Ascension (Act I)- RPG with playing cards

[@ManoftheBats]

I do have ACT III saved on my computer. Perhaps I shall take a look at it...

[@hosh3335]

Pin it so people see

[@harlangunawan4928]

yes plzz do, this game looks awesome

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

YES!!!

[@sloopdoopyh1493]

Please do it

[@blagachu1107]

Adding the joker cards would be a nice idea.

[@GammaRaz]

“Hope to hear from ya’ll soon.” Five years later:

[@JavaPROx]

Haha

[@Salvo04]

xD

[@Godnando00]

Laughs in hiatus

[@j123i]

Now:

[@zoiuduu]

he did made part 2 3 years before ur comment kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZm8ZYOknbp4ms0

[@citricgames7501]

This is probably the most creative game invented with cards, I love it.

[@ManoftheBats]

Appreciate it :)

[@pesto12601]

Ever hear of Rummy?

[@Mrmoocows99]

Tom Francis made the game Grid Cannon recently and its pretty fantastic.

[@pesto12601]

@@Mrmoocows99 Thx for that game suggestion.. watched the video and read the rules.. looks interesting!

[@blake9746]

Mao is up there.

[@Caleb-zj9xi]

I seriously thought you were explaining a pre-existing game...

[@doctore6854]

Wait he wasnt???

[@LordVader1094]

@@doctore6854 Yep, he made it.

[@uny4781]

Whoa! Honestly, kudos to the creator for this.

[@JavaPROx]

@@doctore6854 interested in games like these?

[@doctore6854]

@@JavaPROx yea. Tryna learn how to play so I can show it to my DnD obsessed friend.

[@aersla1731]

Did this man just create a rpg with normal playing cards? The madman, to be fair this reminds me of when I was really young and had no idea how to play any of the games people played with playing cards so I would make my own. Good times.

[@JavaPROx]

It's not that hard. I making a game that has different classes nd abilities too

[@msholdenh669]

@@JavaPROx Wow you're so cool!

[@JavaPROx]

@@msholdenh669 thanks lol you're cool too haha

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

What kind of malignant ape man doesn't know how to play go fish

[@versuzzero5335]

All the smart kids should have experienced creating a unique game at least once in their childhood days. Existing games are too boring so I made many. Some only needs paper and pens while most are played physically.

[@adrher13]

Nobody: KZbin: I'mma recommend this video from 5 years ago...

[@Gidaio]

Right?

[@demonicbunny3po]

No idea why, but why not?

[@oldbadname3633]

Same here. In the instruction it hints at an Act 2. I wonder if he ever got around to making that.

[@Gidaio]

@@oldbadname3633 Yeah, he did. It's on his channel.

[@adrher13]

@@oldbadname3633 But there isn't an Act 3, but it seems like a pretty legit game, not gonna lie

[@jorischkovich]

Just in case anyone else is wondering: the discard pile is re-used as draw pile once the initial draw pile runs out. This way, wound cards will become part of the draw deck and can therefor be in your hand and played (if paladin).

[@isabelle5547]

Ohhh. I was really confused on how the warrior or paladin would be useful at all...

[@imthatguy91]

Ohh ok. So the warrior and the paladin are late game characters. Right?

[@rokblaz5104]

Thanks

[@yosquispie159]

The Alpha yeah

[@dagamingpack3147]

THANKYOU FATHER

[@AlxndrJG]

Tony Ngo: ... you can create your own classes. that annoying friend we all have: *_AIGHT! I'm a demi god with healing abilities, who can tank and destroy royals by blinking....blablabahblah_*

[@divinrth5187]

accurate

[@rey1242]

@@divinrth5187 accruate

[@apacheattackhelicopter5823]

I swear, there’s like no point in playing the game if your op... re

[@alebeerzy1890]

@@lonelyfam61 Arkansas

[@jonasperez2303]

@@alebeerzy1890 arc

[@windelritter]

I can't imagine the feeling when your old video, you maybe forgot about, just gets recommended to so many people and they share their love with you. That must be so frikin wholesome

[@bilbowagons7932]

this dude can probably make a Shakespeare level story with just playing cards

[@JavaPROx]

Can you help me w/my game I'm making?

