A couple of new ones from the recent past, both from Raven, Zarba and myself. First up, Robot Wars; put together component cards to make a suitably dangerous...
Kevan Davis
kevan@...
Oct 15, 2001 11:28 am
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The decks lookk nice, and are certainly hilarious. I note that the robot deck only has one ranged attack component, though Electron Ram and the two Nozzles...
Eric Wald
breadman@...
Oct 15, 2001 1:08 pm
152
... Ah. I had a feeling it needed more ranged weapons, but forgot to check. Good point. Altering the three you mention seems fair enough - I'll take a...
Total newbie here, just found the site and the decks a few hours ago. Still soaking in the coolness of it all. One thought. Have you guys ever checked out the...
... could ... Aha. No. We were talking vaguely about CCG Pro a while back, but never got around to investigating it properly. Thoth looks quite wonderful,...
... Zak just released version 1.5.0 which, amongst other things, add a new Dvoark inspired feature to the engine..... "Added first support for Dvorak games: a...
Hi, folks... I found Dvorak in the last couple of weeks. For those of us who play things like Fluxx and Nomic, this is cool. I just got through the whole...
... I'm in. I wouldn't mind refereeing, or heading up referees for that matter. Perhaps set up a "PBEM - registry of people willing to ref"? ... Amen Good...
Patrick Jarrett
seraph@...
Nov 11, 2001 12:55 pm
159
... OK. That's two possible refs and/or two possible players. Who wants to play...and what deck do we want to start with? Glenn...
... Crikey. ... fashioned ... Well, the good thing about Nomic is that it evolves to fit whatever container you're growing it in. I suppose it shouldn't be too...
... that matter. ... wants to ... I'd be interested. How do you envision it running, though? Referee keeping track of things, mailing drawn cards to individual...
... Crikey what? It takes longer to look at the Dvorak website. ... I would consider refereeing, if I had more time. I still might, if I were interested in...
... Basically, yes. Dvorak's turn structure is simple enough to do this. After each turn ends, the ref sends the next player their drawn card. If something...
I think the time required per move should be agreed before the game begins, and the absolute max should be 96 hours. If no response is received for two ...
Patrick Jarrett
seraph@...
Nov 13, 2001 9:01 pm
165
... It might make quite a deck. Or not. I suppose I'm oddly intrigued, although I'm not sure that corpses make an exquisite deck concept. ;) ... Star Quest...
... Yes. Probably this rule, and all other procedural rules arising from the email environment, should be drawn up as Special Rules for the game. 1. A player...
... it into ... all ... table, ... Babelfish (T): If NOT in play, all actions involving more than one player cannot be done. Deep Thought (T): Discard when 42...
dionn@...
Nov 14, 2001 12:57 pm
170
... If this effect is desirable, it makes a better Special Rule. (It's tough to refer to a card that is not in play.) ... This could also be made a...
Did you Acka? They had an Exquisite Dead Guy that kept getting buried. The Adams deck looks great. I note that if the Babel Fish is used, it requires a...
... and ... the ... Foldover ... Mm, it all boils down to the same sort of thing, really. No idea where the idea came from originally, but it seems to have...
... tough to refer to a ... Mm. And it wouldn't be a very interesting Special Rule. How about:- Babel Fish <Thing> Action: Reveal your hand to a Player, and...
... So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (A): If anyone has the Babelfish in his hand, he must play it. Otherwise, play the Babelfish under your control from...
... refer to a ... Oops, I didn't think of that (but as yet I didn't disappear in a puff of logic...) I'm a newbie at this, too. ... I was thinking about that,...
dionn@...
Nov 14, 2001 3:30 pm
177
... Sounds like it would take a long time, and cards would end up being long and incoherent. However, in case nobody else has, I've started an Exquisite...
... Hm, I suppose it is quite a good representation of having your brains smashed out, under the traditional "cards in hard = thoughts" system... ... Perhaps...
... started ... I've set a "Database" up - if anyone wants to play, add yourself and say that you've not received a Corpse Bit yet. I've got the latest one;...