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@rediamondunderground@gamerstavern.online · 6 days ago

Hey y'all, I know we've been a little quiet, but we're BACK (on a hopefully more consistent basis), and bringing #FunADay with us!

While last year I spent the month cooking up cards based on whatever was right in front of my face, my hope this go round is to explore and extrapolate concepts and mechanics that I've been ruminatin' on, better fleshing them out and flexing my game design muscles.

Keep an eye on this thread for all of our activities, and if anything piques your interest, ask to dig a little deeper into the Red Diamond Underground!

#funaday #thereddiamondunderground #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms

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@rediamondunderground@gamerstavern.online replied · 6 days ago

Technically, this is the post for Day 1 and 2, but I was so zorched from my ongoing physical therapy that I just couldn't get this up last night. Expect an additional post later today for Day 3 proper.

Anyways, a while back, a prolific creator named Fenn Shysa made a Level 8 Multi Power card as an unusable "promo." He never intended for it to be used as an actual card, but joke or not, the floodgates were open. The Atlanta Federation began producing usable, high value multi-power cards, though a portion of the competitive players found them to be a little oppressive.

The M6-8 power cards never existed in the original game, as their function, allowing a higher value card usable across split power grids, was already fulfilled by Any Power cards. The downside to APs is that they don't contribute to Spectrum KO, but that's the price you pay for having that sort of team-wide offensive and defensive capability. I'm not sure there's any downside whatsoever to running the M6-8s, as in most cases, you can't afford to let them hit given the danger they present re: Cumulative AND Spectrum KO. They also are part of a fleet of cards that exist in the custom realm that start to make decks feel real samey, auto-includes that turn the (already small) "meta" into a greyish mush.

That said, I like to look at alternatives to a card ban, and this felt like a creative solution: using the game's established Deck Building Total* mechanic. 1/

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Multi-Power Power Card usable in the OverPower CCG customs underground.

It features the character Red from Pokemon and his final lineup of monsters: Pikachu, Espeon, Blastoise, Charizard, Venusaur, and Snorlax; as well as his trademark quote "......"

As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "6" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 1, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team. — Multi-Power Power Card usable in the OverPower CCG customs underground. It features the character Red from Pokemon and his final lineup of monsters: Pikachu, Espeon, Blastoise, Charizard, Venusaur, and Snorlax; as well as his trademark quote "......" As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "6" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 1, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team.

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@rediamondunderground@gamerstavern.online replied · 6 days ago

I only ever made three high level multi-cards: two featuring Pokemon art I found and appreciated, and a third featuring Dream of the Endless (before his contemptible creator's true character was revealed). I never really shared them because I felt as though they shouldn't exist, but needed them in the competitive scene. So my first two days are a bit of a cheat, as these are edits of preexisting cards that have languished in the depths of folder-dom.

That said, this feels like an elegant solution. Each card has been given a TDB value equaling the card's value minus 5, the logic being the card "costs" 1 pt against your deck for each rank above the games' original maximum rank Multi, the 5.

OP has no resource system like Magic, so there's really only a few things you can use as "payment" for a card: the Tournament Deck Building total, the Missions, and Character Placement slots (and, I suppose, card advantage in general). I've used Placement slots as a resource when developing my Scheme card types and I just recently saw Brazilian creator BIOS utilize Missions in an ingenious, and enviable, capacity. The LRG continuation of the game has used discarding cards to empower a special in a really great way, and I'm hoping this new trend I'm kicking off of locking powerful effects behind a Deck Building value helps balance some of the power creep that's, uh, crept into the Underground!

Til later! 2/2

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Level 7 MultiPower card, usable in the OverPower customs play space.

The art fts. many powerful and creepy Pokémon such as Gengar, Haunter, Hypno, Tangela, and Mewtwo, atop a prismatic, shattered glass pattern.

As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "7" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 2, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team. — Level 7 MultiPower card, usable in the OverPower customs play space. The art fts. many powerful and creepy Pokémon such as Gengar, Haunter, Hypno, Tangela, and Mewtwo, atop a prismatic, shattered glass pattern. As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "7" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 2, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team.

Level 8 MultiPower card, usable in the custom OverPower play space.

The art is a high stylized rendition of Dream of the Endless, from DC/Vertigo's Sandman comic.

As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "8" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 3, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team. — Level 8 MultiPower card, usable in the custom OverPower play space. The art is a high stylized rendition of Dream of the Endless, from DC/Vertigo's Sandman comic. As well as the traditional "multi-power" icon (a yellow starburst, a red-orange fist, a green weight, and a blue head shape laid across each other) and card value "8" in the upper left corner, the bottom right now features a silver diamond and a value of 3, which denotes the cards Deck Building Cost, which must be considered alongside the cost of the Characters included on the team.

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@rediamondunderground@gamerstavern.online replied · 6 days ago

*The maximum Tournament Deck Building Total for OP is generally 76, and is calculated by adding up all the Power Grid Values across all Character cards.

For example, the "Buffy: Scoobies" and "Pyramid Head, Guilt Incarnate" Characters pictured below have TDB totals of 17 and 19, respectively, giving you 40 more points to play with. It's pretty uncommon to fully use all 76 points on characters alone, which often leaves players with spare points and nothing to spend 'em on ('til now!)

Even though 4 numbers would be easier to add than 16, it hasn't been a standard practice by creators, including me!, to include the TDB total on the card for yuz, but the almighty Cisco did develop the icon used on Multi edits for just this purpose. I'm grateful to him for always sharing his assets, and I'll be utilizing it on my Characters going forward.

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BrakeOut Gaming

@brakeoutgaming@gamerstavern.online replied · 5 days ago

@rediamondunderground
Glad to have you back - these look great!

On the Buffy card, how did you get the texture for the background? It looks too noisy to be dithering, but I'm not sure what filter that would be.

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@rediamondunderground@gamerstavern.online replied · 5 days ago

@brakeoutgaming thanks! And thanks for having me lol.

If I had quicker access to a dang xerox, I woulda gotten that texture that way through trial and error, but a few months back I finally looked up some tips.

It's a combination of halftone, stamp, and grain filters, though the order sometimes changes depending on the pic I'm messing with!

I've got my entries from yesterday coming and I did something similar there.

BrakeOut Gaming

@brakeoutgaming@gamerstavern.online replied · 5 days ago

@rediamondunderground Nice! I look forward to seeing them!

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