Drawing Stacks - Revision history

Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

2022-06-17T08:11:54Z

‎Can Instantiate

Staffan Björk at 12:04, 20 March 2018

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Staffan Björk at 16:27, 26 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 08:30, 11 September 2015

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Staffan Björk at 10:52, 25 July 2015

2015-07-25T10:52:17Z

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2015-07-20T14:03:11Z

‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 14:02, 20 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 07:27, 25 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 13:34, 24 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 13:04, 24 August 2011

2011-08-24T13:04:24Z

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 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Containers]],
 [[Drafting]],
 [[Fixed Distributions]],

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 [[Category:Patterns]]
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 Given that for any card not drawn at any given draw has an increased chance to be drawn the next time, [[Drawing Stacks]] have progression schemes close to that of a [[Geometric Progression]]. [[Limited Gameplay Time]] can achieved through [[Drawing Stacks]] when the end of the game is indicated through drawing specific cards end the game or the emptying of the [[Drawing Stacks]] - this is an example of how [[Drawing Stacks]] can be [[Game State Indicators]] through their size showing how far the gameplay in a game has progressed. In contrast, combined with [[Discard Piles]] that replenish them, [[Drawing Stacks]] can give games [[Closed Economies]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Randomness]],
 [[Uncertainty of Information]]
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 [[Drawing Stacks]] are typically used to support [[Drafting]] but [[Drafting Spreads]] are a way of modifying [[Drawing Stacks]] so that a number of game elements that should be uppermost on the stacks instead are visible beside them. Examples of games that do include this are [[Ticket to Ride]], where they allow players known cards to pick instead of drawing directly from the [[Drawing Stacks|Drawing Stack]], and [[Thunderstone]], where they show the monsters that can be encountered. The drawing of game elements from the [[Drawing Stacks]] can be modified so that players may have a chance to discard the first draw to take a second - a version of this type of [[Extra Chances]] is present in [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]] through the [[Characters|Character]] ''Sharon "Boomer" Valerii'' [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Ability]] to look at the ''crisis'' deck after her turn and place the topmost [[Cards|Card]] at the bottom of the [[Drawing Stacks|Drawing Stack]] if wanted. While [[Drawing Stacks]] can affect [[Drafting]] in these ways, [[Drafting]] can in turn be used to let players create their own [[Drawing Stacks]] - a design feature found in certain variants of playing [[Magic: The Gathering]] and as a optional variant in [[Race for the Galaxy]].
-Handling the emptying of [[Drawing Stacks]] can be done in several different ways. One is to provide [[Limited Gameplay Time]] by ending the game, another is to reshuffle [[Discard Piles]].
+Handling the emptying of [[Drawing Stacks]] can be done in several different ways. One is to provide [[Limited Gameplay Time]] by ending the game, another is to reshuffle [[Discard Piles]]. The former of these options make the [[Cards]] in the [[Drawing Stacks]] into [[Non-Renewable Resources]] (although this can be modified by allowing a specific number of reshuffles first).
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Extra Chances]],
 [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]],
 [[Stack Seeding]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Primary choices when creating [[Drawing Stacks]] are what type of game elements the stacks should consist of, and what distributions of specific game elements they should consist of. [[Cards]] and [[Tiles]] are common options and typically used for supporting the drawing ([[Collecting]]) of [[Resources]] but for [[Tiles]] this may also be to support [[Tile-Laying]]. Multiple [[Drawing Stacks]] can be used to support different resources or to allow players to perceive a chance of [[Luck]] as well as making it easier to judge the individual sizes of the stacks. If certain categories of the [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are specially marked, multiple stacks may also be used to distinguish these and let players choose within which subset of [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] they draw.
+Primary choices when creating [[Drawing Stacks]] are what type of game elements the stacks should consist of, and what distributions of specific game elements they should consist of. The specific game elements used are typically part of [[Decks]], so [[Drawing Stacks]] is one way of making use of [[Decks]]. [[Cards]] and [[Tiles]] are common options for game elements and are typically used for supporting the drawing ([[Collecting]]) of [[Resources]] but for [[Tiles]] this may also be to support [[Tile-Laying]]. Multiple [[Drawing Stacks]] can be used to support different resources or to allow players to perceive a chance of [[Luck]] as well as making it easier to judge the individual sizes of the stacks. If certain categories of the [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] are specially marked, multiple stacks may also be used to distinguish these and let players choose within which subset of [[Cards]] or [[Tiles]] they draw.
 Setting the amount of different types of game elements in [[Drawing Stacks]] is an easy way to set specific odds of those game elements to be drawn. [[Stack Seeding]] can be used for games that want to have specific distributions of how game elements are spread through the stacks, and this is done in both the ''player'' stack of [[Pandemic]] and the ''monster'' stack of [[Thunderstone]]. Instead of having the distributions of cards predetermines, games can put this into the hands of players by requiring them to build their own decks, and thereby [[Drawing Stacks]], before gameplay starts. This can either be done during gameplay, e.g. [[Dominion]] and [[Thunderstone]], or before gameplay through the use of [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership]], e.g. [[Magic: The Gathering]] or the [[Star Trek Customizable Card Game]].
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Hands]],
 [[Resources]],