[@specialsomeones]

Some classes I just brainstormed: Druid- Can block each monster twice Ranger- +2 against unblocked monsters, -2 against blocked monsters Barbarian- attacks twice, +1 to all card values, draws only 2 cards per turn Summoner- discard to summon cards of lower value, summoned cards attack once per turn, must discard two cards to summon any royal, summoned royals count as two drawn cards, summoned cards count as drawn cards, if no cards drawn this turn then cannot summon next turn, cannot attack directly Necromancer- can summon monster from top of graveyard after taking damage from a stronger monster, summoned monster attacks once per turn, can only have one summoned monster, can attack directly as well, only draws two cards per turn if a monster is summoned Scoundrel- flip a coin at the beginning of each draw phase, if tails: can choose one card from your deck as one of your drawn cards, shuffle after choosing; if heads: draw one card from your ally’s deck to your hand and draw one card from your own deck and add it to your ally’s hand, do this before any other cards are drawn Alchemist- can discard one normal card and one health card to choose any card from the deck, shuffle after choosing, OR discard two health cards and return one to the health deck Bard- your ally draws an extra card next turn if you take damage, once per game you can instead nullify the damage you would take and return all health cards in both players’ hands to their respective health decks Noble- can attack and block with your ally’s card or your own Priest- If a player (you or your ally) draws a health card, the player who drew the health card can draw an extra card (only one extra card maximum each turn)

[@specialsomeones]

If attacked, summoned cards can either add health to the discard pile (as with a normal attack) or be discarded to block (even if they are not as strong as the attacking card)

[@houseofm9700]

The bard sounds pretty broken

[@Droid15243Z]

Time to get a note pad. I need this!

[@haelmaelstrom2335]

"And here is the Robot who can normal summon twice a turn, gets +1 on charisma, can tap 2 forests to gain 3 life, and can pay two health to draw a card"

[@houseofm9700]

@@JavaPROx uh sure I guess I'll try to help

[@remi6197]

Me: Mom can you buy me an RPG? Mom: We already have an RPG at home. RPG at home:

[@user-me7hx8zf9y]

@Robert James Fischer woah there buddy

[@kulekid6917]

this is still hella lit tho

[@zucchini_flowers]

Its funny because the production quality of this video makes it seem very bootleg, since he clearly doesn't have a script for the video and is filming with a phone camera. Obviously the game isn't some crapload, he clearly put a lot of work into Ascension and it paid off

[@godlaydying]

I wouldn't use the name 'Ascension'. There's already a deck-building game with that name.

[@robertlozyniak3661]

I wonder how long before all the good names for games get taken.

[@Jasmixd]

@@robertlozyniak3661 Eh, you can still call it Ascension no problem. People will just have to specify which one they mean specifficaly, like with many variants of poker, remmy, and most other traditional card games actually.

[@richardsherman2286]

@@Jasmixd "specify specifically". Top effort.

[@Jasmixd]

@@richardsherman2286 Touché.

[@woojlebert3953]

@@Jasmixd No. Copyright.

[@aersla1731]

Omg did this guy create slay the spire before it came out

[@wp6007]

holy fuck you're right

[@monnd]

That mechanic of discarding ypur hand at the end of the round comes from a deckbuilding game called dominion, it was published in 2008 so this guy was probably inspired by that

[@aersla1731]

Drifter M false, I bet he has never heard of it.

[@CrabOnABeach]

@@monnd Dominion is great

[@LordVader1094]

@@monnd Oh man I love Dominion.

[@fakecheesefactory]

Here I sit At my computer chair Remaking this in Unity Wish me luck, comrades.

[@denisribochkin2486]

Keep us updated, brother!

[@matthewwynn3025]

Godspeed

[@darkbrotherhoodofficial1351]

you bless the unworthy comrade

[@drake9723]

Ward

[@fakecheesefactory]

UPDATE: phase one of the game (drawing and discarding cards) has been completed. Simplistic visuals were also added.

