How You Can Play Show Accurate CardWars!

it looks like you are the dweeb and I'm the cool guy today the alpha prototype for show accurate Card Wars is available to play how to do so will be explained towards the end of the video but before that I'll be covering the state of the game and going into detail about the most complex mechanics to hopefully make them easier to understand I will also introduce a new placeholder setup mechanic which is the last new thing implemented before this play test I set out to recreate the iconic fictitious card game card Wars from Adventure Time although if you just like game design you don't really have to be a fan of Adventure Time to understand or care about any of this and if you are caught up on this series I made tweaks to nearly every mechanic and while the previous video summarized some of these changes it's worth paying attention to get truly up to date first I made an in-depth analysis video on the episodes featuring The Game and then I got to work I ironed out the shell of the game and mechanics that we are actually shown I did work work work testing testing testing and revisions revisions revisions I implemented card types turns tags keywords combat flooping flipping activating money simulated behaviors and then now of course the setup before I start covering the rules I want to clarify in no uncertain terms that this game is not finished and everything is subject to change there are also many missing mechanics including elements lands hidden cards research and studying set collection doubles tournament rules and real life Holograms the currently implemented cards abilities phrasing and art may also be changed while the play test is up even everything I'm about to describe in this video is not carved in stone with that established we can move on so for the rest of the video I'm going to Loosely go over all the current rules to give an understanding of what the game actually is I will not just be giving vague explanations and teasers overall Card Wars is an unbalanced and Chaotic card game with a lot of player freedom and room for emerging gameplay and aboard the cards played influence the creatures and structures on the board with the ultimate goal being to destroy all of your opponent's cards although there are a few restrictions you rarely neet gain cards so you need to be careful not to empty your hand and leave yourself vulnerable the set up more than functions however is primarily just made so that you can actually get things in place to play the game itself which is what I'm mainly looking for feedback on I'm going to go over it step by step since it's not something I've covered in a previous video all of the early steps to setup are taking care care of in the tabletop simulator mod but you have to still assemble a deck and place your creatures and structures on the board before you can actually play a game while there are 86 cards in the game currently you will shrink this down to around 24 semi- random cards to actually be using each game first you separate the creatures and structures from the entire deck of cards which is done for you already in the mod then Shuffle the structure and creature piles separately draw six structure cards and place them face up you then pick three that will be your starting structures and set those in front of you in a pile then you may select any of the three leftover structure cards to be discarded the ones you do not discard will be added to your deck later so place them aside in a pile next do the same for creatures except only select two creatures from the set of six drawn and choose what if any to discard from the four remaining ones then take all the remaining cards not including the ones you discarded set aside or selected as your starting ones and shuffle them together this includes the Spells and artifacts once Shuffle draw 22 random cards face down and shuffle them together with the structures and creatures you plac to the side to be added to your deck this is the deck you'll be playing with draw five cards and you are ready to begin if you wish to include random behaviors for your creatures which I would recommend then after Drawing Your Hand of five cards draw seven random unpredictable Behavior cards cards face down and then shuffle them into your deck these cards will allow your creatures to sit fall down and think about their circumstances so hard that they get sad which is quite frankly a perfect addition to any game once both players have set up like this you are ready to play setup now established I'm going to roll over some of the major Concepts Card Wars has not only cards but a board state divided into four lanes and two kingdoms cards sit in the lane below the land that their corresponding piece is in the cards that exist here are in what is called a player's active area there are four main types of cards which are collectively referred to as playing cards creatures structures spell and artifacts creatures can be moved around the board and generally have the most stats and information like attack Health keywords tags and unpredictability although when explained piece by piece these things are not actually super complicated structures are somewhat similar to creatures but cannot move and generally cannot attack or retaliate most structures have passive abilities that affect the land they are built on spells are instant effects played and then resolved they are quite powerful as reactionary tools and work just as much like a defensive deterrent as they do utility tools artifacts are cards that are placed onto creatures or structures that give them new passive or floop abilities artifacts are discarded along with the card They are attached to creatures and structures can exist in various States the neutral State being idle where the card is able to do stuff when exhausted for any reason the card is now out of juice until the start of your next turn cards become exhausted when floop or activated floop is a term for exhausting a card in order to activate its unique ability which is detailed on the card itself if it has one and activating is the term for exhausting a card to make it fight structure cards and creatures with a worker keyword can also be flipped which makes them vulnerable but gives you money although this is only relevant to the optional economy mechanic but I personally recommend using all of the optional mechanics otherwise you know why would I put them in creature structures and artifacts sometimes have keywords