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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #350 on: August 23, 2018, 10:34:33 pm »
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I like this one. On first look, I think it's one of the best fan-made throne room variants I've seen.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #351 on: August 24, 2018, 01:41:49 am »
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You might have missed that the cards says "with a combined cost of UP TO 8" which is why there are no rule ambiguities (you could construct a hypertheoretical case in which the Curses and Coppers are out and the card becomes unclear but it is practically irrelevant; I never played a game of Dominion in which the Copper pile was even nearing depletion). So if the first card you gain cost 5 the second one can cost up to 3.

Ruins are obviously possible as both cost individually up to 5 and together up to 8.

I like the card, it is probably one of the strongest engine enablers. If the Kingdom allows for engine play there have to be good 4s respectively goods 5s and 2s/3s. In a money Kingdom it will probably suck but Duchy+Silver might be a thing.

No, I specified that I was talking about a situation when there are no cards costing or less. Yes, it's super rare; but that just means that it's a rules ambiguity that will practically never happen, instead of a rules ambiguity that will rarely happen. It's still the exact same rules ambiguity.

The reason Ruins is ambiguous is because to gain 2 of them means you would have to first gain one card, then gain the second card. It is not clear from "gain 2 cards" if that's how it would work; as opposed to choosing 2 cards and gaining them both.

Edit before posting: Found this super old thread where I think Donald actually answers that question: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5990.msg161157#msg161157

Basically, as with Embargo, "gain 2 cards" implies 2 separate gain events that should happen one after the other. So yes, you should indeed be able to gain 2 separate Ruins (or Knights, if you have cost reduction). But that still has the other uncertainty... do you have to consider your second gain's cost when choosing the first gain? Can you choose a card for your first gain if everything in the Supply costs or more? If not, you need to "look ahead" to actually make both choices together before gaining either one.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #352 on: August 24, 2018, 07:48:59 am »
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You might have missed that the cards says "with a combined cost of UP TO 8" which is why there are no rule ambiguities (you could construct a hypertheoretical case in which the Curses and Coppers are out and the card becomes unclear but it is practically irrelevant; I never played a game of Dominion in which the Copper pile was even nearing depletion). So if the first card you gain cost 5 the second one can cost up to 3.

Ruins are obviously possible as both cost individually up to 5 and together up to 8.

I like the card, it is probably one of the strongest engine enablers. If the Kingdom allows for engine play there have to be good 4s respectively goods 5s and 2s/3s. In a money Kingdom it will probably suck but Duchy+Silver might be a thing.

No, I specified that I was talking about a situation when there are no cards costing or less. Yes, it's super rare; but that just means that it's a rules ambiguity that will practically never happen, instead of a rules ambiguity that will rarely happen. It's still the exact same rules ambiguity.
Coppers could run out in a Gardens/Beggar game and Silver does rarely run out in Feodum games but both never ever run out together. So if what you worry about practically never happens it is irrelevant (unless you wanna stare at a Dominion card like at a piece in a museum instead of playing with it). If Dominion should ever feature cards with cost increase, the inverse of something like Bridge, or if somebody uses fan cards with this idea as well as this fan card, this could become an issue though.
And if that worrisome case should occur in the far future, in a galaxay far away, the few scattered folks who actually play with this card and have no access to FAQs could just do what every boardgamer does if rule ambiguities occur in the games they play: talk and come up with a rule of how to handle that particular case. Something simply and intuitive like, as gaining occurs sequentially, you then gain no second card
If a game tells you to do X but you cannot do X the only options are don't do what you cannot do or do what a computer does and freeze. Most folks are interested in the game progressing so I declare the second option to be ludicrous.

In this galaxy I'd rather worry about how strong this card is and perhaps playtest it alongside Artisan.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #353 on: August 24, 2018, 08:26:21 am »
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"Name two differently named cards in the supply each costing up to 5 with a combined cost of up to 8. If you do, gain both in either order."
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #354 on: August 24, 2018, 08:35:18 am »
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I changed Scepter. Not sure if it's overpowered now.


New Hotness on left<<  >>Old version on right.

