Optimist_Prime wrote:It sounds like you've been able to fill in some of the gaps in the play and rules to have a more polished CCG. I really like this idea. I personally think it has a lot of potential.
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thanks for the vote of confidence.. I have been streamlining the rules and the cards themselves to make better use of the art work, the icons and the points systems..
Basically the fundamentals are as follows..
HP (hit points)1. your characters tech specs are what your HP (health Points) are based on, they are located in the left box at the top of the card.
DP (defense Points)2. the DP (defense Points) are located in the right top box. those points drop as you take hits on the battle ground. Once the DP is depleted your attacks will hit strickly your HP until that character is in stasis lock.. or dead..
Attack/Power up cards3. the attack cards deal the damage or add dp or HP to each character card.
Altmode Cards4. the transformation into an altmode allows your character to become shielded during a round, and will protect you from stasis lock or death in the event your HP points are too low to recover quickly.. that defensive mode comes with its own set of DP, which is seperate from your Robot mode DP.
Location Cards5. these area cards tell where a battle takes place and adds points depending on the character and the cards icons..example:
if your bot has a Cybertron Icon in the Icon box, then you play at the cybertron location, what ever bonuses given to that faction either Autobot or Decepticon will enchance that characters attack or HP, and DP. Depending on the rules on that Location card.
Scoring and winning6. you will need a dice and a piece of paper to keep score. the last card standing on the battle field is the winner.
Gestalt/gang rules are as follows,7. you must have the equivalent of that many players to form a Gestalt. the Gestalt once formed has a 3 hit continuous attack but can only sustain that format until the 3 hit is completed, once done, you have to become the 5 character cards again and must remain that way until 4 rounds have passed. If used correctly the Gestalt attack could devestate the opponents hand, thus winning the game.. the same applies to insecticons, when all are together they can form a super attack, but only when all are together..
Special Abilities8. there are special power cards that give special abilities to the sdpecific Character cards played int he game.. you'll see once I'm done with the characters themselves, which cards are for which power and characters..
Additional rules9. there are additional rules and points that are listed in the bottom boxes under the characters name and image, they add to that characters HP and DP depending on the power up card used. there are also memorable quotes from the Tech specs that bring the whole thing a nostalgic touch.
that's pretty much it. It's a pretty easy rules system to follow, and don't knock some of the weaker foes, they may have lower HP, but their DP will more then make up for it.. though the way attack cards are set up, DP goes pretty fast.. eventually I'd like to do expansions based on the newer shows and have them compatible with this system for G-1. for now I'm concentrating on the Ark crew and the Gestalts, then the attack cards and power ups.. after that I'll go forward with the triple changer rules and the other things I have planned that will really improve game play..
Let me work out the kinks in that rule.. that would be a good gestalt counter card..
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