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09-30-2009, 03:47 PM
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Petitioner: Word of IN Filk
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Longmont, CO
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Re: Custom Cards
Nice job on the cards! I feel rather flattered that you enjoyed my suggestions so much. Keep up the good work!
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09-30-2009, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Re: Custom Cards
The next things I planned on doing were re-doing the better bunch of the cards I had made up with my ex-wife for our little "war on Terror" mini set... Some of them were a little unbalanced, so I thought I'd post the text here and get your oppinions on them before re-doing the cards!
--------------- PLOT CARDS -------------------- -------------------- (Northern Alliance) ------------------- Play this card immediatly after receiving your actions for the turn. Remove ANY three Violent or Criminal groups (regardless of who controls them!), who's power each is three or less, from play. They do not count as destroyed for any goal. If any of the groups had puppets they may become puppets of the removed cards master (if there is room), if not they are retunred to the owners hand. These groups have become the Northern Alliance. their power is equal to the total of the three groups removed from play's power, their resistance is one, and they are Violnet and Criminal. This requires sll the Actions of your Illuminati (minimum of one). ((this card has three control arrows on it. We were never sure if this card was really over powered or what... sometimes it seemed to be so, and some times it seemed to be fairly balanced as is)) -------------- Terror Alert ------------- "The terror alert has been risen, causing mass paranoia and fear!" Play this card at the beginning of any players turn. No attacks (except for disasters) may take place this entire turn. The automatic take over still takes place. This card requires either an action from your illuminati or action(s) from conservative groups with power equaling 6 or higher. ------------ Smartest Guys In The Room (this is an Enron Refrence) ------------- Play on any corporate group when it is destroyed. before being destroyed it gets to make one last attack to destroy any other corporate or bank group. this attack does not require an action, but any groups wishing to aid in the attack must use an action token as normal. The group that Smartest Guys In The Romm is played on does not count as being destroyed for anyone's goals, but if it destroys a group before leaving play THAT card does count as being destroyed. ------------- Coalition of The Willing ------------ Play at the beginning of an attack by any nation that has power 4 or more. Any number of nations may aid in this attack, regardless of their alignment, as long as they have power 2 or less. -------------- Oil Pipeline Plan (an Afganistan reference) ------------ Play this card at any time, even during an attack. Choose one nation, that nation is the most effective route for a new oil pipeline! until the end of the turn its resistance is 0 when being attacked for control by any other nation or Corporate group. this effect lasts until the end of the turn, even if the target changes hands. ---------------- WMD Accusation -------------- Play to decalre any attack against a nation privilaged. this requires the action of a single Government group. If the U.N. is in play they may choose to roll a die. On a roll of three or lower the attack is cancelled, and no groups get any of their action tokens back. -------------- New World Order (Blue) ------------------ War Is Terror --------------- All Liberal, Green, and Peacful groups get a +6 to destroy any Violent, Conservative, or Fanatic group. This card replaces any blue NWO card in play. ------------------- New World Order (Yellow) -------------------- Unilateralism --------------- All Nations may now only attack by them selves, and their attacks are now considered privaliged. Any Huge Nation has its power increased by 2. Decrease the power of the U.N. by 3 (this may not lower it below 1). This card replaces any Yellow NWO card in play. --------------- Corporate Ownership of the Public Airwaves ---------------- All media groups are now now considered Conservative and Corporate, losing any Liberal or Government alignments they may have had. This card replaces any yellow NWO card in play. ------------- Groups -------------- Tony Blair ----------- personality Government, Straight Any of Tony Blair's puppets lose any Liberal or Conservative alignments they have. Tony Blair has +10 for direct control of England. Power 2/1 Resistance 3 2 control arrows (looking at this card now it feels really dated, and his abilities don't seem