With that in mind, looking to other games as examples for how the handled similar concepts, I decided to tap into the Magic: the Gathering format “Planechase,” itself a formalized version of a casual game format called “Chaos Magic.” The idea behind both is there is a second deck of wild effects in Chaos, the top card of the “Chaos Deck” is flipped at the start of each player’s turn and the reveal sets new rules basically for the turn. but nothing really generates any sense of…upheaval. There’s a few tap all characters, deal 2 damage to all characters, etc. That said, one area of interesting impact in Transformers is you do not often get to see or do universal effects. This was floated a few times in conversations I’ve seen, where folks refer back to Pokemon’s “Stadium” cards. To that end, as a personal preference, I dislike the idea of making Locations battle cards. Ideas have flown about how they would work, what they might do, etc.Īny time you’re going to add something to a game, you want to make sure it brings with it its own realm of design space and isn’t just eating up space from elsewhere. Many channels have floated the possibilities of Locations, and word is that WotC themselves were considering a Location card as a potential item that never manifested. Welcome back! As a second round of posts, we’re transcribing and expanding on a post from the original Facebook page regarding a possible new format should we lean into a new card type…Locations! Kaon, Decepticon Capital For my first official foray into something, I’m riffing on the darkly awesome “Shattered Glass” universe the mirror world where good is bad, bad is good, and there are evil mustaches abound! AND, what really kick started my thinking on it all, was…flavor! Continue reading → Posted in Custom Cards, Design, Timelines Stratagems & Spoilers! Mechanics are cool and all, but flavor, for me, are where its at!įor my own custom TF TCG projects, I’m aiming to emulate as much as I can. The Omnibots as a convention (or mail order!) exclusive! Ahhhh Transformers I LOVED the Devastator and the Blaster vs Soundwave 35th Anniversary decks, especially the convention pack with classic artwork. My favorite D&D setting? Ravenloft, or as the cool kids know it today “Curse of Strahd.” And Transformers. Even though I’m not a huge fan of the set in the larger context of the game, the Kamigawa block was STOCKED with flavor…unfortunately that was to the detriment of it I think since MtG is heavily rooted in Western fantasy, and the Asian flair they were filling it with just didn’t jive well mechanically. My favorite sets in Magic? Pretty much anything steeped in it Mirage, Tempest, the OG Ravnica sets, OG Innistrad. Good food sure, but especially flavor in my game design.
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