We took a page from games like Slay the Spire, where you unlock more complex cards and add them to your drafting pool the more you play. We put cards in packs so that you can have a curated experience the first time you go through an Episode (and to avoid overloading new players with tons of complicated cards). But all the cards you unlock become part of your Armory to be drafted from when you defeat the bosses in normal mode. Similar to the roguelike deckbuilder genre, your challenge will be to make the most of the tools at hand (your draft options) to prepare for the boss. Knowing their attack patterns is one thing, but putting together a build that can defeat them is another.

Hi! I'm copying and pasting a snippet that I wrote to Miaxou: We took a page from games like Slay the Spire, where you unlock more complex cards and add them to your drafting pool the more you play. We put cards in packs so that you can have a curated experience the first time you go through an Episode (and to avoid overloading new players with tons of complicated cards). But all the cards you unlock become part of your Armory to be drafted from when you defeat the bosses in normal mode. Similar to the roguelike deckbuilder genre, your challenge will be to make the most of the tools at hand (your draft options) to prepare for the boss. Knowing their attack patterns is one thing, but putting together a build that can defeat them is another. To your specific question about bonus cards vs base cards: we made sure that starting cards have a different colour on their index in addition to a different code, so it'll be really easy to tell which is yours and which was drafted. You're not intended to reset the card packs (they're meant to buff your armory) but you can also use the index on the bottom of each card to set them up if you want to do the tutorial experience again!

Played the game and there's definitely replayability depending on how you build your deck and if you play on easy or hard mode. I had a blast playing it.

Kickstarter is going live in 50 minutes, so come back soon! There are 6 different Heroes to choose from, each one having a fully-unique deck with its own art.

@@ACatienza oh I know I meant the link in their description wasn't working. Either way I just backed it, and this playthrough helped me make my decision!!

Thanks for the heads up! We were able to fix the link 🔗.

Hello!

It's a great question! We actually tried having a slider, but found it actually caused a bit of extra hand movement to remove HP from the boss and then move the slider instead of directly moving each damage from the boss onto the Aggro Bar. Players were also less likely to get confused or forget about adjusting their Aggro, since it's tied directly into the individual pieces of damage dealt.

@@ACatienza You could've had a tracker for boss health too, like threat tracker in LotR LCG. Much less fiddly and no need for a whole bunch of small components constantly being moved around.

​@@ABIGPLANYeah, that's a pretty good option too. For this one we ultimately decided to follow playtester feedback regarding sliders/trackers/dials vs tokens since both seemed to have their upsides/downsides. We found that most players, but especially people new to board games, had strong feelings in favour of tokens and against slider/tracker systems. The preference became most pronounced when playing with card effects that were more complex than single target damage. For example, things that involved multiple targets (e.g. Taking up to 5 Aggro from any number of other heroes), when passing or splitting the tokens (e.g. Split the aggro from this damage between heroes), when converting token types (e.g. replace Heavy Damage with Light Damage), and when doing misc effects like turning damage tokens into counters for other resource types. Ultimately we plan changes based on majority feedback, and if we start to run into a shift in sentiment about trackers vs tokens then it's something we'll definitely revisit.

Personally i love the current system! It is simple and adds to the tension watching the little pieces build up rather than seeing a number increase/decrease. And, if others desire a tracker…they can just keep one piece on their meter and slide it as desired. It’s not like they can’t still play it their way 🤔