The Distribution of Power: How the cards fall.

The play-testers made a public outing at a local place bar/gamers place called The geek easy!  This leads to the next greatest discovery.  Keep a careful eye on the Master Deck.  The original concept for siege was to have randomized booster packs and players to have custom decks, but would also be playable with a master deck that comes with the original game.  I had so many fun cards I wanted to include in the original game I just started packing them in. My experience as a novice Magic the Gathering tournament player should have taught me the important lesson some times too much is too much.  All the time issues had just about been fixed, but now the deck was just too big! Players did not gain access to the bigger Military Units fast enough and the game ended with the clock and some minor frustration.  I would have to scale the cards back, and include a “Cut list”.  The cut list would suggest the cards that needed to be removed if the game has 4 or fewer players.  While this made me sad not to include all those wonderful cards, it will allow me to pick the very best of the best for the expansion and toss out the ones that I am not as psyched about (Yes, I used psyched my 1980’s are showing). Lesson learned the Master Deck, should be simple, effective and help players learn the ropes.

More fumbles, fixes and facts about Siege of Verdan to come!!