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[Jonatan Djurachkovitch]

Weekly Design Contest #229: A Simple Construction


The challenge for this weeks design contest is to design a card or card-shaped object that has a dividing line and uses no more than 20 words in the card text. Vanilla bonuses count for one word each, as well as coin or debt amounts, but not card names or costs. Contractions also only count as one word, as well as numbers except before a vanilla bonus.

You can submit up to two connected cards, and only one of them has to fit the criteria. No travellers or four-way split piles.

Examples of official cards that fit the criteria are:
Charlatan
Grand Market
Tunnel
Coin Of The Realm
Battlefield (and some other Landmarks)
Cemetary and Haunted Mirror (nice that both fit the criteria)
Flag Bearer and Flag
Way of the Mouse
Ronin
Approaching Army

I will be judging by elegance, clarity, balance and how fun it seems to play.
The contest closes Friday the 6:th 10:00 UTC. Good luck!

[Optimal_Inefficiency]

Nearly made a bad submission. Completely missed the bit about needing a dividing line until just now.

[kru5h]

Forest(v1) Victory - $6

[Optimal_Inefficiency]

Land Restoration — ($2)(Action)(CADC_ 212v2)
+1 Card
+1 Action
Gain a Victory card from the trash. If you did, +1VP.
-
Setup: Trash 2 Estates per player.

This started as an Action-Victory card, but I dropped the inherent VPs in favor of the setup text to ensure players have land available for restoration.

Edit: At segura’s recommendation, I have added a cantrip effect. This should make the card more appealing in a wider set of kingdoms.

[BryGuy]

Withdrawn

                                                     

                                                     

Professor • $5 • Action
Choose one:
+1 Card and +2 Actions; or
+4 Cards and discard a card.
-
When you gain this, +1 Villager.

Here is my entry - a simple choice between a village or alternative smithy. At 16 "words".

                                                     

[JW]

Foundry
$5 - Action
+3 Cards and +1 Buy
—
In games using this, players begin each turn with an extra Action.
 

Edit:Prior card withdrawn because it has 21 words. It was:
Lantern
Action - Shadow
$2
+3 Actions
If you played this from your deck, +3 Debt.
———
You can play this from your deck as if in your hand.

[Jonatan Djurachkovitch]

Lantern
Action - Shadow
$2
+3 Actions
If you played this from your deck, +3 Debt.
———
You can play this from your deck as if in your hand.

I have counted and recounted, and I think this is 21 words, so sadly it's disqualified.

[segura]

Land Restoration — ($2)(Action)(CADC_ 212v1)
Gain a Victory card from the trash. If you did, +1VP.
-
Setup: Put 2 Estates in the trash per player.

This started as an Action-Victory card, but I dropped the inherent VPs in favor of the setup text to ensure players have land available for restoration.

I think this is needs to be non-terminal or a cantrip. Terminal VP is too weak, even if there is combo potential in the Kingdom.

[LibraryAdventurer]

Historic Park
$4 - Treasure - Victory - Reaction
+1 Coffers.
-
2 VP.
When you discard this (other than in clean-up), you may play it.

I hope 2 dividing lines is okay...
EDIT: Removed one of them.

[silverspawn]

Just remove the second dividing line and write the "When you discard this ..." under the 2 VP without an extra line. I don't think you ever want two lines on a card.

[Optimal_Inefficiency]

Land Restoration — ($2)(Action)(CADC_ 212v1)
Gain a Victory card from the trash. If you did, +1VP.
-
Setup: Put 2 Estates in the trash per player.

This started as an Action-Victory card, but I dropped the inherent VPs in favor of the setup text to ensure players have land available for restoration.

I think this is needs to be non-terminal or a cantrip. Terminal VP is too weak, even if there is combo potential in the Kingdom.

I envision this being in a Dark Ages sequel (like the one I am working on, Dominion: Plague), where Ruins abound and VPs can be a little tough to come by at times. Fully expect a card like this would be passed over in a Prosperity or Empires-style game. However, I take your point and made an adjustment. Thanks!

[JW]

Lantern
Action - Shadow
$2
+3 Actions
If you played this from your deck, +3 Debt.
———
You can play this from your deck as if in your hand.

I have counted and recounted, and I think this is 21 words, so sadly it's disqualified.

Thanks for checking eligibility in advance of judging! I had miscounted, so I’ll submit a new card and edit that previous post when I do.

