Hi,

Am I missing this genre? I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.

Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?

Are they fun?

-pw

On 10/23/23 21:02, PW wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am I missing this genre? I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>
> Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?
>
> Are they fun?
>
> -pw

Well, Inscryption is not *exactly* a card game. It's waay oversimplified
and it's primarily a story game. Basically, each card has an attack and
health, and attacking a empty square tilts the main scale. Tilt the
scale 5 points in your favor, and you win. But, if you attack another
card, it instead attacks the card, decrementing their health.

There are 4 different summon types in this game:
blood - you have to kill any* of your own cards to place, one card per
blood point
bones - cards dying gives you bones, which you can spend on bone cards
energy - regenerates at the start of every round, and each round your
max increases up to 6
mox - there are 3 different crystal types, as long as you have the
crystals on your board, you can place them

also, each card can have a sigil which modifies how the card acts. stuff
like flying (always attacks main scale), spiky (attackers receive one
damage), and

*bloodless: cannot be sacrificed

also there are 3 acts that wildly change the context of the game but
it's mostly the same basic rules throughout
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

PW wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am I missing this genre? I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>
> Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?
>
> Are they fun?
>
> -pw
>
It's more of an aqquired taste. I would go first with something simpler
from the same dev, like Pony Island, before Jumping to Inscription.

But to attempt explaining it, You don't know how they are played, and
that's part of the fun. You think you are playing a typical game and
know the rules, then the rules start to be broken, subverted, changing,
and becoming something entirely different you were not expecting.

I'm not sure if they called it "meta genre" or something like that,
before facebook started appropiating the word.

On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:02:38 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Simple: I don't. But I have a well-avowed bias against card-based
games. So maybe this question wasn't really directed towards me.

I still answered it, though. That's what I do. ;-)

>Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?

I thought I would hate Gwent in Witcher 3, but after some initial
confusion enjoyed it quite a bit!

rms

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:04:22 +0200, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:

>PW wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am I missing this genre? I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
>> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>>
>> Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?
>>
>> Are they fun?
>>
>> -pw
>>
>It's more of an aqquired taste. I would go first with something simpler
>from the same dev, like Pony Island, before Jumping to Inscription.
>
>But to attempt explaining it, You don't know how they are played, and
>that's part of the fun. You think you are playing a typical game and
>know the rules, then the rules start to be broken, subverted, changing,
>and becoming something entirely different you were not expecting.
>
>I'm not sure if they called it "meta genre" or something like that,
>before facebook started appropiating the word.

*--

Thanks guys. Not sure about these!

-pw

On 24/10/2023 03:02, PW wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am I missing this genre? I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>
> Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?
>
> Are they fun?
>

It's not normally a genre I like but I have enjoyed Twilight Struggle
and Gloom Haven where cards are front and centre.

On 10/25/23 04:58, JAB wrote:
> On 24/10/2023 03:02, PW wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am I missing this genre?  I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
>> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>>
>> Wha ts the point of games like this?  How are they played?
>>
>> Are they fun?
>>
>
> It's not normally a genre I like but I have enjoyed Twilight Struggle
> and Gloom Haven where cards are front and centre.
>

What do those games do ?
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:00:54 -0600, "rms"
<rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:

>>Wha ts the point of games like this? How are they played?
>
> I thought I would hate Gwent in Witcher 3, but after some initial
>confusion enjoyed it quite a bit!

I have to confess to never even having tried one of these dedicated
card games. They look like Watch Paint Dry Simulators to me.

But to be fair, cards of any sort were only really fun to me when
there were buddies and beer at a table, a very long time ago. It was
even more fun when one or more of us had girlfriend(s) nearby, and
pretended that the poker / blackjack cards were so engaging and
required our focus to the extent that we did not hear the outside hen
cackling noises :)

So I figured that to enjoy one of these games, one must have played
similar with friends in person and then the nostalgia effect kicks
in... maybe?

Even in Read Dead Redemption Online 2.. the poker mini game was one
of those things I tried once or twice as a novelty.. but not the
optimal way to get ahead cash-wise and not addictive in the gameplay
itself, so that was short-lived.

I know these card games aren't really like actual poker. But to
someone who has never played them, they actually look even less
interesting.

On 25/10/2023 17:09, candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 10/25/23 04:58, JAB wrote:
>> On 24/10/2023 03:02, PW wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Am I missing this genre?  I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
>>> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>>>
>>> Wha ts the point of games like this?  How are they played?
>>>
>>> Are they fun?
>>>
>>
>> It's not normally a genre I like but I have enjoyed Twilight Struggle
>> and Gloom Haven where cards are front and centre.
>>
>
> What do those games do ?

Probably best to read some reviews that will be able to explain them
better than I can but as a brief overview. Gloomhaven looks like a a
TRPG but pretty much everything is driven by the cards you hold and how
you play them including the very basics such as move and attack.

Twilight Struggle is all about using politics in the Cold War to gain
dominance. Again it's very much card based so you can trigger world
events that are overall beneficial to you or increase your influence in
target countries.

What both of them share in common is that the strategy you're using is
very much driven by the cards and not just I do this or I do that. In
many ways it feels like the natural progress that started many years ago
with TT boardgames. Yes you had all of the normal mechanics but cards
where introduced as another layer. That's now become cards are the
dominate strategy.

Both I think are worth a look.

On 10/26/23 04:15, JAB wrote:
> On 25/10/2023 17:09, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> On 10/25/23 04:58, JAB wrote:
>>> On 24/10/2023 03:02, PW wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing this genre?  I see Inscryption is on sale cheap and it
>>>> got overwhemingly positive Steam reviews.
>>>>
>>>> Wha ts the point of games like this?  How are they played?
>>>>
>>>> Are they fun?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's not normally a genre I like but I have enjoyed Twilight Struggle
>>> and Gloom Haven where cards are front and centre.
>>>
>>
>> What do those games do ?
>
> Probably best to read some reviews that will be able to explain them
> better than I can but as a brief overview. Gloomhaven looks like a a
> TRPG but pretty much everything is driven by the cards you hold and how
> you play them including the very basics such as move and attack.

OO cool.

> Twilight Struggle is all about using politics in the Cold War to gain
> dominance. Again it's very much card based so you can trigger world
> events that are overall beneficial to you or increase your influence in
> target countries.

War games aren't really my thing but neat.

> What both of them share in common is that the strategy you're using is
> very much driven by the cards and not just I do this or I do that. In
> many ways it feels like the natural progress that started many years ago
> with TT boardgames. Yes you had all of the normal mechanics but cards
> where introduced as another layer. That's now become cards are the
> dominate strategy.
>
> Both I think are worth a look.

--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom