Grimmwar

Summary

WIP This probably still needs some trimming, but it’s the plan so far!

Grimmwar is a story building card game, mix and match story cards and build a story of a battle between your deck and your opponents.

This game was designed for the first Card Deck Jam The theme is Building, and I’ve decided to use in the following ways

Largely inspired by Magic the Gathering and YuGiOh, players take turns playing cards of varying types to build a story of their victory.

Terminology
1. Epic: The story being written of the battle being played. It’s displayed in the center of the screen, and players can scroll through it at any time.
2. Grimoire: The player’s “deck” consisting of some amount of cards
  - TODO: Figure out deck size
General
1. Players draw 5 cards to their hand and the beginning of the game
2. Turn order is determined by the flip of a coin
3. At the beginning of a player’s turn, they draw a card.
4. On their turn a player may play any amount of cards, provided the card can be played.
Card
1. Cards act as a part of the story, when played they add a line to the epic.
2. Cards have the following parameters
  1. Name
  2. Type
  3. Triggers
3. Types
  1. Character
    1. When played, Characters spawn a unit on the battlefield.
  2. Location
    1. Locations change the visual look of the battlefield, as well as have triggers of their own.
    2. Only one Trigger may be active at a time
  3. Action
    1. Actions have immediate effects, and are only played on the player’s turn
  4. Twist
    1. Twists operate as traps, they always have a triggered effect, but the opponent isn’t able to see what it is.

These cards can show up in any pack, to fluff them up

Name	Type	Health	Attack	Effect
Mary Sue	Adult	4	1
Mary Stu	Adult	4	1
Red Herring	Animal	1	1
Main Character	Adult	3	2	Attack + 1 when with Side Kick
Side Kick	Adult	2	3	Health + 1 when with main character

Name	Effect
Active Voice	Target Character, +1 Attack
Passive Voice	Target Character, -1 Attack
Tragic Backstory	Target Character, -2 Health, +3 Attack
Exposition	Target Character +2 Health
Flashback	Repeat the last card
Foreshadowing	Target Character - 2 health in 2 turns
Info Dump	+1 Health to All Friendly Characters

Name	Effect
Cliffhanger	On Character felled, prevent it, leaving it with 1HP
Deus Ex Machina	On Player felled, prevent it, leaving it with 1HP
Proofread	On Character healed, prevent it
Writer’s Block	On Card played, prevent it

Name	Type	Health	Attack	Effect
Hansel	Child	3	2	When Paired with Gretel + 1 Attack
Gretel	Child	3	2	When Paired with Hansel + 1 Attack
Kind Old Woman	Elder	3	1	After 2 Turns, transform into Cannibal Witch
Cannibal Witch	Witch	6	3	+2 Attack against Child Characters
White Duck	Animal	2	1
Poor Woodcutter	Adult	4	1
Selfish Stepmother	Adult	4	1	+1 Attack against Child Character
Hungry Crows	Animal	1	1

Name	Effect
Edible Cottage	Heal Child Characters 1 Every turn
Forest	On Play, Flip Coin, All Children - 1 Health
Home	On Play, All Children, Health +1

Name	Effect
Into the Oven	Fell a Character
Abandon in the Forest	Flip Coin, play Location Forest
Leave a Trail	Return to the last location
Feed the Guests	Target Character, Health +3, Attack -2

Name	Effect
Lock the Door	On Location played, prevent it.
Clever Deception	On Target Character, prevent it
Overhear the Plan	On Action, prevent it

Name	Type	Health	Attack	Effect

Name	Trigger

Name	Trigger

Name	Trigger