Challenge #9 is to make a Terminal Silver card. This challenge has restrictions above and beyond what its name implies, too, as it denies you the right to include special rules or anything but on-play behavior. It'll be tricky to come up with a good card under such restrictive parameters, but that's sort of the point. If you prefer the more broad challenges, though, you may find #10 -- to be posted momentarily -- more to your liking.
This challenge has a rule change: Previously, you couldn't submit the same card to more than a single challenge (although I forgot about the rule and permitted this in a couple of cases). The new rule is that you can't submit the same card to more than one challenge
that is still running. If you submitted a card to a challenge whose results have been posted, it's fair to resubmit it to another challenge.
Meanwhile, your votes for Challenges #7 and #8 are due Monday, August 6, at 10am EDT. Get your votes in early, as there will be other Dominion-related things to do that day (Dark Ages previews!).
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Submission Rules* Submit
no more than one card per person per challenge. You do not need to submit for all challenges if you don't want to, but of course you can't win if you don't compete.
* Submit your cards to me via this forum's messaging system. Submissions made after each week's deadline cannot be accepted.
* Each card you submit must have a name, a cost, a list of types, and the exact wording that should appear on the card. Also include a brief description of any special design considerations (e.g., Stash having a unique back), but do NOT include any other information, such as strategic commentary or examples about it would play.
* Although you must submit names for each of your cards, the names will not be listed on the voting ballots, so make sure your card's appeal does not depend on your choice of name.
* I will accept revisions to your contest entries provided they are submitted to me before the deadline. If you submit a revision to an entry you have previously submitted to me,
resubmit your revised card(s) in their entirety. That is, don't tell me "Oh, can you make that +2 Cards say +3 Cards instead?" Just resubmit the full card.
* Only submit cards that are your own design.
* You may submit cards that have been previously posted here in this forum, including those that have been refined by the community as a whole, provided you can still claim that the central conceit of the card -- and the majority of its final version -- is yours. This applies to cards
previously posted, however -- if your submissions aren't already posted on his board, please refrain from doing so until after the results have been announced.
* A single card might conceivably qualify for multiple challenges within this series. However, you may not submit the same card for more than one concurrent challenge. That is, if you have submitted a card to one challenge, you may not submit it to another challenge until the results of that first challenge have been announced.
* Do not disclose your submissions publicly, either in this thread or elsewhere
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The deadline for this week's challenges is Thursday, August 9, at 10am EDT.--
Challenge #9 - Terminal SilverObjective: Create a Terminal Silver card that conforms to the following constraints:
(1) The card type must be "Action" or "Action-Attack." No other type or dual-type combinations are permitted.
(2) The card must provide exactly +$2 each time it is played; never any more or less. Receipt of the +$2 cannot be conditional in any way.
(3) The card must be a terminal; that is, it must never provide +Actions.
(4) The player must have one fewer card in his hand after playing the card than he did beforehand. Edge case exceptions to this rule are permitted.
(5) The card may not gain any Treasure cards to hand. (Gaining them elsewhere is fine.)
(6) The card must not have a horizontal line in the card text. To put it another way, it may only have "on play" effects; no "while in play," "on buy," or "on gain" effects are permitted. Additionally, it may not have any special rules (Duchess, Embargo) or setup instructions (Black Market).
Official Examples: Chancellor, Woodcutter, Militia, Swindler, Cutpurse, Navigator, Monument, Mountebank, Jester.
Official Non-Examples: Festival, because it provides extra Actions. Steward, because the player may choose not to receive the +$2 bonus. Conspirator, because sometimes the card provides +1 Action and replaces itself in your hand. Minion, because it provides an extra Action and gives the player the choice not to receive the +$2. Explorer, because it gains a Silver (or Gold) to hand, rather than giving +$2, and doesn't leave your hand size down a card. Merchant Ship, because it has an "Action-Duration" type. Goons and Haggler, because they have "while in play" effects. Nomad Camp, because it has an "on gain" effect. Duchess, Embargo, and Black Market, because they have special rules listed below a horizontal line. Silver, Royal Seal, and Stash, because they are Treasure cards.
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