Action Caps

Limits on numbers of actions allowed to be used.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Pandemic allows players to take 4 actions per turn, which can be moving, treating diseases, or developing vaccines. In Cartagena the only possible action is to move forward buy playing cards or moving backwards to get cards, and players can do between one and three moves per turn. Origins: How We Became Human allow players a number of 'innovation' and 'population' actions each turn depending on how many free slots exist on the respective tracks each player has. The computer-based Fallout series uses a similar form of restriction on actions, in the first two installments through action points and in later ones through a system called 'V.A.T.S'.

Space Hulk provide the marine player with a number of action points each turn for each marine which can be used for moving, turning, shooting, and activating items such as doors. The naturally creates Action Caps but the player has some extra flexibility through having between 1 and 6 extra 'command points'. In Bloodbowl each player have a number of 'players' that each only have one action per turn (move, block, blitz, or pass). The blitz action can only be done by one 'player' per turn so this is a form of Action Caps but if any action if failed in some way the turn passes to the other play which is also a form of Action Caps.

Using the pattern

Budgeted Action Points Analysis Paralysis Turn-Based Games Tick-Based Games Resources Arithmetic Progression

Turnovers Risk/Reward

Randomness

Action Caps can either be applying on the number of actions in total that can be made, or one how many times individual actions can be done.

Consequences

Since actions become a Resource if the number of actions possible to do are limited, Action Caps are a way of creating Resource Caps.

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Can Instantiate

Resource Caps

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

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