Card game :)

[geordie]

Hello everyone.

Before i start this is going be a long post.
Also i apologise in advance for my typing skills lol.

Basically i have an idea for a card game i would like some feedback/ideas on.

So lets start with card acquisition.
Can anyone remember soultrapper from ffxi? this could be used to take pics of monsters
with souplates these can be acquired with grand company seals or they could come
from gathering jobs with the monster picture dependant on which zone it was gathered in.

The cards themselves once acquired would have a elemental affinity on each side with
one empty socket on each side also for materia to be attached to it by crafters.
The stat caps for each slot would be random and monster specific like a adamantoise
would have a higher vit stat cap.
Also materia can only be slotted to its corresponding element

Earth>vit
Fire>str
Water>mnd
Thunder>dex
Ice>int
Wind>agi
Light>hp
Dark>mp

I know no agi stat in game this is something that would have to be added or if anyone
can think of another stat please feel free to suggest it.

Each card should also have a job in the centre of it.
Each job should also have different effects for each card
Pld could double the cards number if your card is the defending card
or it could double the number of any earth based stat on the card while
lowering any ice based stat.
Each job could have its own elemental affinity.

Think that's everything about card acquisition.

Now the board would be similar to that from ffviii.
9 squares where cards can be placed.

Now the rules.

Matches could be requested the same way melds are currently requested.
Once a request has been accepted the requester chooses one side of a coin
to see who places card down first the loser of this goes first.
Each player can hold up to 100 cards 20 of these cards are selected at random
at the start of any match.
Once the match begins each player is given 6 cards from the 20 random selected.
Now player a places a card that looks like this

earth>4
fire>1 pld wind>2
water>3

in the top left hand corner of the board this ends player a's turn.
Player b places card at the right of it that looks like this

earth>4
ice>2 blm light>3
water>2
Now because wind is weak to ice the number for ice would double to 4 then double
again to 8 as its a blm card and gets a boost for int player b wins 1 point
and player a's card is removed from the field.

Now player b takes his second turn he places card with same stats as before to
the left of his last card.
Player a then places same card he played first time below player b's new card
he wins as its a pld card he gets a boost to his earth stat making it 8
earth>8 is higher than water>2 players b's card is removed from field.
Multiple cards can be taken from field at once.
Each card removed earns the player 1 point.
As each player places a card on the field a new one is placed in their hand
from the deck of 20 random cards chose at the start of the match.

The game is over when.
A player reaches 10 points.
A player has no cards left.
The card field is filled.

Please feel free to add any feedback or ideas to make this better

[zakalw3]

The idea to acquire cards via photography is awesome.

[geordie]

The idea to acquire cards via photography is awesome.

Thank you i was also thinking the job your on when taking the pictures could determine what job type
the card would be.

[Phe]

stopped reading at card game.

i say yes.

[geordie]

I was also thinking giving each craft a specific element that they can meld to.
This way all crafts will be used fairly.

[Thorauku]

I've always wanted a Card game in every FF series.

How I wish FFXIV has one as well. Coz well, you know, it's a great past time.

[Phe]

The idea to acquire cards via photography is awesome.

i like this idea as well, but there should also be some rare cards that can not easily be obtained to have a certain trade value.
and maybe cards from events that are only available for a certain time period, like Lightning card or shantotto card.

[Ehayte]

It would be awesome to have "monster essences" drop from all mobs with a random chance, Boss mobs included at a rarer wait. They could be HQ as well.

The monster essence would have to be crafted with a picture of the monster (you take by targeting it and using a skill), the "monster essence," 1 materia, and a philo item. The crafter could HQ the card, and the stats produced would be based on the quality of the monster essence, the base stats of the monster, the quality of the materia, and if the craft was HQed or not.

Could be a huge boost to the validity of all crafting classes.

I'd also like to see a card spirit-bonding system where the cards can be converted into materia or gil or special potions or vanity items.

[Apinaheebo]

Card game, yes!! I loved the card game in FF8 more than the actual gameplay or story.

[Marxam]

Hell yeah.