September 9 - Final Playtest

Love is War » Devlog

5 years ago by Michelle Tu (@littlepumi)

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9.9 Playtesters: Justina, John, Brad and David

Order of Operations, change Targets to Love Interests
OVERALL, just put an example of how a game would go
Include rules about Judges
Rules about Full hand of 5, able to discard card
Rules about discard piles
Rules about each person using one action card
Rules about how the worst card is chosen (1, 2 , 3, point to worst card)
Brad: Experiment with majority and minority (leaning towards the best card?)
Find an orientation for the gift cards and stick to it (problem with reading when holding gift cards in hand)
Some gift cards fit in other categories
Phrase blanks so that words will fit grammatically
Players jumped right into debate (1-2 sentences discarded)
Font, eligibility (would be cool if it could have personality
Gift cards -> Trait card
One-liner (just shout something like a pick up line)
Simplify the Declaration of Love card description
Maybe lower target entry on Keanu Reeves (have more players be able to engage in it)
Social interaction: it's up to the players
Reason to argue for other cards maybe?
Judges vs Free for all (Rotating judges)
The next judge places down the target and then judges after trait cards are placed
After a judge chooses maybe players can have a chance to argue against him
Balance of cards? (Bad shuffling or unbalanced?)
Five playtests, 20% of the time no one can get Keanu Reeves
Brad: who am I as the player? Sometimes I feel like a dating service (Tinder) or cupid or as a mistress, having a strong narrative
When everyone was arguing for their card, it was more fun
The trait card requirement of the target can be a score modify (additional stars), blanks are open, it is a bonus not a blocker
Ambiguity in the rules may make the game more fun
Revise the structure, easier game to manage (make the judges simpler)