CARD GAMES

[magicalworld]

Cape and Cowl: The Trading Card Game 2.0

As claimed, it's the return of the Cape and Cowl TCG! The rules of the game are here. Make cards, post them, praise each other’s work, discuss and react! The goal of this meme is to make lots and lots of cards, have fun adapting the setting to something new, and maybe come up with a neat playable game out of it!

I'd like to thank Britt for all the image stuff, Iola and Zoe for helping with playtesting and checking the new rules, and Theo for proofreading the final rules post. This meme is dedicated to AJ, who had a big role helping this project, especially playing out fun test matches.

So without further ado, let’s make some cards! Brit is a flawless person and has actually made up a downloadable template for editing your own card images. The colour code is Blue = Hero, Gray = Anti-Hero, Yellow = Civilian, Green = City Hall, Orange = Anti-Villain, Red = Villain, Black = City/Event cards.

Alternatively, forms for just card text and details:

Characters
<b>Card title:</b> what the card is called. <b>Action Points:</b> The cost of putting this card into play. Most cards cost 1 AP to play, but especially powerful ones may cost more, while others may cost no AP as one of their special features. <b>Hit Points:</b> <b>Class:</b> Hero, Anti-Hero, Civilian, City Hall, Anti-Villain, Villain <b>Quote:</b> Something brief and descriptive for flavour text. <b>Attack:</b> Attack strength and type if applicable, with AP cost. <b>Ability:</b> ability(ies) description, with AP cost. <b>Commonality:</b> Common, Uncommon, Rare <b>Other notes:</b> For talking about additional stuff. Does this card get traded a lot? How is it used in play? Is it considered overpowered? Why did you pick these effects?

Event cards
<b>Card title:</b> what the card is called. <b>Action Points:</b> The cost of putting this card into play. Most cards cost 1 AP to play, but especially powerful ones may cost more, while others may cost no AP as one of their special features. <b>Quote:</b> Something brief and descriptive for flavour text. <b>Effect:</b> A concise description of what the card does. <b>Commonality:</b> Common, Uncommon, Rare <b>Other notes:</b> For talking about additional stuff. Does this card get traded a lot? How is it used in play? Is it considered overpowered? Why did you pick these effects?

City cards
<b>Card title:</b> what the card is called. <b>Action Points:</b> The cost of putting this card into play. Most cards cost 1 AP to play, but especially powerful ones may cost more, while others may cost no AP as one of their special features. <b>City Points:</b> How much playing this card raises your CP. The standard value is 10 CP. Not all City cards contribute to building a City. <b>Quote:</b> Something brief and descriptive for flavour text <b>Effect:</b> A concise description of what the card does. <b>Commonality:</b> Common, Uncommon, Rare <b>Other notes:</b> For talking about additional stuff. Does this card get traded a lot? How is it used in play? Is it considered overpowered? Why did you pick these effects?

-Note: Make sure you’re brief but precise in your card descriptions! Specify if an ability if passive, if cards are discarded from the field or from the hand, if City effects take hold right away etc. Trust me on this, it comes up a lot in playtesting. By default, descriptions refer to cards currently in play and City effects take hold the same turn the card is played.

-Other note: multiple version of the same card are allowed and encouraged. Example, if you think you’ve got another idea for a Jack Bauer card, go ahead and make Jack Bauer (2.0). Cards from the last meme can be used in play, adjusted for the new rules. If you want a card made for something but can't think of how it should be, just volunteer them in this thread and someone will get on it for you. There is also this thread for people who actually want to try playing this thing.

Let me know if there are any questions!

Comments

[magicalworld]

I actually really like the image you picked- it just seems to fit well with the rest of the card's format.