Discard Piles - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 12:04, 20 March 2018

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Staffan Björk at 10:53, 25 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 09:15, 21 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 14:18, 20 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 14:01, 20 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 20:34, 18 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 06:55, 29 August 2011

2011-08-29T06:55:40Z

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2011-08-26T07:25:24Z

‎Can Modulate

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2011-08-25T07:39:04Z

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Discard Piles]] can occur spontaneously in games where [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are ''played'' in some way; in some [[Cards|Card]] games, including all [[Collectible Card Games]], the [[Discard Piles]] are temporary storage areas to ensure that all a player's [[Cards]] are used before any are reused. When given explicit rules, there are two main design choices related to designing [[Discard Piles]]: should they be open or closed, and should players be able to retrieve the [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] in some way.
+[[Discard Piles]] can occur spontaneously in games where [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are ''played'' in some way; in some [[Cards|Card]] games, including all [[Collectible Card Games]], the [[Discard Piles]] are temporary storage areas to ensure that all a player's [[Cards]] are used before any are reused. This makes [[Discard Piles]] parts of how [[Decks]] are used and the use of the pattern can be seen as a way to modulate the use of [[Decks]]. When given explicit rules, there are two main design choices related to designing [[Discard Piles]]: should they be open or closed, and should players be able to retrieve the [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] in some way.
 [[Discard Piles]] can be either closed or opened. Closed [[Discard Piles]] hide the important information of the game elements in them and do not let the players go through the piles; they provide advantages to players that can do [[Memorizing]] well although this may not be allowed according to rules (the most famous example being the cards played in [[Blackjack]]). Open [[Discard Piles]], by contrast, either place the game elements so that they can all be seen or allow the players to go through the pile. These open piles support [[Stimulated Planning]] but may also cause [[Analysis Paralysis]] since they allow players a more complete view of the game state.
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 [[Cards]],
 [[Collectible Card Games]],
 [[Drawing Stacks]],
 [[Hands]],

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 [[Discard Piles]] can be either closed or opened. Closed [[Discard Piles]] hide the important information of the game elements in them and do not let the players go through the piles; they provide advantages to players that can do [[Memorizing]] well although this may not be allowed according to rules (the most famous example being the cards played in [[Blackjack]]). Open [[Discard Piles]], by contrast, either place the game elements so that they can all be seen or allow the players to go through the pile. These open piles support [[Stimulated Planning]] but may also cause [[Analysis Paralysis]] since they allow players a more complete view of the game state.
-Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Games that allow this type of action effectively let [[Discard Piles]] affect what [[Hands]] players have. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. In contrast to actions that remove [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]], [[Deck Building]] actions typically introduce game elements to them.
+Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Games that allow this type of action effectively let [[Discard Piles]] affect what [[Hands]] players have. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. In contrast to actions that remove [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]], [[Deck Building]] actions typically introduce game elements to them which normally makes new [[Cards]] start with a [[Cooldown]] period.
 Games with [[Trick Taking]] may use a [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] for each trick so that players may enact [[Replays]] after gameplay has finished.
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 [[Drafting Spreads]],
 [[Game State Indicators]]
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 [[Discard Piles]] can be either closed or opened. Closed [[Discard Piles]] hide the important information of the game elements in them and do not let the players go through the piles; they provide advantages to players that can do [[Memorizing]] well although this may not be allowed according to rules (the most famous example being the cards played in [[Blackjack]]). Open [[Discard Piles]], by contrast, either place the game elements so that they can all be seen or allow the players to go through the pile. These open piles support [[Stimulated Planning]] but may also cause [[Analysis Paralysis]] since they allow players a more complete view of the game state.
-Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Games that allow this type of action effectively let [[Discard Piles]] affect what [[Hands]] players have. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]].
+Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Games that allow this type of action effectively let [[Discard Piles]] affect what [[Hands]] players have. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. In contrast to actions that remove [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]], [[Deck Building]] actions typically introduce game elements to them.
 Games with [[Trick Taking]] may use a [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] for each trick so that players may enact [[Replays]] after gameplay has finished.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Trick Taking]]

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 [[Discard Piles]] can be either closed or opened. Closed [[Discard Piles]] hide the important information of the game elements in them and do not let the players go through the piles; they provide advantages to players that can do [[Memorizing]] well although this may not be allowed according to rules (the most famous example being the cards played in [[Blackjack]]). Open [[Discard Piles]], by contrast, either place the game elements so that they can all be seen or allow the players to go through the pile. These open piles support [[Stimulated Planning]] but may also cause [[Analysis Paralysis]] since they allow players a more complete view of the game state.
-Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]]
+Retrieving [[Cards]] from [[Discard Piles]] is an action all players can do in the [[Rummy]] family of [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]] but [[7 Wonders]] only allows this as a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]]. Games that allow this type of action effectively let [[Discard Piles]] affect what [[Hands]] players have. Some games with [[Discard Piles]] have a separate pile for [[Cards]] that for some reason should be removed from normal gameplay and only under rare circumstances can be return. ''Graveyard'' is the name for this area in [[Magic: The Gathering]].
 Games with [[Trick Taking]] may use a [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] for each trick so that players may enact [[Replays]] after gameplay has finished.
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 [[Collectible Card Games]],
 [[Drawing Stacks]],
 [[Memorizing]],
 [[Stimulated Planning]],

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 The most basic function of [[Discard Piles]] is purely logistic: they define places where to place used game elements - most commonly [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]]. However, like [[Drawing Stacks]] the size of [[Discard Piles]] may function as a [[Game State Indicators|Game State Indicator]] since they allow players to judge how far the gameplay in a game has progress if game instances are limited by how many times [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are used. As mentioned above, open [[Discard Piles]] can increase the risk of [[Analysis Paralysis]] in games since it augmented the possibilities of [[Stimulated Planning]]. This can to a lesser extend be possible with closed [[Discard Piles]] since the size of the [[Discard Piles]] can provide some information as just mentioned. It should however be mentioned that this is more likely to be easily detected by looking at [[Drawing Stacks]] if these also exist.
-[[Discard Piles]] make easy candidates for refilling [[Drawing Stacks]], and when [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are recycled in this fashion the games that do this have [[Closed Economies]]. A related use of [[Discard Piles]] is to make them into [[Drafting Spreads]] since this is a way for players to refill their [[Hands]; [[Rummy]] is an example of a game doing this but only has the last played [[Cards|Card]] as the [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]] but a common variant is to use the whole [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] and the [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]].
+[[Discard Piles]] make easy candidates for refilling [[Drawing Stacks]], and when [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are recycled in this fashion the games that do this have [[Closed Economies]]. A related use of [[Discard Piles]] is to make them into [[Drafting Spreads]] since this is a way for players to refill their [[Hands]]; [[Rummy]] is an example of a game doing this but only has the last played [[Cards|Card]] as the [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]] but a common variant is to use the whole [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] and the [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]].
 == Relations ==