Multiverse: Desert Frontier: Recent Activity

2013-08-09 11:38:31: Jack V edited Avenge

2013-08-09 11:36:56: Jack V commented on Comments on Terrains

I tried to make this a details page but couldn't create one for some reason. Alex, do you know what's wrong?

2013-08-09 11:35:35: Jack V changed the cardset options for Desert Frontier

2013-08-09 11:35:08: Jack V commented on Comments on Terrains

Current principles for Terrains:

Still in early design, not worried about the rules not working, want to see if the most basic card ideas function as "obvious" and "fun" or not.
Assume terrains have a mana cost, and not a land drop, and a radically different card frame (like planeswalkers).
Assume your terrains stay in front of you (whether there's a notion of "attached to" or not).
Attacking creatures may attack through "good" terrain controlled by the attacking player and must attack through "bad" terrains controlled by defending player. One attacking creature per terrain. Blocking creatures are in the same terrain as the creature they block.
Currently have two common terrains per colour so we can test them thoroughly. Expect to drop down to one per colour later
Will adjust the rules later when we see what works and what doesn't. Especially want to check:
- are they fun?
- are they clear?
- are they overpowered/underpowered?
- are both attacking terrains and defending terrains interesting?
- do they work at common?
- how many are too many?
- is it too annoying if there's no built-in answer to terrains, or is "playing more creatures" enough?
- is it obvious which terrains you can/must use (even if the rules aren't specified yet?)
- is there a simple implementation of the rules
- is it balanced and intuitive that terrains affect flying creatures?

See also discussion in [Conversations] and [Multiverse Design Challenge]

Comments and questions on Comments on Terrains

2013-08-09 11:34:02: Jack V edited the details page Mechanical Themes

2013-08-09 11:21:45: Jack V created the card Comments on Terrains

2013-08-09 11:19:56: Jack V edited Pre-battle Feastground

2013-08-09 11:18:27: Jack V edited Barrage Defences

2013-08-09 11:17:18: Jack V edited Thornfield

2013-08-09 11:16:50: Jack V edited Viashino Encampment

2013-08-09 11:14:59: Jack V edited Disreputable Alley Dive

2013-08-09 11:12:31: Jack V edited Launching Range

2013-08-09 11:06:33: Jack V edited Marshy Bank

2013-08-09 11:05:09: Jack V edited Ambush Grounds

2013-08-09 11:01:53: Jack V commented on Fool's Gold Deposit

Although in fact, maybe you said that to me on another set and I forgot, that's also quite likely :)

2013-08-09 11:00:03: Alex commented on Fool's Gold Deposit

That's a good point. I think I have done that in the past and forgot to here. My apologies!

2013-08-09 10:58:50: Jack V commented on Rifle Shot

Yeah, I gave up finding a consistent metric for 4-damage spells. I think it's very skewed because (a.) they try to avoid printing strictly-better or strictly-worse spells and (b.) they try to avoid printing a critical mass of good burn spells in standard or (maybe) modern.

So I think 4-damage spells tend to be overcosted, so there's room for three damage spells to exist. Hence, I costed this aggressively, since it will never be in standard. But I think reasonably -- there's lots of 3-mana 3-or-5 damage spells at common, even though flame javelin et al were worse and uncommon. But it would also be perfectly good at 4 (or 5) mana, so I can tweak it later.

2013-08-09 10:55:03: Jack V commented on Rooftop Sniper

Thank you!

2013-08-09 10:54:38: Jack V commented on Fool's Gold Deposit

LOL. Yes, that's what I thought, it's fine. You're welcome to comment on Desert Frontier, I think you can see what sort of stage it's at -- I'd actually appreciate any general comments on cards before I try to balance them. And I think it's useful to see what people are doing so you can see how multiverse is used.

But I think etiquette suggests you start the first comment with "I hope you don't mind if I comment..." or similar, just to establish the boundary still exists :)

2013-08-09 10:49:16: Jack V edited Hanging Judge

2013-08-09 10:47:32: Alex commented on Rooftop Sniper

Ooh, I do like this a lot :)

2013-08-09 10:45:22: Alex commented on Rifle Shot

4 damage is a weird spot on the costing scale of burn. You get it to just creatures for 1 mana (Flame Slash, albeit sorcery speed), or to players for 3-with-upside (Flames of the Blood Hand), but to your choice of creature or player is either 4-5 mana (Lightning Blast) or fiddly to cast (Flame Javelin). (5 damage is 5 to a player - Lava Axe - or 6 to anything - Explosive Impact.)

2013-08-09 10:40:37: Alex commented on Hanging Judge

Note that this cost 6 mana when it was common (Vedalken Dismisser).

2013-08-09 10:36:47: Alex commented on Fool's Gold Deposit

It is indeed owner-only (that's what the red background to the set views box above means). I'm just nosily cheating using my super admin powers. I, er, guess I should sortof apologise.

If anyone really wants me to keep out of their private sets I will, but I tend to be interested in what people are using Multiverse for (and reckon it'll help me make it better if I have more idea what people use it for) so I tend to take a peek into sets that people are working on, even if they're private.

2013-08-09 10:19:32: Jack V edited Noxious Swampland

2013-08-09 10:17:04: Jack V edited Corpse Hauler

2013-08-09 10:16:25: Jack V edited Corpse Hauler

2013-08-09 10:13:52: Jack V edited Desert Drifter

2013-08-09 10:12:48: Jack V edited Desert Drifter

2013-08-09 10:02:45: Jack V commented on Fool's Gold Deposit

Thank you! Oops, although MR says it always happens to them too, so I guess I should stop worrying about it :) I may reprint archaelogical dig, it fits the flavour fairly well.

BTW, how come you can see this? I thought I set desert frontier to be all owner-only? (I don't mind you looking, I'd quite like feedback from a couple of people, but I wanted to get some things roughed out before throwing it open to nitpicks from everyone.)