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

This kind of stuff is why I love playing cards over any other elaborate boardgame. People have been getting creative with them for hundreds of years, and with the internet, we can explore such a large portion of the crazyness

[@withonforafteratbyin]

Well now I have to get another deck of cards. And maybe a friend.

[@ThePsh07]

**maybe**

[@JavaPROx]

If you like this you should check out the game I made called Luna

[@eleuuuuu]

For some reason, while watching this, all I'm hearing is: *"NOW I WANT YOU ALL TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL INITIATIVE."*

[@1vantheterrible814]

That small moment at 3:37 warms my soul

[@lee_lee9827]

let me guess, you got recommended too.

[@emiya1630]

How did you guess?

[@hartbeet4138]

Yup.

[@deadmeme8011]

Yep.

[@Nebula_42]

yup

[@korochun453]

TriHard The Algorithm is weird...

[@quickattackfilms7923]

This seems so awesome. Just a simple card game with cool RPG elements. Love it. Ranger class: can take a defeated monster into its hand to use as an attacking card (like a pet)

[@s34lord]

great idea, challenging and fun. played this with my wife now for 6 hours straight :)

[@schierlingsbecher7778]

We played it but it was way to easy. Do you have any extra rules? Have you lost at least one time?

[@s34lord]

@@schierlingsbecher7778 no extra rules. We've lost one or two rounds, the rest were won with one player sacrificing himself. I felt the only combination that both survive is warrior/mage. How it is so easy for you? :)

[@joshuan.]

I don't know what took KZbin so long to recommend this to me but I'm glad they finally did.

[@JavaPROx]

Hey, I'm making a card game similar to this but has more features. Would you mind telling me what you think of it so far?

[@UmouMais]

hello Tony, how are you? I would like to adapt that game to solo gaming and I would like to know if there is a solo version of it. Also, I'd like to ask permission to translating the game to portuguese and also to talk about it in my channel, mentioning all credits of course. Thanks for your attention! Regards

[@marcelobulhoes6180]

Lucas Conegundes e aí véi, conseguiu fazer algo?

[@nolabratteig988]

Use 1 full deck. Half for you half for the monsters.

[@ManoftheBats]

Hey Lucas, you are most welcome to do all that. I'm happy to know that other people are enjoying this game :)

[@bliz1178]

Lucas Conegundes Ele respondeu!! Que daora cara kkkkk Vê se vc consegue criar um pvp tbm, talvez, ia ser mt f*da

[@pedropires8829]

Oi. Se jogares com um jogador só a controlar as duas personagens, tipo um normal dungeon-crawl no computador ao estilo Dungeon Master, o jogo é bem giro. :) Não é preciso fazer mais adaptações para funcionar em solo.

[@cyrilgigee4630]

Recommendations has served me up some good shit.

[@scarfblade5884]

Underrated channel. Finally regular decks have an appeal to me. 🙃

[@knifeninja200000]

This is awesome. Imagining all of the different options/ways to play. Adding a couple abilities per class and some more classes even

[@DaCooGa]

This so freaking cool! Will definitely give this a try. It seems to have the feel of a full fledged card game like The Mind and yet it only uses standard playing cards! Genius!

[@quickattackfilms7923]

I’m back three years later, still think this is dope.

[@ericdollarhyde3296]

Ive been trying to develop a game like this for a while.others have too.i think yours is definitely the best take on the rpg game for a regular card deck by far!!very nice!!also..solo..im thinking you could reduce the amount of monsters by say one, and maybe tap colors for aggro turns.so one defend turn black attacks the hero, and then draw discard attack and red attacks the hero.or play two decks solo as a two party team..im going to start testing that this week..act 2!!! Damn the gods!! let them burn!! let their temples crumble! And let them all fall from the sky to face our mortal fury!!!

[@ManoftheBats]

Eric Dollarhyde Thanks Eric! I've been brainstorming a one player mode but I like your take on having the monster attack in "aggro turns." Please let me know if you were able to make any progress with your testing. THE TIME OF MAN HAS COME

[@RoninOneZero]

Played this for the first time finally. Really like it. Simple to set up and inspires decision making. Letting you know I look forward to seeing more!

