This is not part of the entry other than to illustrate the design concept:
Do Wonders have to be communal or can they be individual? The communal Wonders are more interactive but perhaps turn order can become an issue.I totaly agree: turn order is become an issue, especialy with cheap wonder with a small number of steps.
This is my participation to the challenge :
(I've never post any image here so I hope it will work...)QuoteOf what I saw, there isn't any special rules with the wonders but I've create my wonders with a common rule: The Wonders are available only once the first Victory card is gained.QuoteColossus
Each step cost 4 coins.
The wonder is complete when all step are build. One step per player have to be build in order to achieve the completion (4 step at 4 player, 6 steps at 6 players ect...). You can buy any number of steps during the game until the wonder is constructed.
Once the wonder is complete, the players who have the less number of step discard down to two cards and each player gain an Attack card or a Duchy from the supply for each steps they have built.
If there are no Attack cards in the Kingdom, gaining Duchies might actually hinder your deck depending on when the Wonder gets completed. Perhaps it should let you gain any card costing up to $5 per step you have built?
What happens if there is a tie, e.g. in a 3-player game each player builds one step? Do they all discard down to 2 cards or is everyone immune?
Alright here's my first shot at one of these!I don't know if it's intentional but if only one player is the main contributor, he gain 2 province, two Duchy and a lot of verry good card (and yes, also two copper but it's stil verry strong).
The idea is a communal Wonder that players would likely casually contribute to early and mid game(encouraging a diversity of buys), with the option of a sprint towards a VP explosion (or blocking of said explosion) late game with a bit of effort. Also might lead to some unique endgame considerations.
Each step requires a buy and its cost.QuoteGreat Ziggurat
Step costs: 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
Step: Gain a card that costs the same as this step.
Completion: Each main contributor, starting with the player who completes the Wonder, takes turns removing a step token and gaining a card of that cost until no step tokens remain.
I was originally thinking maybe just one step at each price point (for a more reasonable reward) but I think this really helps balance it for player 2.
Of what I saw, there isn't any special rules with the wonders but I've create my wonders with a common rule: The Wonders are available only once the first Victory card is gained.(I bold it because it's important in therm of balance and some people miss it)
Colossus
Each step cost 4 coins.
The wonder is complete when all step are build. One step per player have to be build in order to achieve the completion (4 step at 4 player, 6 steps at 6 players ect...). You can buy any number of steps during the game until the wonder is constructed.
Once the wonder is complete, the players who have the less number of step discard down to two cards and each player gain an Attack card or a Duchy from the supply for each steps they have built.
Shael: I tried your image URL with Shard's version and it works for me, but it does take several seconds to load that particular image. Maybe because I'm in the US and I'm guessing zupimages is in France or somewhere.
The main issue with allowing direct image upload from computers is that it makes it hard to distribute custom cards. Currently, once you've finished setting up all the properties of your custom card, all those properties are encoded directly in the current URL, so you can copy it or bookmark it or whatever. That doesn't work so well if the image came from your computer and doesn't have a permanent address on the internet. Here's shard's github issue about it, though.