quite right...) ------------ Bob Woodward ---------------- personality Straight Media Bob Woodward may use his action to write a book about any Government group, causing it to lose any action token it has or cancel any action it is taking. Power 1 Resistance 2 No Control arrows. -------------- Condi Rice -------------- personality Corporate, Conservative Any Liberal group that attacks Condi Rice gets -10 to its attack (because Condi is black). Power 1/3 Resistance 3 2 Control arrows (I don't remember why we gave her the global power.... although I stick by the corporate alignment being thats where her career was and went back to. I was thinking though Bush should have some kind of bonus to control her... I mean... we all know how in Love she was. right?) --------------------- George W. Bush ------------------- personality Corproate, Conservative, Straight, Fanatic Media "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tenessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you, Fool me, you can't get fooled again."G.W. has +4 to control Government groups, not the normal -4. While G.W. is in play all Liberal and Green cards also become violent. If they were peacful they loose this alignment. Power 3 Resistance 4 2 control arrows (so in retrospect, and my head not so far up my butt in the heat of the politics of the moment, I'm not sure if he should have the fanatic alignment. he seemed to get less fanatical during his second administration... coincidently this seems to be when he stopped listening to Cheney so much, I was thinking maybe the Cheney card should give all it's puppets the fanatic alignment? Also... should he be media? Also also, should his second ability, making Liberal and green groups violent, be instead like the Secular humanists, but for Liberals and Greens?) ---------------- Jeb Bush ---------- personality Government, Conservative, Straight The big brother that just wasn't good enough. Jeb Bush has a +10 for direct control of Florida, and +5 for control of it. Power 2 Resistance 3 1 Control arrow --------------- Laura Bush ---------------- Personality Straight, Peaceful Media Any member of the Bush family has a +10 for direct control of LAura Bush. If she is in the same power structure as George W. Bush he gets +5 to his defence. Power 1 Resistance 4 1 Control arrow ---------------- Fox News Channel ------------- Corproate, Conservative, Violent MEdia "Fox News: We help you decide by telling you what to think... OR ELSE!" Fox News Channel cannot be controlled by a Liberal group, and Fox News Channel can only control Media groups or personalities. While Fox news Channel is in play all Media groups that are not already conservative must make a choice: either become Conservative (losing any Liberal alignment they may have had) or take a -1 to their power (This cannont being them bellow 1 power) and become Liberal (if not already). Power 4 Resistance 4 3 Control arrows ((In case it's second power dosn't make sense, when fox news came on the scene they really politicized the news chanels, kind of forcing stations to take sides)) ----------------- Virgin Army ----------------- Straight, Conservative, Fanatic Sex sells, but not to these teens! Of course, that dosn't stop them from flaunting their virgin bodies around! Virgin Army is immune to Media attacks and has a +6 for any direct control of a male personality. Power 2 REsistance 6 2 Control arrows -------------------- Star Wars Fans ---------------- Peacful, Weird Media, Computer, While Star Wars Fans are in your power structure all your space groups get -2 to their power do to lack of respect, but gain +2 to their resistance because of the fans support of all things that might make their fantasies reality. Power 1 Resistance 2 1 Control arrow ((We had decided not to make them space because we felt they werne't actually space oriented, only in their head... do you all agree, does that even make sense? )) -------------- Inter-Dimensional Squirrel Aggents ((this is based around a picture of Bush talking to a squirl in a business suit... google image squirl and bush and you'll see it) ------------------ Fanatic Magic, Secret People in power are accustomed to things no one would believem they've also stopped asking questions which is good because the Squirel Agents wouldn't tell where they come from or what they are REALLY after. Squirel Agents give a +4 on any attack to control any Government or Corporate group. Squirl Agent's Global Power is equal to the number of Government or Corporate groups they control. Power 4/0* Resistance 3 3 Control Arrows ((finally done!)) Last edited by Holden; 10-01-2009 at 08:10 PM. |
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10-01-2009, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Custom Cards
Ah - it's so wonderful to see new and contemporary INWO cards again.