I actually like the old one better, although perhaps it could really be "play it once, gain a copy" vs "play it twice".
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #355 on: August 24, 2018, 09:57:34 am »
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So if what you worry about practically never happens it is irrelevant

Part of this is probably the programmer in me. In programming, it's literally not an option to just ignore a situation because it won't ever happen. The compiler will fail with a message "not all code paths return a value" if I don't include some "catch all" code path.

I just think that for a card to be solid in wording, it needs to make sense given all logically possible Dominion game states; not only the ones that are common to actually see.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #356 on: August 24, 2018, 11:06:18 am »
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So if what you worry about practically never happens it is irrelevant

Part of this is probably the programmer in me. In programming, it's literally not an option to just ignore a situation because it won't ever happen. The compiler will fail with a message "not all code paths return a value" if I don't include some "catch all" code path.

I just think that for a card to be solid in wording, it needs to make sense given all logically possible Dominion game states; not only the ones that are common to actually see.

I agree. There's a difference between a rare game state making a card "broken" and a rare game state leading to undefined rules. Neither is desirable, but where the first is just an exceptional game outcome, the second actually breaks the game. Yes, you can house rule games if the real rules suck. The thing to do here is not to rely on other people fixing your sucky rules for you.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #357 on: August 24, 2018, 12:04:20 pm »
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So if what you worry about practically never happens it is irrelevant

Part of this is probably the programmer in me. In programming, it's literally not an option to just ignore a situation because it won't ever happen. The compiler will fail with a message "not all code paths return a value" if I don't include some "catch all" code path.

I just think that for a card to be solid in wording, it needs to make sense given all logically possible Dominion game states; not only the ones that are common to actually see.

I agree. There's a difference between a rare game state making a card "broken" and a rare game state leading to undefined rules. Neither is desirable, but where the first is just an exceptional game outcome, the second actually breaks the game. Yes, you can house rule games if the real rules suck. The thing to do here is not to rely on other people fixing your sucky rules for you.

Yeah. Like if the card somehow allowed you to instantly gain the entire Province pile in the rare situation that there are no cards costing or less, I'd be ok with that. Some people might complain "in this rare situation, the card is way overpowered and broken", but in that rare situation, the game is over at the end of that same turn no matter what.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #358 on: August 24, 2018, 11:04:25 pm »
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I guess I will just change Kiln to this:


A lot more boring, but workable.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #359 on: August 24, 2018, 11:16:50 pm »
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I guess I will just change Kiln to this:


A lot more boring, but workable.

I think this is neat. It does require a second of thought to overcome the initial confusion of "but it cost , so how can it cost ?".. but maybe that's just me.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #360 on: August 27, 2018, 02:05:54 pm »
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So if what you worry about practically never happens it is irrelevant

Part of this is probably the programmer in me. In programming, it's literally not an option to just ignore a situation because it won't ever happen. The compiler will fail with a message "not all code paths return a value" if I don't include some "catch all" code path.

I just think that for a card to be solid in wording, it needs to make sense given all logically possible Dominion game states; not only the ones that are common to actually see.
Professionial biases are totally understandable and as there also exists a digital version of Dominion it makes some sense to make rules watertight.
But a more pragmatic perspective for a fan card still in progress that will at best be printed by a few folks is to not care about a case which nobody (if anybody has ever played a game in which the Copper and Silver piles have been emptied, please speak up) has ever witnessed in a game of Dominion. Please note that I am not against good and precise wording and caring about edge cases that can occur. But Coppers and Silvers being out isn't something that happens in an actual game.

Balance issues are in my opinion more important for a card in flux and as kru5h has decided to change the card those rule musings are moot now.


I guess I will just change Kiln to this:


A lot more boring, but workable.
Such a nerf (I guess so; then again if there is nothing decent below $4 the previous version would have implied that you have to "junk" yourself with Silver when you want to gain a $5) is probably necessary. Two cheap cards is still a pretty decent option and probably as good or even better than Artisan's hand-gaining.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #361 on: October 21, 2018, 05:33:33 pm »
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This card is probably too powerful and annoying to keep track of if you have several in play.

Cell


Also, I need to rename Scepter since there's an official card with that name now.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #362 on: December 23, 2018, 01:34:51 am »
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No name, Project
At the start of Clean-up each turn, you may put a card from your hand onto your deck.

