A list of TCGs to play (All free as apps in some form)
Shadow Era
PvZ Heroes
Hearthstone
MtG (Obviously)
These all are very unique and I play them all. Together they have a really good example of the different way to do card games. I have been trying to design card games for awhile, and it's not easy. However, you can create a unique game and still take parts from others, or observe the reasons for the success of others.
1) rock paper scissors type contest to vary more than the simpler attack vs defense mechanisms
2) sufficient randomness to mess up 'perfect tactics' and put a player on 'the wrong foot', but leave open the ability to compensate to minimize the loss
3) modal situations where 'night turns to day' and vice versa, and reverses the advantages and disadvantages of the players resources
4) some way to make turns become 'terrain' for subsequent turns (where what you lay out know becomes a staging for future moves)
So many great and insightful advice, this is really nice place for who wants to learn how to create game.
Love it :)
R~