[@zucchini_flowers]

Dude I used to try and make games like this all the time!!! So cool to see a successful card RPG, really good job on this

[@JavaPROx]

Hey, I'm making a card game similar to this but has more features. Would you mind telling me what you think of it so far?

[@literallyjustrojorin680]

I mean, I'm not saying I'm glad that youtube is recommending me this video from 5 years ago, but I'm glad youtube is recommending me this video from five years ago.

[@vr8652]

Lemme just remember every frame of this just so when the guys get bored of blackjack, we can continue in *style*

[@UnJayOkay]

You could make a class that is like a summoner and his attack cards are actually monsters he can place to fight by the player's side. Also you could make a necromancer class that could use his attack cards to summon a monster from the monster's graveyard to the same effect as the summoner, I imagine this as the necromancer playing an attack card to reanimate a monster of equal or lower value as the card played.

[@fallenesther]

I played this game forever ago with my friend and it was intense. Only time I've ever played. Now I'm looking to play it again and so many memories keep flooding my brain lmao

[@preettygoood7774]

There's already a card game called Ascension (it's really good!) and I was looking for videos about that, but now I'm interested in this.

[@alebeerzy1890]

I like this very much. Dont you EVER stop making RPG card game videos.

[@pandoranbias1622]

Mr. Ngo, the almighty algorithm has blessed thee.

[@uny4781]

Weird recommendations aside, this is actually a pretty interesting game.

[@lansettsan8212]

I love it, I gonna try it with my bro. Are the Act II rules online somewhere ? I'm eager to get more :p Thanks much for what you already shared.

[@ManoftheBats]

Sorry for the late response! I'm back into theory crafting so act 2 should be done by the end of this year :)

[@zeumarbuzov3352]

I have never expected that my cards may be played that way, thx man, it's awesome!

[@JavaPROx]

Hey, I'm making a card game similar to this but has more features. Would you mind telling me what you think of it so far?

[@zeumarbuzov3352]

@@JavaPROx Go ahead, show me.

[@Rapandreas]

Why is there both an attack- and defend phase? Wouldn't you preferably just destroy a monster in the attack phase to not deal with it in the defend phase? It only seems to be useful to the mage. Unless you can only attack once in a turn?

[@eleuuuuu]

You can only attack once (except for a mage who can attack for a second time to monsters that are only in the 'block area'). The defense phase makes it useful for non-mage classes to minimize damage and give the mage an attack of opportunity to the monster who gets in the 'block area' during the defense stage.

[@yoichi6064]

It reminded me of the mobile game Card Crawl, but then I realized maybe this video came out earlier lol I would love a single player version!

[@DaCooGa]

For extra content/more ideas, what if there was a necromancer class? Basically, whenever you kill a monster, you can discard two additional cards to put that monster in your discard pile rather than the monster graveyard. This may be too powerful as I haven’t tested it but seems pretty cool to me. The reason I think it could be balanced is cause the necromancer has to spend three cards to do this ability (one to kill the monster and two to discard and add it to their own discard pile). This, while, powerful, would leave the necromancer with no cards left to defend with during defense phase. Clarifications: - the necromancer is allowed to discard wound cards as well as attack cards when using their special ability - the monsters, when drawn, count towards the 3 card hand limit and can be used for both attacking and defending. - the monster deck and the player deck have different backs, so this could be potentially powerful in that the necromancer always knows which cards in his deck are the “resurrected” monsters

[@MeTrying2Game]

This is a very creative game, I have enjoyed it every time I played it. I’ve showed other people this game and they like it as well. Keep up the great work.

[@김주성-b1i]

A few questions here. 1. When the game ends? Do we won at the moment the monster deck runs out, end of the round the monster deck runs out, or the moment we destroy all monster? Do I die when I get 13 wounds(wound deck runs out), or 14 wounds (wound deck is not enough)? 2. If a warrior kills a club monster by Bloodlust, can they get a healing/removal bonus? (even if the suit of attack card is not same with that of monster card) 3. Can a player perform a dummy action? For example, can a paladin attack a monster with a lower-value card only in order to use their ability? (because it requires to attack)

[@Jj-ej9mu]

its time to D-D-D-DECK BUILD

[@wildcat32187]

Couple more questions. Do both players go at the same time? Or does one go, and then the other goes? And if we go separately, do I get attacked on my friends turn? Or do you only get attacked on your own turn?