A small set on the current administration and the past one is so tempting. As is a subset on the war on terror. I like most of your cards. A few random ideas. I kind of always wanted the presidency to be NWO based. That way, it could change hands and be fought over. Stuff like that. Not exactly sure how it should be done - just a thought. Anyway, given the tradition to describe INWO groups throuh the eyes of their opponents, I definately think Obama should be communist. I also think he should have an oratory-like skill... Ignores opposed alignments when attacking to control? Some sort of bonus to destroy him could also be good. Perhaps let conservative fanatics have a big fat bonus to destroy him. Or make him liberal fanatic... Cheney should definately give some bonus to his corporate puppets :) And George W - I've always liked this one. And it's big: "Government is now considered to opposite alignment to Fanatic. Fanatic is no longer opposed to fanatic, and no alignment is opposed to corporate. Any Fanatic government group loses the fanatic alignment". Thanks for a good read :) Cheers Martin Oh, All about the Benjamins seems a bit strong. There are a lot of big violent groups. Also, IMO, Northern Alliance is a killer. I'd be quite upset if I lost 3 groups when an opponent played this card. Ouch. |
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10-01-2009, 12:49 PM
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Petitioner: Word of IN Filk
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Longmont, CO
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Re: Custom Cards
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1) It required (and drained) a number of Media actions off the top, which have a lot of other uses. 2) By removing the Violent tag, it made it more likely to weaken relations with a master or puppet, make it harder for the group to join in on certain traditional attacks or combinations, and make it less attractive to the Servants of Cthulhu. Of course, in the hands of the Gnomes of Zurich, "All About the Benjamins" can become really nasty. :-D
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10-01-2009, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Re: Custom Cards
I don't think All about the Benjamins is over powered at all. Sure there are a few situations that it would be REALLY good, versus just good, but there are TONS of decks it would be almost useless in. I think it's perfectly balanced the way it is.
As for the Norhtern Alliance, yeah... the way it is now just dosn't work. I still like the idea of the Northern Alliance being a plot card and not an actual group, but using it to combine only your own groups... well, would there really be a time when you'd be willing to give up three groups to get one? Anyone have any ideas on how to impliment this card? I disagree with plasmoid that the INWO cards are made as if seen through their opponents eyes. I actually find that most of the cards are based in reality, or at least the most run of the mill stereotype of reality. I've always felt it's the place of plot cards and puppets/master abilities to make the more extreme loony theories/beliefs play out on the table. I can't see the Obama card actually ebing communist, but damn it would be fun to MAKE him so and play some shinanigins with that! PLasmoid, as for G.W.'s suggested abilitiy, that feels morelike a NWO to me... although I like it a lot. Last edited by Holden; 10-01-2009 at 09:09 PM. |
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10-02-2009, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Re: Custom Cards
Also, here are some cards I've come up with/seen around the forums/am working on need some help with (things that fit in the thread for the current administration I tried to put there).
---------------- There Be Dragons Here (plot) ------------------ Make target place magic. Requires the action(s) of magic groups with a combined Power of at least 6. ((I can't remember who posted this or if this is the same as their original idea... thanks to who ever that was!)) -------------------- Peirced Cats (plot) --------------- All green and Liberal groups lose their action tokens do to their distraction and outrage of the new fad of cat owners getting their felines periced! All weird groups gain an action token, revelling in the pure wierdness of this fad. Groups that are weird AND Green or Liberal neither gain or lose action tokens. ---------------- Dick Cheney (group) ---------------- Personality Corporate, Conservative, Violent All of Dick Cheneys puppets become Corporate, losing any Government alignments they may have had. Power 3 Resistance 5 3 control arrows. ((so this card needs major work. should he be violent? how are his power and resistance? What about powers? If the one I've given him is good, I still feel he needs a t least one more...)) -------------- India (group) -------------- Place Government Nation, Huge powers? Power ? Resistance ? Control Arrows 3 ((I really want a card for this but have NO idea what to make it's powers and power/resistance. Suggestions?)) -------------- Pakistan (group) --------------- Place Government, Violent Nation, Huge Gives +4 control of fantaic groups, +8 for direct control. Power ? Resistance ? Control arrows 2 ((this is another one I really am not to sure one. What should they have for power and resistance? definitly not any global power.... and how do you all feel about the power I've given them and them being Violent?)) --------------- Farmers Markets (groups) --------------- Corporate, Liberal Green If Farmers Markets master is Corporate it gains a +8 for any attack it makes or aids against any green group. Power 2 Resistance 1 1 control arrow ((I like this idea, but definitly feel it needs tweeking?)) ALSO I need to make a Florida card, but have no idea what to do for it... any ideas? |
