Posted: 11 October 2007 at 1:43pm | IP Logged

I still think there are better ways of dealing with the broken mega draw decks rather than restricting the cards in a deck.  I would think that restricting the number of cards drawn and played per turn to say 5 per turn or one card played ( eg if that one card allows 6 cards to be played or drawn) would be a far better balance. 

Your rule of 8 cards 1-3 and 4 for the rest does nothing except make it better for Mr suitcase no matter how you want to word it. Proxy cards balance the game far more than raising the limits to 4.  By allowing all players acces to all cards eliminates mr suitcase altogether.

Your idea of restricting ship cards to 3 for dreadnought 2 for battleships  is almost nothing short of 3 strength 7 or 2 strength eight and it really isnt fair.  Not all races dreads or bships are the same strength and would not allow allied races or  the merc races(vek bollaar) to beef up a fully stocked race.

Posted: 11 October 2007 at 3:18pm | IP Logged

My group resticts all of the card drawing cards and I love it,and I AM

Mr Suitcase.It allows me the freedom to be able to make 100 decks,if

I followed the regular rules I could only make 8-10 decks.Plus it tales the a lot of luck out of games.It also allows new players to enter my group w/out me having to give them a lot of valuable cards.

A restricted list is LIBERATING.

Posted: 11 October 2007 at 7:35pm | IP Logged

Our group tried this and was very interesting.

Use any size deck, no reserve. Ok draw 5 cards to start the game, any card can be played in the first round instead of just terrain.

On your turn you can either draw or play 5 cards any combination, draw 1 and play 4 or draw 4 and play 1 or what ever. cybermages give you 1 extra draw and 1 extra play.

So during your turn you can play a card and then draw a card and then play another if you like as long it comes to 5.

this can make the game faster at times especially when you do'nt get terrain or ships right away. We liked this version of play alot and at times we go back to the normal way just to keep the game fresh.

Posted: 12 October 2007 at 11:43am | IP Logged

-Wow. This thread has gone waaaaay beyond initial post concerns. Not a bad thing, just sayin'.

Lots of interesting tidbits in these 8 pages, and to all those contributing i tip my pint to ya.

As for my conclusion, i'm just gonna keep playing as-is. I'm okay not being the guy with the most weapons in his arsenal. Just may add some luck cards to my deck to be able to get rid of some of his more annoying card plays to give me a turn or two to hopefully draw well.

Have a good weekend all.....Lobo

Posted: 12 October 2007 at 2:39pm | IP Logged

Im definitly going to try this!

Posted: 13 October 2007 at 5:01am | IP Logged

It would'nt be bad if was in your fleet only.

Posted: 14 October 2007 at 8:41am | IP Logged

We found the errata "Only affects stacks in your fleet" makes him balanced.

I would agree with that. But you seem to have a problem with powerfull cards and want them banned or what ever. I would think if these cards were in your fleet you would enjoy using them. Always remember that there's always cards out there to counter even a level 1 card can counter a 10.

Although  there are cards out there we do'nt use because the game goes on for ever if we use them but i do like those cards.