[@ManoftheBats]

You can go simultaneously. Once you both go, then it's the monsters turn and they will attack each of you accordingly.

[@eleuuuuu]

Roll initiative by choosing a card from a shuffled deck. Whoever gets the highest go first, followed by the second, and the third, until the last player (monsters are included in the 'initiative draw').

[@Disthron]

I've been working on a similar concept. It didn't have classes, but rather different suits represented different things. Like Diamonds were money, and the Dimond royals were shops. Where the players could sell cards from their discard pile and buy ones that were dealt with from the supply. Have you considered using the monster pile to create a map? Think something like the Sector map from FTL ( link below) but replacing each node with a small deck of cards. You could organize the monster deck so that you encounter the Jacks first, then the Queens and then the Kings as boss-type cards that would give the game a ramping difficulty as it progressed. Just a suggestion.

[@hammer8771]

ive always wanted something like this, same with chess pieces. i love stuff like this

[@JavaPROx]

Would you mind helping me out w/my card game I'm making?

[@rathotdog9910]

If you have 4 players what is the health

[@ethancheung1676]

Most likely you use one more deck

[@thunderstorm9541]

or just use another counter, you know how much a quarter of a deck is

[@notvagg5983]

@@thunderstorm9541 u cant use another counter, coz warrior should attack by his health

[@ithalathegayguy]

@@thunderstorm9541 yeah no, another counter wouldn't work cause it's not just a number.... they're filler cards.... once your discard gets shuffled back into your deck, the wounds go with it and the knight is the only one that can actually use them when they show up in his hand.... the Paladin can get rid of them from his hand, but the other 2 classes just get dead cards they can't do anything with, which is the point.... if you've got 4 players, you would need a 3rd deck..... he also didn't specify which monsters attack who when there's 4 players.... is it same color but opposite suit?

[@CircusBamse]

@@ithalathegayguy can the rogue use wounds to assassinate?

[@An0therGuy100]

Very glad this popped up in recommended, will definitely try this with friends at some point!

[@JavaPROx]

Hey, I'm making a card game similar to this but has more features. Would you mind telling me what you think of it so far?

[@An0therGuy100]

@@JavaPROx I can def give it a look, not sure if I'd be able to play it though, super busy

[@JavaPROx]

@@An0therGuy100 for sure, the page for it is facebook.com/JavaXDGames

[@ithalathegayguy]

I would love to see this made into an actual game with cards that explain themselves... you could keep the suits and numbers on the cards, but have art on them to designate what is what (for example, the knight would have a knight on the back of their cards and maybe a description of the bloodlust ability)... then they could have their own health decks which would be the color swapped suit.... maybe that's actually where you would put the bloodlust description and the Paladin's heal, and then just have the other 2 characters health decks say unusable.... or you could do color swapped suits for expansion characters

[@PhoenixO8]

I like this ^^ I might go design something like that

[@osama_benlawson7092]

5 minute dungeons is the closest I can think of to this game. Has amazing artwork btw

[@levitatingbusinessman2560]

I got some questions... What to use as health with for 3 or 4 players? How do warrior and paladin draw wound cards? What happens when you're own deck empties?

[@blakehalley1612]

I have some ideas about how to implement armor, enchants, rings, necklaces, loot and so on

[@liamjudge5314]

Is there any place I could get a PDF of these rules? I would like to send them to my Kindle so I can access them without WiFi

[@ManoftheBats]

I’ve only used the google docs, sorry :(

[@gummy2510]

Did a similar game, but a little bit more simple with my students. Turned part of the game into counting practise haha

[@GrysonThe]

awesome dude, im gonna use your gameplay with my story to make an awesome campaign! really cool system

[@haelmaelstrom2335]

I had an idea for a different mage ability: polymorph! Discard 1 card to transform a monster into the card you discarded

[@GAMEDATA1010]

Cool I wish he still uploaded I'd love to see more games

[@JavaPROx]

Would you mind helping me out w/my card game I'm making?

