[Icehouse] Zark City: Attacking with Aces

[Jorge Arroyo]

Wouldn't the weakness of the 10 and now the 2 cards be solved if numbers
would wrap around? For example if you could make a power block like this:
9-10-2, or 10-2-3

-Jorge

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Andy Looney <andy at looneylabs.com> wrote:

> > Zark City is a mind-bendingly fun game, and we've all enjoyed it.
>
> Awesome! :-)
>
> > On the ace rule proposition: Being playable AND a power card is a nice
> > idea.
>
> Well, it's interesting, but I'm not in favor of it.
>
> > On adding another new ability to the 10: I cring at more complexity with
> > the rules of this game.  it's elegent and intricat enough as is and
> > doesn't need too many more rules.
>
> Exactly. For example, in my first draft of the rules I had provisions for
> covering over cards in play, and for reclaiming cards from the board, but
> after playtesting I took those options out because I decided they weren't
> needed. I want Zark City to be as simple and exception-free as possible.
> And with that thinking in mind, I find I don't like the idea of a card
> that
> can be used in two places. Here's why. If we say Aces can be used for
> attack AND can be put onto the board, this leads to a question: can you
> make a free attack with a piece that's sitting on an Ace? It would make
> sense to Zarcana players that you could, but it would require more
> explanation, and it doesn't seem worth it to me.
>
> All that said, I agree that it would be good to have more attack cards, so
> for version 1.2 of the rules I'm planning to add this clause: "Aces are
> considered Face cards, not Number cards." I like this because A is not a
> number, and Aces are expected to be powerful.
>
> As for the feeling that the 10 (and now the 2) are slightly undervalued,
> well, that doesn't bother me. Not everything needs to be balanced.
>
> Thanks as always to everyone for their input! Keep on playing!
>
> -- Andy Looney
>
>
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