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10-02-2009, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Custom Cards
Hi Holden,
OK - you're right. But INWO cards aren't always kind/fair. Sometimes they have sting. I think it would be really cool to make him communist - besides, the game needs more communist groups :) BTW love the here be dragons card! Maybe Northern Alliance could join just 2 of your own groups, but make that card un-destroyable (indestructable, I know). As for the "Benjamins" card, I'd use it in corporate deck, to create huuuge corporate groups by "turning" my own ATOs. Clone Arrangers at power 8 and New York at power 9 come to mind. And yeah, My Bush ability was originally an NWO. Admittedly as a group acrd, it will clash with a lot of NWOs. You can see it with my other favourite homebrews, (graphics at the bottom): http://www.plasmoids.dk/13th/Homebrew.htm Finally - back in the day (2004) I and a few others worked up a special useful place for each illuminati. I was thinking India could take Singapores ability, and Florida could take Bermudas ability. (Florida is part of the Bermuda Triangle too - right(?)) Sorry for the sloppy wording and the spelling errors. I know the are there, but it just wasn't worth the effort... Type: Place Name: Alamut Graphic: - Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: Spend Alamut's action to remove the Secret Attribute from any group in play until the end of the current turn. Power: 1 Resistance: 6 Alignments: Weird, Fanatic Attributes: science Control Arrows: In: T Out: L Type: Place Name: Alexandria Graphic: - Color Text/Quote: Home of hermetic magic and Toth-aches. Card Text: Spend Alexandria's action along with a resource take over, to take over a unique magic resources which a rival has in play. Your rivals duplicate is returned to his hand, while your version must be linked to Alexandria and cannot be unlinked. Power: 1 Resistance: 3 Alignments: - Attributes: Coastal, Magic Control Arrows: In: B Out: T Type: Place Name: Bermuda Graphic: - Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: When Bermuda comes into play, you may choose one alignment to permanently add to Bermuda. Your choice may not reverse an alignment that Bermuda already has. Power: 2 Resistance: 6 Alignments: Corporate Attributes: Coastal, Nation Control Arrows: In: T Out: B, R Type: Place Name: Bavaria Graphic: - Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: Add +1 power to each of Bavaria's puppets. Power: 2 Resistance: 7 Alignments: Conservative, Straight, Government Attributes: - Control Arrows: In: T Out: L, R, B. Type: Place Name: Dallas Graphic: J.R. "Bob" Dobbs in classic cowboy attire. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: On your turn, you may use Dallas action token to power a plot card that requires an Illuminati token. Power: 2 Resistance: 6 Alignments: Violent, Government Attributes: Subgenius Control Arrows: In: T Out: L, R, Type: Place Name: Fort Knox Graphic: The Fort Knox building made of 24 carat gold. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: All other bank groups that you control have a minimum power of 4. Power: 2 Resistance: 7 Alignments: Government Attributes: Bank Control Arrows: In: T Out: B, L, R Type: Place Name: Innsmouth Graphic: Villagers with the innsmouth look. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: For the purpose of declaring victory, you may treat Innsmouth as being in your destroyed pile rather than in your power structure. Power: 2 Resistance: 5 Alignments: - Attributes: Magic, Coastal Control Arrows: In: B Out: T Type: Place Name: Rosswell Graphic: A UFO crash site in the desert. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: Spend Rosswells action token to fetch a goal card from your deck. The goal is immediately exposed. Also, spend 2 illuminati actions to retrieve a goal card from any discard pile. Power: 1 Resistance: 5 Alignments: Weird, Fanatic Attributes: space Control Arrows: In: T Out: B Type: Place Name: San Fransisco Graphic: The Village People, all doing the A (triangle) symbol. Color Text/Quote: A great place to come out swinging. Card Text: Gives +4 to any attempt to control Gay Activists, Swingers and Good Sex for Mutants Dating League. San Fransisco has +6 on direct attempts to control these groups. Power: 1 Resistance: 5 Alignments: Weird, Liberal, Government Attributes: Coastal Control Arrows: In: T Out: B, R Type: Place Name: Singapore Graphic: Asian cyborgs. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: Any science group in play also has the computer attribute. Power: 2 Resistance: 5 Alignments: Conservative, Governemnt Attributes: Computer, science, Coastal, Nation Control Arrows: In: B Out: T, L Type: Place Name: Tibet Graphic: Levitating tibetean monks. Color Text/Quote: - Card Text: Peaceful groups in your power structure do not count towards the goal of rival Shangri-La players. Also, spend Tibet's action to cancel the action of a Government group. Power: 3 Resistance: 7 Alignments: Paeceful Attributes: Church, Nation Control Arrows: In: T Out: L, R, |
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10-02-2009, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Re: Custom Cards
Hmmm... plasoid, how about this: instead of Obama being communist, a NWO that makes ALL liberals communist and gives them -1 power? That seems more in line with the current rhetoric against Obama anyways, and it would be a hella fun card.