[@GAMEDATA1010]

@@JavaPROx I'd love to help

[@TheDarkanthony09]

If we play 3-4 player does we need to put more card in the monster deck? Or does the monster does more damage?

[@kennethokubo3435]

You’d probably cut up the health decks

[@kenkoopa7903]

Idea: Cleric, alternative to Paladin and uses Hearts. If the other player has a Wound in their hand, the Cleric can play a card to contest it. If the card played is equal or higher than the Wound in value, then the other player can place the Wound as well as another card from their hand in their health deck.

[@DanLangford]

Here are some ideas I had for other classes: Ranger class has skill Split Shot which allows him to kill two Mob who's sum is equal to the attacking card. (Use a 9 to kill a 4 & 5). Priest or Cleric class has a skill that works similar to the Paladin. When you kill a Mob one of your allies may move any wounds from their hand to their Life draw deck. Warlock class has Life Tap skill after discard phase you may draw back up to three attack cards but from your Life draw deck. These wounds can be used to make attacks this turn only (or until they are discarded, not sure just so long as a warlock cannot use wounds to attack that went through his discard. Only the fighter can do that) Thief class has Sleight of Hand skill after the discard phase switch 1 card between an ally's hand and your own. This can help make sure the team is making optimal moves. Or non optimal :-)

[@Nylspider]

Dan Langford for the thief, where does the card go if it is discarded?

[@muffininacup4060]

@@Nylspider He meant that instead of discarding you can switch one card with your ally, at least I think that's what he meant

[@Nylspider]

@@muffininacup4060 oh That makes more sense

[@lukascookie7920]

this sounds like a really cool and creative way of playing with some deck of cards. i want to try it out with some friends, but call it Discount DnD (not to be disrespectful)

[@nykal1510]

3D?

[@abderianagelast7868]

A few observations: 1) While a very intriguing idea, the mechanics as they currently stand are hardly a deck building or roleplaying game. There is no agency in adding cards to your deck or leveling up stats. The iteration as listed in the description is more of a deck trimming game, or like War but significantly better. And there’s nothing wrong with this fact, I just think that in calling it a deck building game you probably have some customization in mind for further down the road. 2) As has been mentioned in the comments already, there is another card game called Ascension available already that looks nothing like this one. A name change is definitely in order if this is the kind of game you want to sell, but if you’d rather it become an iconic game like Old Maid or Go Fish then there’s no real reason to worry about that. 3) If this is something you’re looking to profit off of, I would highly recommend getting custom cards made to help increase immersion as well as make things easier and potentially more varied. Each monster could be one of several types that attack different classes specifically, like one that attacks Rogues and Mages or one that only attacks Warriors. They would randomly choose other targets if those aren’t available, I would say. After that, have each player keep the foes they kill beside their discard pile and add in a shop system where players can use their slain foes to purchase new cards. They can also choose to discard the body as normal to purge a discarded card as usual. The shop could have universal cards that just work better than the generic ones each class has, as well as unique class-specific cards that are tailored to each class’s intended play style. Finally, after each round, shuffle all the enemies back into the deck and then say they get a +1 or +2 bonus to their value to easily make the next round harder to accommodate for the more capable decks each hero has.

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

Definitely agree with all of this.

[@wp6007]

Good and fair criticism. Maybe use minor arcana cards?

[@keredsukram5401]

Abderian Agelast wack

[@moppuchii]

That’s crazy. We got the same friend.

[@Glutz25]

(Insert comment about KZbin algorithm recommending an old video)

[@thebirchwoodtree]

(insert generic reaction how I too was recommended this old KZbin video)

[@SomeVegan]

@@thebirchwoodtree (insert comment telling "me too")

[@jonahshriver3358]

(Insert comment complaining about generic, overused comments)

[@danadrian2752]

(Insert generic First comment on a five year old video with thousands of comments)

[@oppositereality3792]

Game for two players? Yea, I will just play with myself instead.

[@emerald807]

Phrasing boom first

[@JavaPROx]

You should check out the one I made. It's better

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

Java Scales Where?

