Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:30pm | IP Logged

Ok;lets start at the beggining. Deck stocking.Keep in mind that the game requires Balance and not just what You'd like.  You have to assume everyone can have access to all cards.  Cards are not to be restricted except by individual groups by concensus.  so with that in mind for the month of may lets concentrate on at least this subject.

1 minimum 40 cards

2 at least 8 card types with 5 of each, if more than 8 card types used then 9th and subsequent sets are not restricted to 5 cards.

3 1 card of each strength up to highest

4 1 strength exception per 50 cards

5 1 strength 10 card per 25 cards

6  Identical card limits....       8 strength 1,2,3       4 strength 4,5     3 strength 6,7     2 strength 8,9          1 strength 10

Major empire cards state so in title above or below picture, background does not matter, since some cards do not have proper background.  Only one major empire in deck.

Minor empire.  May be used as a major if so desired.

Minor empire cards(if not used as major empire)  are stocked 1 per 4 major empire ships.  Minor empire cards other than ships are stocked as 1 per 4 card of same type.  eg 1 bolaar system stocked per any 4 other terrain.

The exact wording of these rules can be found in the rule book.  Did i get anything wrong. I think for game balance the standard rules with the tournament exception rule of 1 per 50 should all stand.. ANd let the debate begin...

Posted: 03 May 2007 at 12:25pm | IP Logged

Tarquon wrote: I kinda like '1 per 50 minimum 1'. it encourages more interesting decks (IMO). some mention of technology slots may be appropriate here as well. I'm not sure that 'technology slot' is the correct terminology.

The main reason I make 80 card decks is so that I can use 8 of a 1-3 not just time skips but lucky targeting ,phase rats,burocracy.I also make what I call'5th Fleets'where I put in lots of 5s w/temporal repitition

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Posted: 03 May 2007 at 5:16pm | IP Logged

The ruling for exceptions I took off Erics 2.1 rule's site.

As for mentioning technology slots, that would come later.  Remember this is to design a rulebook 3.0, trying to iron out kinks and to make a better game from what we already have.  There it states a 1/2 exception every 25, which means 1 per 50.

Posted: 17 July 2007 at 10:22am | IP Logged

MogwaiSC wrote: Could you post these decks you're mentioning Geko? I would really like to see how other people build small decks, because I find it difficult to build small decks myself. I think the small I've ever been able to build a deck is about 165 cards.

see my thread on restricted list