Deck Building

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Note: This pattern follows the distinction made in BoardGameGeek that Deck Building refers to constructions of decks during gameplay. See Pre-Customized Decks for constructions of decks before gameplay.

Examples

A Few Acres of Snow, Dominion, and Thunderstone are all games with Deck Building as a core mechanic. So is Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game but this show that Deck Building games can be co-operative. A Study in Emerald provides an team-based example even if players initially do not know which other players are on their team while Airborne Commander shows that Deck Building games can be solitaire games.

Anti-Examples

Magic: The Gathering and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game have players build their decks before gameplay begins, so these games use the pattern Pre-Customized Decks rather than Deck Building.

Using the pattern

Bag Building can be an alternative to Deck Building if not the design possibilities of Cards (compared to Tokens) are need.

Relations

Combos

Game Element Insertion Collectible Card Games Dedicated Game Facilitators Drawing Stacks Stimulated Planning Fudged Results Freedom of Choice Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership Multiplayer Games Fixed Distributions Self-Facilitated Games Magic the Gathering (redirect page) Evolving Rule Sets Purchasable Game Advantages Construction Pottering Asymmetric Starting Conditions Strategic Knowledge Player Elimination Early Elimination Focus Loci Cards Discard Piles Drafting Hands Ubiquitous Gameplay Meta Games Game Element Trading Memorabilia Player Unpredictability Complex Gameplay

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Pottering, Gameplay Engines, Abstract Player Constructs,

Drawing Stacks Decks

Cards

Gain Competence

Extra-Game Actions

Gameplay Mastery

Can Instantiate

Abstract Player Construct Development, Freedom of Choice

Can Modulate

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History

New pattern created in this wiki.

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