So, I've made several games in the past, one is pretty fun and unique, but the others have been a flop.
So I'm fixing my games to actually make them good.
The one I am now working on is called "Battle of the myths" (REALLY need to change it's name).
It's a game where players take turns picking Monsters from a community dungeon and putting them into any of three color-coded locations (either red, blue, or yellow) in front of them, draw 2 Weapons from a Weapons deck, and attach them face-down from their hand to their Monsters. These weapons either improve the Monsters attack, or hinder the opponent's.
Once everyone has taken their turn, a card of each color area is added to a Battle Deck, one is drawn off the top equal to the number of rounds it has been, and a monster in the same color location as drawn cards add up their attack, and gains a victory point for each Monster they have a higher attack than.
All Monsters that died once discards their Monster and all attached Weapons, except one Weapon which is returned to their hand. Whichever Monster defeated all opponent's, stays.
After 5 rounds, the game is over. But there are a few things that make the game interesting.
1. Each Monster is given a typing consisting of 2 types (Undead, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Magic) and a special ability unique to that Monster. There are 15 unique combinations, so there are 15 different types of Monsters.
i.e. Fire Dwarf: Fire/Earth: When put into play, attach a Weapon in your hand to this Monster.
2. At the beginning of the game, a deck of 1 of each type is shuffled and 3, at random, are placed faceup. Then, at random, 1 of each of colored chips (blue, red, or yellow) is placed at random on top of each of the revealed Type cards. All Monsters in that colored area, and have a matching type, get +1 Attack.
i.e. Red token is placed on Undead Type Card. All Undead monsters in the red location get +1 Attack.
3. In the first turn of the game, each player takes turn placing 2 Monsters from the Dungeon into play, and not do anything else. This way, it becomes nearly impossible to run out of Monsters.
4. Each Location can have a maximum of 2 Monsters in it.
5. If 2 Yellow cards on draw from the Battle deck, both Monsters in your Yellow location have to battle. If it's just 1 Yellow, only one has to fight, but you pick. If it's 1 Yellow, and you have no Monsters in the area, you do not fight in that battle. If 3 or more of the same color are drawn, ignore them.
6. When 2 cards of the same type of monsters in the same location are battling, it is 2 separate battles.
7. Each Weapon can only be used with certain types.
i.e. The Weapons in the game are:
"Orbs": Useable only by one type, gives +2 Attack
4 Orbs for each type in deck. 6 types.
"Swords": Useable by 3 types, gives +1 Attack
All unique combinations are taken. 2 of each combination in deck. 6 combinations.
"Big Bonus Cards" (not actually what they say): Useable by 2 types, give +3 Attack vs 1 or another type, +1 Attack vs anything else.
All unique combinations taken. Balanced out the types the useable types get +3 Attack to, so the math adds up. There are 6 of these in the Weapons deck.
"Diamond Shields" (what's it's actually called): Useable by all types, -1 attack from each of the opponent's attached 'orbs'. There are 4 in the deck.
"Diamond Anvil" (what it is called): Useable by all types, +1 Attack to each of your attached 'swords'. There are 2 in the deck.
And that's all of them.
8. There are 3 of each of the 15 Monsters in the Monster deck.
9. The Dungeon is made up of 9 Monsters that is replaced by a Monster from the top card of the Monster deck when one is taken.
10. The Monsters in the game are:
Kracken
Mummy
Fire Dwarf
Hydra
Ghost Dragon
Siren
Golem
Gargoyle
Elemental
Skeleton
Fairy
Mudman
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Mage
Pheonix
11. The game is over after 5 rounds. (Yep, that's right, in the last round, 5 battles are fought).
If you see any flaws, problems, or just have some critics, comment.
If you want to delve deeper into the game and help me out more than just critics, send me a PM.
Thanks a bunch!
