I’m hoping that perhaps we can have a Yachting Club Trading Card Game in time for WTHCon 2012. Ostensibly the primary function of these cards is simply to have a Trading Card with each Yachting Club member’s picture on it to show off to friends and family 🙂
But I am intending for there to be a completely playable set of rules to go along with these cards if folks wish to actually play a game. These rules are taken from my “Deck of Chance” game and essentially is a Poker-like game where cards are played to influence odds and dice are rolled to determine winners.
For those whom are interested in the Deck of Chance rules:
~ Each card lists a Die type (d4, d6, d8, etc…) and a certain number of points (+4, +3, +2, etc…).
~ Each player has their own deck of 40 cards.
~ Each player draws a hand of five cards.
~ Choose a player to be Player 1.
~ Starting with player 1 going clockwise, each player plays one card face up on the table in front of them.
~ Starting with player 2 and going clockwise, each player plays a second card face up on the table in front of them.
~ Each player rolls the dice listed on the two cards in front of them, and applies any modifiers.
~ The player with the highest total from their die roll wins the number of points listed on the cards in front of them.
That’s the basic format. It’s a little bit like poker meets DnD.
Players are encouraged to create their own variations on how cards are played.
Additionally, many cards come with special effects which may alter the values of the dice rolled (for example, add 6 to any die that rolls a 6), or possibly even change the dice rolled (roll 2d4 instead of a 1d8), or even alter the number of points you score if certain conditions are met (if you roll a natural 20, score 1 extra point if you have the winning roll).
These special effects can have an impact on how a player chooses to build a deck, and on what cards they choose to play during a given round. Eventhough everything comes down to a dice roll, there is plenty of opportunity to influence those rolls in your favor.
For those looking to have cards made up for them, a list for the base templates for each cards will be added soon.
