For the week 47 challenge! Gonna be using a mechanic designed by Violet CLM from the very helpful
Atlas of Fan Card Mechanics:
Mutineers. I created a mat for them and modified their function slightly.
| Mutineers During your Action phase, if you have at least 1 card in hand, you may remove a token to discard a card. When scoring, -1VP per token here. |
Things to note. You must have a card in hand to spend a Mutineers token. Spending a Mutineers token will discard a card from your hand. You cannot spend multiple tokens to discard a single card. You may only spend a Mutineers token when a card is not resolving; this is not part of the rules on the mat, but that is the intention of the mechanics design. When scoring, players get -1 VP for each Mutineers token they still have.
The challenge; design a card shaped thing to interact with the Mutineers mat. All official mechanics and fan mechanics are fair game. I will be judging based on my own preferences, but I will try to be as fair as I can. Factors I try to look at are simplicity of design, thought provoking design/mechanics, flavorful name/concept, and balance/playability.
I will be giving a 24 hour warning a week from yesterday and then close it the following day. I hope to have judging done and posted by the end of Thursday next week, but it may be delayed due to work and such. This mechanic is similar to the Curse tokens previously showcased in fan mechanics challenge #21, but I think Mutineers are a lot more forgiving, so they fulfill different niches. I look forward to seeing what you all come up with! Have fun!
Update: Extending the close date until Friday due to only 4 entries so far. Will give 24 hour notice on Thursday. This is up for change if people generally don't want to wait that long. Please reply below with your thougts.