which summarize common functions or abilities those cards can have like flying range or immobile all cards also have tags along the bottom which don't mean anything on their own but to know what type of card it is and are used for cards to refer to one another for various reasons next topic the turn structure is sort of elaborate but many of the phases are small and you will pass over them quickly the phases are reset where you return your cards to Idol then you discard and draw which is self-explanatory afterwards is your main phase where you can play any cards flute cards you have in your active area even if you play them this turn and move creatures in your kingdom then if you want your creatures to fight you begin your battle phase where you can activate your creatures to put them in a state called battling and move them into lands with enemy pieces after the active player declares all actions in their battle phase the opposing player gets a reaction phase where they may play spells and floop or activate their own creatures to battle back the order of operations here can be a bit finicky admittedly after the opposing player takes those reactionary actions combat resolves in all lands where there are battling creatures combat is probably the most complicated mechanic so I will go into detail about the overarching mechanism battling is a state that creatures are in if they were activated on this turn which means they will participate in/ initiate combat in the land they are in if there are enemy cards present there non-exhausted structures are also always considered battling all lands where there is at least one battling creature and an enemy card have combat when combat happens both players add up the attack values of all their battling cards present in that land and deal the damage to the other player cards there damage dealt is distributed by the player receiving the damage between all battling cards they control there this distribution does not need to be even and if applicable they can even make cards take no damage at all if a creature of structure takes total damage equal to its current health it is killed if all players battling cards are killed and there is still excess damage the opposing player May distribute that excess damage between non- battling cards there if any are present once both players have distributed all the damage received combat is then resolved in that land this explanation is very similar to the one I wrote in the rules however I hope the visualizations help it make more sense things also get a bit more complex when ranged attacks and targeting exhausted cards come into play but hey Card Wars is supposed to be complicated right I mean I could use that as an excuse probably after combat you have an auction phase which is skipped if you have no money like a dweeb or aren't playing with the economy like a dwe which Segways into explaining the optional mechanics first is the economy with this addition you have to worry about money gain and the advantage of an economy when playing with this structure cards and creatures with the worker tag can be flipped to generate money however it also leaves them vulnerable until your next turn this money can then be spent during your auction phase to force a blind auction for the card on top of your opponent's deck the winner of the auction can pull the economy into their favor which allows them to draw cards from their own deck by spending money this mechanic introduces the only way to neet gain cards currently in the game so it is extremely valuable despite not being directly tied to a wind condition however even when you are playing with the economy system it is not a primary focus of the game and only comes up if you plan around it although honestly in its current state I feel like it could have its relevance bumped up a little bit more now unpredictable behavior my favorite mechanic and arguably the most unique mechanic in this game unpredictable Behavior cards are shuffled into each player's deck and when they are drawn they cause one of that player's creatures to perform innan semi-random actions that make the game a bit more unpredictable the creature that's targeted is determined by its personalities and how unpredictable it is this mechanic can can easily be ignored by simply not shuffling these cards into your deck if you find this sort of thing frustrating okay all of these explanations I've given for rules in this video gloss over small details and outlier cases which are covered in the actual rules PDF which is super exciting to read although I actually like reading board game rule books if they aren't structured or worded terribly so I hope mine is not otherwise I will look like a hypocritical fool there will be no notes section today because I will instead be talking about the play test which is now public the play test is a downloadable mod for tabletop simulator on Steam that will be available for 3 weeks in total the first week will be members only and the following two weeks will be free for everyone after which the play test will close until the next one our Discord will be a hub for rules F AQ which I will respond to as quickly as I can and there will be an explanation there and in a community post on YouTube about how to get access to the play test for now these instructions will of course be members only if you'd like to become a member you just have to click the join button on our Channel page this button does not always show up on mobile becoming a member will obviously give you access to the play test right now but also comes with these other perks and of course supports the project immeasurably getting to this point would not have been possible without our members thank you so so much you guys while major revision to the game will be held until after the play test small changes like balancing card wording and phrasing will be changed throughout the play test if necessary in which case you can simply redownload the mod to get an updated version I will make posts about these revisions so you know when and what things change the final announcement is that this Saturday there will be a card wars tournament for members held in our Discord server anyone can watch and we will be answering your questions about the game if you're interested in participating please join our Discord and let us know thank you everyone for watching and your support on this project getting 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Published: Thu May 23 2024