[@JavaPROx]

@@MnemonicHeadTrip look up Xeonia on Facebook

[@mateusgreccomanfre7739]

Congratulations for you creativity!!

[@alexfresh8951]

2-4 player?? So what will be the health deck for the third player?

[@clickbait3753]

Just wanted to clarify, monsters in the blocked lineup can be killed using a standard attack like any other monster?

[@hole1274]

Ye

[@clickbait3753]

@@hole1274 also, what happens to monsters when blocked, do they attack again next turn or just stay there until killed. thanks.

[@eleuuuuu]

You can only block monsters once. That said, it's either you try your best to kill monsters in the 'block lane', or tank the damage until a card shows up that could destroy that monster.

[@eleuuuuu]

@@clickbait3753 They could attack again next turn (and as I said earlier, they cannot get blocked again), so what the players should do is eliminate that monster to minimize the damage or tank the damage until somebody kills it.

[@escaperoomaddict9627]

Tony this game caught our interest. Please feel free to contact us if you'd like to develop this game for use within the escape room industry.

[@Pokecool10000]

THIS IS SO FREAKING COOL!!

[@JavaPROx]

Hey, I'm making a card game similar to this but has more features. Would you mind telling me what you think of it so far?

[@kevenbouchard7973]

Archer idea: you can use a lower card to hit a monster and the damage will add up each turn until you reach the amount to kill it . Ex: use 2 on a 5 , its now wounded and need 3 or higher to finish it next turn

[@brandonevans597]

Keven Bouchard I think that’s a little too good. You would need something to to weaken that. Late game you’d be untouchable

[@gottafindacoolname]

How about weaker ahainst blocked enemies?

[@MAB-on7zs]

Custom Class Class name: Duelist Class ability: Counter attack If the player takes a damage and draws a wound card. The player can discard a card from his hand and add the discarded hand’s number with the wound card, if the sum of the wound card and the discarded card are higher than the monster’s number the monster will be instantly defeated. The player will now put the discarded card and wound card into the discard pile. Class story: The player walks up to an abandoned rapier stabbed onto the ground through the rugged carpets of the now abandoned noble mansion. The player picked it up with no hesitation, as he/she knows that he/she wouldn’t be able to escape without a weapon in hand. He/she closed his/her eyes, memories, endless knowledge of swordplay flashed in his/her mind. Then he/she knew he/she could be ruthless he/she could destroy legions of monsters with this weapon, with each strike he/she will chop off those monsters’ necks. And he/she can do it slowly, one by one, brick by brick and one monster to another.

[@boltzmann1688]

sup warlock

[@jettthorp9444]

This lowkey reminds me of Slay the Spire, we got a warrior who can make better use of Wounds and a rogue who uses more cards but can OHKO anything in the game. Would love to see a single player mode that sees you crafting a larger and larger deck from choices as you best monsters. Having certain cards have additional effects, eg. Joker, aces, royals would be interesting, for example maybe jokers are unplayable unless you use both of them together, to gain a powerful boon? That way, having the Joker given as a choice makes you wonder if you take it and hope for another, or if you pass it for a safer option

[@lordeventos4174]

hey, about the player decks, do we keep the aces? are the aces superior to K or the lowest card?

[@AskJ4x]

it looks like you keep the aces for the player deck and they are superior to Kings.

[@GlacierWolfeRockee]

Can Warrior's Wounds also be used to defend monster's attacks?

[@Sariiger]

You can only use abilities during the attack phase, so no, it can't defend.

[@eleuuuuu]

You can only use attack cards to defend.

[@eleuuuuu]

@@Sariiger You can either use your hero's special ability or attack once (depends on the hero, some activate their abilities by attacking such as the paladin) because it's the attack phase. Let's say that you're a rogue. If you want to attack with a card instead of assassinating, that's fine. However, remember that attacking or using a skill can only be done once in the attack phase.

[@gottafindacoolname]

I dont get the blocking thing? How does that work? They attack each round or?

[@hole1274]

I’ve only got one deck. Is there any free software I can use instead?

