WIP — The Rules Texts Of Another Nine Cards — 4th Revision

Greetings, friends!

Coming in with another set of cards for the Western Shores game that I and @silver.art are working on. She does most of the illustrations.

While my main job is to make the game design, which includes rules and mechanics.

Last time I showed you some examples I called extreme and they kind of were. Cards had to change entirely.

You can see the previously changed set and the reasoning behind it Here.

This time, I am about to show you a set of nine cards that I changed only slightly. But still, changes were necessary.

The boxes contain the rules information about the cards, only.


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This is the new set — a cycle of natural forces, or Elements.


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The previous version.


Changes

First, there is a minor change that makes High Tide the exact opposite of Low Tide in terms of effects. Some diversity was there in the beginning but later I decided, not without the help of a tester, that Ship cards were too powerful and needed a nerf. I'll talk about this some other time. What Low Tide did was affect Ships as a resource, not the Ship cards themselves, and so now does High Tide. More simple. And perhaps more effective. We shall see.


Another change affects the storms.

First, Thunder Storm's name was changed to Storm At Sea. It might become Sea Storm, eventually. Probably. That's because, during the art creation process, we decided to reserve the Thunder (visualized by lightning bolts) for Thor alone.

Second, and quite important, I felt it was only logical that all who play with storms should also suffer the consequences of that wild element. Previously, storms had a chance to wreck only some of your opponent's tiles. Now, you are also at risk.

Third, you can't ascend to Valhalla by simply perishing in any storm now. Previously, all storms had Ascend mechanics. Now, it's only true for Thor's Wrath.

Also, it turns out Ice Floe is a different thing from Ice Flow. And I always meant a stream of the first kind.




Two out of five artworks for this set are ready. Check them out!


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Thor's Wrath by @silver.art

You can find her original post here

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Sea Storm by @silver.art

The original post here


If you want to see more artworks and other pieces of the working process...


Check out my recent posts about Western Shores:

Organizing Things A Bit And Promoting Through An Unusual Channel
About the collection of concept art we've created so far. Most of the artworks appear on @silver.art's profile.

Back To Working On The Western Shores Game
About the card design.


Western Shores — The Game — Revising the Rules #1
This is the beginning of a big and important revision of the rules.


Now is the time to throw any feedback our way. Things are not set into stone yet but we are actively chiselling stuff away.




Thank you for being with us!

Yours,

Manol

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Lol :) Ей така се казвало значи здрасти :) А малко добронамерена комуникация щеше да доведе до добронамерено отношение. Както при не малко други хора, които подкрепям. Има достатъчно българи, които се стараят, вместо да търсят вина у другите.