How about this for Northern Alliance?: Play this card immediatly after receiving your actions for the turn. Remove two Violent or Criminal groups you control who's power each is three or less, from play. They do not count as destroyed for any goal. If any of the groups had puppets they may become puppets of the removed cards master (if there is room), if not they are retunred to the owners hand. These groups have become the Northern Alliance. their power is equal to the total of the thwo groups removed from play's power, , and they are Violent and Criminal. Their resistance is 0, however they can never be destroeyed! This requires all the Actions of your Illuminati (minimum of one). ALSO I am digging a lot of those cards on your home brew page and the places! I think I may need to go make cards for them.... thanks! |
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10-03-2009, 03:44 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sheffield, UK
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Re: INWO: Custom Cards
Good to see some new cards being posted! Here's a set of three I made up (untested so far):
Brothers and Sisters Type: NWO Red Graphic: A bunch of banner-waving Christian types (as in Crusade, minus the zombie) facing off against a bunch of union workers (CFL-AIO) and Russians (Five-Year Plan). Idealogical conflicts between church and state are at an all-time high! The attributes Communist and Church are regarded as alignments for all purposes. Communist is the opposite of Church, and vice versa. A group cannot be both Communist and Church; if it ever has both, the group's owner decides which attribute to remove. The change is permanent while Brothers and Sisters is in play. While this NWO is in play, all groups that normally give "any attempt" bonuses for attacks on Communist or Church groups grant the bonus only for direct attacks instead. This card replaces any Red NWO card in play. Spaceship Earth Type: NWO Blue Graphic: A bunch of environmental protesters keeping astronauts from their ship. Environmentalists take up the banner of "Earth for Earthers", and the aerospace industry closes ranks... The attributes Green and Space are regarded as alignments for all purposes. Green is the opposite of Space, and vice versa. A group cannot be both Green and Space; if it ever has both, the group's owner decides which attribute to remove. The change is permanent while Spaceship Earth is in play. While this NWO is in play, all groups that normally give "any attempt" bonuses for attacks on Green or Space groups grant the bonus only for direct attacks instead. This card replaces any Blue NWO card in play. Paradigms Lost Type: NWO Yellow Graphic: A bunch of scientists in lab coats (Science Alarmists, etc) facing off against a bunch of magicians in starry robes and silly hats. "Technologists have had their way for too long, and magicians are not gonna take it any more..." The attributes Science and Magic are regarded as alignments for all purposes. Science is the opposite of Magic, and vice versa. A group cannot be both Science and Magic; if it ever has both, the group's owner decides which attribute to remove. The change is permanent while Paradigms Lost is in play. While this NWO is in play, all groups that normally give "any attempt" bonuses for attacks on Science or Magic groups grant the bonus only for direct attacks instead. This card replaces any Yellow NWO card in play. Notes: I put the bit in about "any attempt" bonuses because there are loads of cards to help attributes in this way and very few for alignments (due to the built-in bonus), so it might be unbalancing otherwise. I put the bit in about not being both because of "Sufficiently Advanced Technology", plus any similarly awkward cards in future expansions. The trouble with putting these two bits in is that the text is now pretty long! Any suggestions to cut it down appreciated. John |
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