[@Spookynoises125]

Issue with the two people of the same class Colour variety is your normally incentivised to attack things that'd attack you, this switches that around and takes out a balancing aspect.

[@eleuuuuu]

Then how about adding a third player to the mix that controls the monsters' movements?

[@alexmaslov1659]

Can you only block one monster during the defend phase or you can block two or three monsters if you have class cards equal or higher than the monsters?

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

Blood mage seems like an obvious class choice. I would go berserk with the kinds of effects, would not keep them so simple. Like ranking up when you go through a shuffle and gaining a new ability and possibly effects that messes with the other player cards... Pay me and I'll brainstorm, hahaha.

[@Woopertrooperash]

How do you get the wound cards in your hand?

[@BEPPEJHA]

I didnt understand this thing: when it happens to draw a wound card in your hand? it seems that when you take damage the wound card has to be discarded, so how can the warrior use is ability?

[@Firestar4041]

Love the idea I've gotten more use to using Uno cards for my token keeping needs So im actually planning a care RPG inspired by this.

[@JavaPROx]

Would you mind helping me out w/my card game I'm making?

[@matthew4031]

This is really cool! Has anyone made a themed version of this?

[@funstuffonthenet5573]

I always wanted to be able to play a battling card game with standard decks of cards

[@Papyaq]

I just don’t understand why would you ever block. If you can kill it during the attack phase why not? You need the equal/higher value card anyway so why don’t you just use it in the attack phase?

[@SomeVegan]

You can only attack once unless you're mage.

[@brandonbramelus4876]

this game looks very very good. nice development. was the video focused on 2 players? did u make a 4-player video?

[@ManoftheBats]

This game is primarily 2 player but I have tested the four player version and it was quite successful. If I don't make a video in the future, I'll try to post up the instructions at some point. I've just been lazy :)

[@brandonbramelus4876]

appreciate it

[@victorboquete6250]

@@ManoftheBats I played the 4 player game and its very easy. We try to game with 2 monsters decks in Act II and easy again. Maybe put all the royals(2 no-royal card and 1 royal) and all the ases(6 cards and an as) of 2 decks in a single deck? Maybe add 3 damage, only killable for ases 4 jokers?

[@gnosticgalass4696]

@@victorboquete6250 it's ace not as asses is something completely different

[@samcalvo8252]

So do you still fill the spot if you blocked a card

[@jsun3196]

does everyone go and then the monsters go, or do the monsters go after every player? It seems redundant to use the block if everyone can attack before the monsters.

[@andyyuan32]

Cool concept, but are there some changes that need to be made to adjust the difficulty for 4 players? It seems like having 12 Player Cards a turn with a tank for each color is highly advantageous, not to mention the possibility of eliminating all monsters and thus skipping the block phase.

[@moritz_menzel]

So if there are four players I just take other cards to symbolyse the health?

[@Dohann12]

Hi ! Do you keep aces in the classes deck ? If so, what is their value ? When you have a wound card in your hand, what can you do if you are neither a Warrior nor a Paladin ? Only discard it during the discard phase ? Your game seems amazing, but we have to read and understand all the comments here to be able to play it :D Maybe a video showing a full game with a commentary would help ! Thanks for your time EDIT : Ok I figured it out ! Very nice game. Successfull run with Paladin and Warrior. I'll go random on the next run (always a black class and a red one, I like it that way !)

[@ManoftheBats]

Aces are only for act 2. The wound cards are pretty much dead cards. The game is confusing but I’ve found that the more you play it the more it makes sense.

[@gabfaj818]

LOVE IT, otw to buy 2 deck of cards

[@alexsandor6135]

What if instead of puting the monster in the graveyard when it has the same colour as you you put it în your discard pile. This way you are encouraged to cooperate and select what monster to kill very carefully

[@monkeh6201]

Cool game! Am I able to play by myself? Would I just add more health or something? Or could I just just have less monsters?

[@ManoftheBats]

I haven’t gotten there yet, tried a few times but as unsuccessful. Maybe you’ll have more luck?

[@eleuuuuu]

Maybe try having two monsters on the battlefield.

[@Miss_GiggleFarts]

Can you block twice in one phase?