Trying to do a cooperative, limited communication, set collection game, and I keep going down dead ends. Current thoughts: - some contracts on the table - players have cards to fulfil the contracts - players need to make sure they aren’t going for the same contracts or those contracts are lost 🎲✂️ - ThreadSky

dissentgames.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Trying to do a cooperative, limited communication, set collection game, and I keep going down dead ends.

Current thoughts:
- some contracts on the table
- players have cards to fulfil the contracts
- players need to make sure they aren’t going for the same contracts or those contracts are lost

🎲✂️

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cyberdack.bsky.social•4 days ago

Makes me think of Jaipur, in some ways. Or Century, Splendor. Typically it's being able to see what your opponents are taking that gives you the info on what you should aim for instead.

So, drafting from a limited face up pool in turns as the primary form of communication maybe? 🤔

cyberdack.bsky.social•4 days ago

You'd probably need to supplement this somehow... And/or maybe when a contract is completed, the other players are forced to discard all the cards that match it in some way, so you're trying to progress by not over-drafting the same resources at the same times

dissentgames.bsky.social•5 days ago

How do the players know what someone else is going for? By discarded cards felt like a dead end.

Does it need to be in rounds? When do players pick up the contracts? That but definitely doesn’t work yet.

Trying to make it as simple as possible for a quick game.

Hmmmm.

🎲✂️

carlrobinsoncrusoe.bsky.social•5 days ago

What about some other structure by which cards are grouped? For example, cards backs have some information on them (ex: this card is one of two possible suits) so how you arrange them in hand gives clues. Or the way they are arranged on the table could communicate?

dissentgames.bsky.social•5 days ago

Ooooh, I like the idea of arranging them in a particular way. Definitely going to try!

carlrobinsoncrusoe.bsky.social•5 days ago

A simple constraint like “after you place the first card, subsequent cards must touch the edge of another card” could be interesting depending on the other mechanisms you have.

mipmip.bsky.social•5 days ago

What if the draw pile is face up? First player to touch the top card takes it. (Or take turns drawing or passing for less chaos).
Each card can only apply to a limited, known set of contracts.

dissentgames.bsky.social•5 days ago

Playing about with a face up draw pile might be interesting…

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