Rules and explanation stolen in part from somestrangeflea.
How It Works
All you need to do to play is be able to make an image in Paint and host it on the internet - I recommend Photobucket.
During registration, each player will PM me 5 (not 4 or 6) cards. These cards can be as simple or as complex as you wish, but many follow this guide:
These pre-made cards, and twice as many blank cards, will be shuffled and dealt, via PM, five to a player. I, the mod, will also be writing 5 cards to shuffle into the deck at the start of the game.Wikipedia's article on 1000 Blank White Cards wrote:A card consists (usually) of a title, a picture and a description of its effect. The title should uniquely identify the card. The picture can be as simple as a stick figure, or as complex as the player likes. The description, or rule, is the part that affects the game. It can award or deny points, cause a player to miss a turn, change the direction of play, or do anything the player can think of. The rules written on cards in play make up the majority of the game's total ruleset.
Each turn, players will play one card from their hand. They can play a pre-made card, or, if they have a blank card, create a new card and play it, simply by posting it in thread. At the end of their turn, players draw one card from the deck.
Once all the cards have been dealt out and played, the winner will be determined.
Cards target a single player which must be specified when the card is played, unless it specifically states otherwise.
Deadline to play a card is 48 hours after the end of the previous player's turn. (Weekends count as one day)
3 missed deadlines and YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GAME. Any cards you played will remain in play but your hand will be shuffled into the deck.
Due to the nature of this game, the very method which determines the winner is likely to change mid-game. The game itself is about creativity rather than strategy though, so try not to take it too seriously.
If a card is played that the players perceive to be grossly unfair and/or actively inhibiting the fun of the game, they may veto it. A majority of players is required to veto a card. The mod reserves the right to reject a veto if it is for an obviously reasonable card. A blank card that is objected to in this way may be rewritten. A premade card objected to in this way is destroyed, but the player who attempted to play it may choose another card to play, if possible.
Players (9/9)
animorpherv1
Points: 1500
Cards: 2
Zakeri
Points: 900
Cards: 4
saberwolf
Points: 250
Cards: 4
DTMaster
Points: 82.5
Cards: 4
Xylthixlm
Points: 1150
Cards: 4
Fish: 4 (decoys)
Harvey Pew
Points: 250
Cards: 4
dramonic
Points: 985
Cards: 2
Hoopla
Points: 15
Cards: 4
yabbaguy
Points: -25
Cards: 4
Cards In Play
The Pawn Shop – the pawn shop is open. Stock: Card 4, 3 Blank Cards, Morse, You're Hot Or You're Cold, Contempt. At the start of a turn, a player may sell a card to the pawn shop for 75 points or buy one of the stock for 85.
Cancel Tax – Any effects cancelling or causing a card to be removed from play incur a points deduction of 150.
Factions – Players secretly teamed into Red vs Green, winner is team with highest overall points. Also a lone Black player whose points are quadrupled at end of game.
Card 3 – When there is a maximum hand size, animorpherv1 will have a maximum hand size of two cards less.
Sir Nightmare – Zakeri loses 100 points every turn. Each turn Zakeri may roll a d20, if 17 or above, the card’s effect is stopped. 16 or below means a 50% points penalty.
1 Gigaton Warhead – If Xylthixlm plays 1 Gigaton Missile next, a player of his choice will get -5000 points.
Wise Investor – Every time DTMaster draws a card, he gains a 10% points increase.
Fanatic Dealer Terrorist – Maximum hand size 4. Targetting this card incurs a 500 point penalty. Destroying this card incurs a 2000 point penalty.
Deck
68 Cards
Discard Pile
29 Cards