No name, Project
Once per turn, you may gain a Copper to your hand.

No name, Project
When another player plays an Attack, you may reveal an Attack card from your hand to be unaffected.

No name, Project
Whenever you play an Attack, you may get +1 Action. If you do, other players are unaffected by it.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #363 on: June 20, 2019, 10:44:39 pm »
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I've been gone a while.  Here's some stuff.

First, a remake of an old card.

Tinker


Second. A "new" mechanic. I use scare quotes because it's probably been done before.
Behold, Payment cards. They do something right now, but you can pay money (once) during your buy phase to do something more.

Settlement


Cloister


Shield


Magic Coin


Installment


There are more things you can do with this mechanic. Maybe an attack card that you pay to attack. Maybe some Traveller cards that you have to pay to exchange.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #364 on: June 21, 2019, 12:13:04 am »
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Shield doesn't need (and in fact, shouldn't have) the dividing line.

Aside from Shield being extremely weak in the absence of Attacks, I like the rest of your payment cards.
« Last Edit: June 21, 2019, 12:15:56 am by Gubump »
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« Reply #365 on: June 21, 2019, 09:16:04 pm »
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Aside from Shield being extremely weak in the absence of Attacks, I like the rest of your payment cards.

Keep in mind that its ability doesn't cost a buy. That makes its ability strictly better than Expedition. Then you get the same ability the next turn again.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #366 on: June 22, 2019, 08:48:32 pm »
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Jungle


The above card is very similar to one of hypercube's cards, but we both came up with it independently.

Also, I just found out that my "Settlement" card is similar to one of Asper's cards. Again, independently.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #367 on: June 22, 2019, 10:31:17 pm »
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Installment is really cool, but as worded it enables unlimited Buys and doubles your overall Coin value. I don't believe this is how you intend the card to function as this would be like Fortune but on steroids.

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #368 on: June 22, 2019, 10:59:17 pm »
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Installment is really cool, but as worded it enables unlimited Buys and doubles your overall Coin value. I don't believe this is how you intend the card to function as this would be like Fortune but on steroids.

I'm not sure what you mean. It plainly states to gain a card, meaning only one. How can you get infinite buys?

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #369 on: June 22, 2019, 11:12:45 pm »
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Installment is really cool, but as worded it enables unlimited Buys and doubles your overall Coin value. I don't believe this is how you intend the card to function as this would be like Fortune but on steroids.

I'm not sure what you mean. It plainly states to gain a card, meaning only one. How can you get infinite buys?

As the payment cards are worded, you can use Installment's effect any number of times, which allows infinite pseudo-buys. It should say "Once this turn, during your Buy phase..."
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #370 on: June 23, 2019, 02:18:04 am »
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An "At the start of your next Buy phase" wording works too I believe.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #371 on: June 23, 2019, 02:33:12 am »
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Since it's confusing, I'll clarify the text on them.

In the mean time, here's a card that's possibly boring. No new mechanics, but possibly interesting?

Benefactor

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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #372 on: June 23, 2019, 12:00:24 pm »
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In the mean time, here's a card that's possibly boring. No new mechanics, but possibly interesting?

Benefactor


On first glance, it looks interesting enough. It's similar to Embargo: Embargo prevents opponents from gaining something they need more than you do, while this gives you something you need more than they do. I imagine thinking of clever uses for it could be fun. You could simply have a different strategy than they do, of course, but you could also gain a whole bunch of powerful cards at once and then immediately end the game, or use it to empty piles, or distribute a Cemetery, which will possibly let you trash more junk than them and will also let you trash the Cemetery itself while they're stuck with it.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #373 on: June 23, 2019, 05:51:32 pm »
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I'm not sure if I have these prices right.
Old Smithy


Edit: Here's a second one. My Internet is sucking right now, so I can't upload images.

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Secret, $3 Action
+2 Cards
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Once this turn's Buy phase, you may pay $1. If you don't, each other player gains a Secret.
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Re: Kru5h's card ideas
« Reply #374 on: June 23, 2019, 09:29:20 pm »
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Old Smithy


Just curious, would Scheme provide a loophole here? It says "at the start of cleanup" but I'm not if sure "start" means you absolutely have to do it before anything else.
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