Cards!

by Unknown

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Unknown2005-08-10 21:22:03
How about a new artifact... playing cards! Essentially, it would be a standard 54-card deck (including 2 jokers) that you could use to play pretty much any game.

Commands for the deck holder:
SHUFFLE: Collect all cards and shuffle them back into the deck.

DEAL CARDS TO : Pass out n cards to another player.

DEAL CARDS IN STACK (FACEDOWN): Place n cards in a numbered stack m. If you add FACEDOWN to the command, the face of the card will not be seen. You may have up to 10 stacks.

REVEAL CARDS IN STACK : Flip over the top n facedown cards in stack m, revealing them.

Commands for all players:
HAND (): Reveals all cards in your hand and their position. If you add a player's name to the verb, you can see how many cards they hold.

PASS TO (FACEDOWN): Pass a card to a player. They have the option of refusing it. If you add FACEDOWN, they will not be able to see what card they are accepting.

TAKE FROM : Take a card from a player's hand. They have the option of not letting you. You cannot see what card you are taking until they agree.

STACKS: Look at all the stacks of cards in play.

PUT IN STACK (FACEDOWN): Put the selected card in the numbered stack.

GET CARDS FROM STACK : Get n cards from stack m. The dealer must agree to the action before you can take the cards.

DECK: Approximate how many cards are left in the deck.

FOLD: Pass your cards back to the player and leave the game.

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So yeah, that's my idea. All game rules would be player enforced, not hardcoded, but having a deck you can do whatever the heck you want with (Solitare! Poker! Old Maid!) would be awesome!
Soll2005-08-10 21:28:05
Or 'Find the Fae'. Some complex rules for finding which player has the joker in their hand. Could be interesting for keeping up morale on Ethereal Watches! biggrin.gif

Or you could stick cards as a skill in Arts to create decks. A new subsection in PaperCraft to create playing cards, and then you can ink each card with one red ink/blue ink to make them what you need.
Anarias2005-08-10 21:30:15
I'd buy a deck pretty quick.
Unknown2005-08-10 21:43:14
Why not just apply them to a tarot deck and make up games using the Tarot decks?
tsaephai2005-08-10 21:51:43
very good idea! i just have two things to say;
each of the types of cards could be glomdoring, magnagora, serenwilde, and celest, there's just the problem of what happends when hallifax and guadiguachi get here.

also, you said 54 cards, but doesn't a regular deck have 40 or 48 cards? or are you saying 54 just for the purpose of it being lusternian?
Unknown2005-08-10 21:57:59
Normal deck = 52 cards, plus 2 jokers makes 54.

And I was thinking more of a normal deck, ace to king, spades hearts clubs and diamonds, kind of like they already have in the blackjack game.
Maelee2005-08-11 10:18:13
Sounds good, but not as an artifact. I mean, who wants to waste credits just to play cards with someone else? You would end up playing a lot of games of solitare.
Shorlen2005-08-11 10:22:19
QUOTE(Maelee @ Aug 11 2005, 06:18 AM)
Sounds good, but not as an artifact.  I mean, who wants to waste credits just to play cards with someone else?  You would end up playing a lot of games of solitare.
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Anarias, for one tongue.gif And hopefully, he'd lend them out to Ash... pray.gif
Soll2005-08-11 10:25:10
To some it wouldn't be a waste. *shrug* I'd probably buy a pack, and invent a few games. Wouldn't be a waste to me.
Shiri2005-08-11 10:43:24
QUOTE(Maelee @ Aug 11 2005, 11:18 AM)
Sounds good, but not as an artifact.  I mean, who wants to waste credits just to play cards with someone else?  You would end up playing a lot of games of solitare.
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The same people who bought 20 credit tophats in Achaea.
Sylphas2005-08-11 16:04:47
QUOTE(Shiri @ Aug 11 2005, 06:43 AM)
The same people who bought 20 credit tophats in Achaea.
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Which are especially nice when you trade in artifacts and have a few left over. When I traded my bow in in Achaea I ended with a Dagger, a vial, and a tophat.

There definitel should be more cheap artifacts like this.
Anarias2005-08-11 18:12:48
QUOTE(Shiri @ Aug 11 2005, 04:43 AM)
The same people who bought 20 credit tophats in Achaea.
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I have a tophat! Its 25 credits by the way. Low priced artifacts are super.
Shorlen2005-08-11 19:06:14
IDEA this please? Just in case no Admin read the topic? This would make me happy smile.gif This being low priced artifacts intended, not for any benefit ingame, but for fun.
Unknown2005-08-11 19:07:12
Ahhh omg, I was about to post this exact same topic today! Card decks would be awsoome, though I had thought that Poker could be a new official gambling game next to Blackjack and Roulette. It's a lot more fun and requires skill. Heheh I would be hanging out at the poker tables all day. It'd be a good way to let off steam from the constant conflict, and to socialize, have fun, etc etc. Hmm I can see poker tournaments already... if this idea is considered.
Shorlen2005-08-11 19:10:50
QUOTE(Shou @ Aug 11 2005, 03:07 PM)
Ahhh omg,  I was about to post this exact same topic today! Card decks would be awsoome, though I had thought that Poker could be a new official gambling game next to Blackjack and Roulette. It's a lot more fun and requires skill. Heheh I would be hanging out at the poker tables all day. It'd be a good way to let off steam from the constant conflict, and to socialize, have fun, etc etc. Hmm I can see poker tournaments already... if this idea is considered.
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SPADES! Or bridge. Those games are so fun biggrin.gif :geek:
Shamarah2005-08-11 20:22:10
MAU!!! That would be so utterly insane to play.
Corr2005-08-11 21:50:38
Do NOT talk about Mau... draw a card.
Richter2005-08-11 22:06:33
What are artifact tophats? hijack.gif
Soll2005-08-11 22:09:28
Something silly. I think you can put things in it, then draw something out at random. Or something. huh.gif
Sylphas2005-08-11 22:58:58
Yep. You put a bunch of stuff in, then GET FROM HAT doesn't actually get what you asked for, but a random item. Also, though I'm not sure, haven't checked in months, I don't think it'll give you a list of what's in it, just how many things.

I use mine for holding a bunch of dolls, then randomly screwing with whichever I happen to pull out.