[segura]

Land Restoration — ($2)(Action)(CADC_ 212v1)
Gain a Victory card from the trash. If you did, +1VP.
-
Setup: Put 2 Estates in the trash per player.

This started as an Action-Victory card, but I dropped the inherent VPs in favor of the setup text to ensure players have land available for restoration.

I think this is needs to be non-terminal or a cantrip. Terminal VP is too weak, even if there is combo potential in the Kingdom.

I envision this being in a Dark Ages sequel (like the one I am working on, Dominion: Plague), where Ruins abound and VPs can be a little tough to come by at times. Fully expect a card like this would be passed over in a Prosperity or Empires-style game. However, I take your point and made an adjustment. Thanks!

The only Dark Ages synergy is Rebuild and the decent trashing overall in Dark Ages. Otherwise: Shepherd, Groundskeeper and any engine that can can decently trash midturn and thus deal with the Estates and refuel Land Restoration.

[JW]

Foundry
$5 - Action
+3 Cards and +1 Buy
—
In games using this, players begin each turn with an extra Action.

New entry that’s within the word limit.

[4est]

Is it day? Or Night? Eclipse gives you two different ways to "switch" between them.

[NoMoreFun]

Is it day? Or Night? Eclipse gives you two different ways to "switch" between them.

Love this, but why does it need to be an Action? I guess there's a few interactions with Maroon/Courtier etc.

[4est]

Love this, but why does it need to be an Action? I guess there's a few interactions with Maroon/Courtier etc.

It's mainly there for flavor and I agree, it's certainly not necessary, though I did think including the Action type would help for some TfB cards like Maroon, Sacrifice, Rice Broker, etc.

[Udzu]

__

(Let them Eat) Cake ($3 Treasure-Omen)
Reveal your hand. +1 Coffers per differently named Victory card revealed.
⸻
In games using this, when you gain a Province, +1☀️.


(Assuming I understood the instructions right, this is inside the word limit. If not, tell me and I'll reword it.)

[grrgrrgrr]

EDIT: Withdrawn

(to answer the comment below: the reason why I went with this formulation is to create a special interaction with Ways and other instruction-overruling effects).

Zookeeper (Action - Duration, $5)
Either now or at the start of your next turn: +1 Card and +1 Action.
-
When you play this, +$1.

[Udzu]

Zookeeper (Action - Duration, $5)
Either now or at the start of your next turn: +1 Card and +1 Action.
-
When you play this, +$1.

I don't understand how this is different from:

Zookeeper (Action - Duration, $5)
+$1. Either now or at the start of your next turn: +1 Card and +1 Action.

[segura]

__

(Let them Eat) Cake ($3 Treasure-Omen)
Reveal your hand. +$1 per differently named Victory card revealed.
———
In games using this, when you gain a Province, +1☀️.


(Assuming I understood the instructions right, this is inside the word limit. If not, tell me and I'll reword it.)

I like very much that this leads to a far later triggering of the Prophecy than the official cards.
I think that it could use a buff though (e.g. Coffers instead of Coins or extra Buy on top).

[BryGuy]

                                                     

                                                     

Sly Spy • $5 • Action - Reaction
Reveal your Deck's top six cards, discarding any.
-
If you discard this other than in Clean-up, reveal this for +2 Coffers.

Here is my entry - a deck inspector and reaction that can trigger an additional copy you have, at 20 "words". I found it interesting that no deck inspectors are also Reaction.

                                                     

[Gamer3000]

A potent megaturn enabler that can be bought beforehand and played as normal, or bought and played immediately in your Buy phase.

[NoMoreFun]

Alley Cat
Action/Reaction - $2
+2 Cards
______
You can play this from the trash as if in your hand

Clarification: The reaction type is solely to mark it as playable when sitting in the Trash. Playing it from the Trash isn't "gaining" but it does go to your discard pile when you discard it from play.

[infangthief]

Insurance
$4 Event - Omen

+1 Sun and +3 Coffers.
-
Setup: Use an extra Prophecy this game.

Clarifications:

• Insurance causes games with 2 Prophecies instead of 1, regardless of how many other Omens are in the Kingdom. Each Prophecy starts the game with the normal number of Sun tokens. (Use Coin tokens if there aren't enough!)
• +1 Sun means you remove a Sun token from any Prophecy which still has Sun tokens on it - you choose.