Continuing this thread, I had some ideas to contribute with, re-themeing it
to us being xianxia cultivators or something like that. Xianxia also fits
the name of us being 'dragons'. Please forgive if the capitalization is all
over the place lol.
I think the Blast mechanic can be interesting for people to have a way to
influence other people's hands by shooting their own cards into them.
Blasts are the most harmful if someone has as many cards as their hand
limit, or close to it, so it's a bit of a blue shell mechanic in that
aspect. Cultivation cards are intended to cater to long-term grind
playstyles, but they have the drawback that they occupy slots in your hand,
which makes you vulnerable to Blasts, along with the rest of effects of
just having less hand space to work with.
Base Card Types:
- Wood - the specified dragon will endorse you on the specified proposal,
election, or agoran decision, and SHALL NOT change eir vote.
- Water - Take a card from another dragon.
- Metal - the specified dragon will reach for the specified stone.
- Stone - the specified dragon will wield a specified stone in a specified
way.
- Fire - the specified dragon will expunge 1 blot from you.
Card Combos:
{Same as the original}
Blast Mechanic:
A dragon can "blast" one of the Base Card Types onto another dragon by
spending two of the same Base Card. This causes one of that card to be
added to the target dragon's card inventory. If this would cause that
dragon to attempt to have more than their hand limit in cards, then a
randomly selected card they own is destroyed immediately before (ie. it is
"pushed" out of their hand of cards).
Cultivation:
A dragon can Cultivate by spending 1 of each kind of Base Card, creating a
Cultivation card of their choice in their inventory. Cultivation cards give
passive bonuses as long as they're owned. These are the kinds of
Cultivation card:
- Tortoise: You cannot be the target of Swaps.
- Rat: This is always the first card to be pushed out, regardless of the
random roll for it.
- Bull: You have 1 additional voting strength.
- Wood / Water / Metal / Stone / Fire Spirit: These are 5 finds of
Cultivation cards. If you have one of them, you only need to pay 2 of the
same Base Card Type instead of 1 to produce its associated Card Combo.
- North / South / East / West Secret: These are 4 kinds of Cultivation
cards. If you have all 4, you can spend them to win the game. You cannot
Cultivate while holding one of these cards.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 4:00 PM nix via agora-discussion <
agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> Cool contract, reminds me of Sets.
>
> On 4/17/23 23:15, Forest Sweeney via agora-discussion wrote:
> > {
> > Any player can join the contract by announcement, and leave the contract
> by
> > announcement, and all card effects they are under are voided by leaving
> the
> > contract, however, all eir cards are destroyed. Players on this contract
> > are called Dragons.
>
> So me and a friend trade cards, leave, re-enter, trade again and we're
> immune to any negative effects?
>
> > 4st is the Dealer and tracker of the private asset Cards, ownable by
> > dragons. In disputes involving the contract, 4st arbitrates the dispute.
> > 4st's actions are first come, first serve. Failed card plays do not spend
> > cards. 4st cannot own or play cards. Note that 4st is a dragon, and can
> be
> > specified by cards.
>
> 4st could leave the contract and no longer be specifiable but still
> arbitrate. The role should be detached from any specific player and lost
> on leaving.
>
> > Base Card types:
> > - Power - the specified dragon will endorse you on the specified
> proposal,
> > election, or agoran decision, and SHALL NOT change eir vote.
>
> There's no enforcement/punishment on this SHALL NOT
>
> > - Steal - Take a card from another dragon.
> > - Reach - the specified dragon will reach for the specified stone.
>
> This seems useless
>
> > - Stone - the specified dragon will wield a specified stone in a
> specified
> > way.
> > - Deblot - the specified dragon will expunge 1 blot from you.
>
> All of the "the specified dragon will..." needs to be changed to "The
> dragon CAN act on behalf of the specified dragon to..." Contracts don't
> passively make people do things.
>
> > Card combos:
> > - spend the specified cards, get the listed card!
> > - Steal Steal Steal - Swap - Swap all your cards with the specified
> dragon
> > - Power Power Power - POWER - the specified dragon will endorse you on
> the
> > specified distribution, and SHALL NOT change eir vote.
>
> No enforcement.
>
> > - Stone Stone Stone - Transfer - the specified dragon will transfer the
> > specified stone to you.
> > - Reach Reach Reach - Transfer - the specified dragon will transfer the
> > specified stone to you.
>
> So if I own stones, this contract is a net negative for me.
>
> > - Deblot Deblot Deblot - Dream - the specified dragon will envision the
> > specified dream, and SHALL NOT envision another dream until a wandering
> > occurs.
>
> No enforcement.
>
> > - Any 3 - get a random base card
> > - Any 4 - get a specified base card
> > - Any 5 - get a specified card (include card-combo special cards)
>
> How and when? Presumably the Dealer does this? In some sort of timely
> manner? Do I get the "any 3" when I do any of the above combos? If I do
> REACH REACH REACH STONE POWER do I get the reach combo AND the any 5? Do
> I get the lesser Any X when I do a higher Any X?
>
> > Finally:
> > - Dealer distributes 1 base card to each other dragon each week.
>
> Randomly?
>
> > - max hand size of 7, otherwise the dragon isn't dealt a card.
> > }
>
> --
> nix
> Prime Minister, Herald
>
>
