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November 13, 2017, 04:42:21 PM
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Solo Draft Mechanism - design (idea)
« on: November 13, 2017, 04:42:21 PM »
Here is an idea of how to allow "drafting" decks in an environment where not many people are online at the same time. It's a mechanism inspired by the Hearthstone arena mechanic.

Upon joining a league, player is given an opportunity to "draft" cards for his league deck. The draft procedure is as follows:
1. Player is given a preset cards/packs (pack selection if needed), ie. 9 sites, ring-bearer/burglar, The One Ring for non-Hobbit formats, etc.
2. Player is presented A times (number TBD) with a choice of B cards (number TBD), and player can choose one of those cards to add to their pool.
3. The presented cards are randomly chosen from all cards, or alternatively - first a card tier is selected (for example by rarity, but this can also be configured by a configuration file, ie. by power level), then the cards to present are randomly selected from that tier.
4. (Optional) The tier selection for first few pick(S) can be forced, ie. show random cards from a pool of powerful cards, or cards that give a deck direction (ie. powerful minion that works well with other minions of this culture).
5. (Optional) We can alternate shadow/free people tiers to ensure that player ends up with a balanced card pool.
6. After player finishes the draft portion. They can build a deck for that league and then play games in it.
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November 13, 2017, 07:56:02 PM
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Re: Solo Draft Mechanism - design (idea)
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2017, 07:56:02 PM »
Interesting. Enola thought about random boosters in a Sealed league, but this seems much better.

I like the idea of a FP/Shadow alternance. But what about drafted site cards? Perhaps a fixed percentage of, say, 70% that alternates, and the rest totally random (which would include sites).

I'll be digesting more this idea in the following days.
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November 14, 2017, 01:34:27 AM
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Re: Solo Draft Mechanism - design (idea)
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2017, 01:34:27 AM »
Great idea to use the arena of Hearthstone for the Hobbit! I propose

1. Player is given the main deck (with a random Bilbo and a random Gandalf), so a 30/30 deck with 9 sites and a Bilbo.
2. Player will choose a Shadow among those available.
3. The A first cards (number TDB but can depend on the Shadow) with a choice of B cards (number TBD, probably 3 as Hearthstone) will be from that Shadow.
4. The C next cards (with a choice of B cards) will be random other Shadow culture cards.
5. The last D cards (with a choice of B cards) will be FP cards.
6. After player finishes the draft portion. They can build a deck for that league and then play games in it.


I also proposed this idea for a Hobbit sealed league
http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/topic,10740.0.html
Hobbit Draft Game : http://hobbitdraftgame.free.fr