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[[Discard Piles]] may be used as [[Drafting Spreads]] - basic [[Rummy]] uses this in a limited sense (only the last played [[Cards|Card]] can be taken) but a common variant is to use the entire [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] as a [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]].
 
[[Discard Piles]] may be used as [[Drafting Spreads]] - basic [[Rummy]] uses this in a limited sense (only the last played [[Cards|Card]] can be taken) but a common variant is to use the entire [[Discard Piles|Discard Pile]] as a [[Drafting Spreads|Drafting Spread]].
  
[[Drafting Spreads]] can cause player imbalances since the first players with access to them is more likely to have good choices than later players. This can be regulated through having an additional cost for accessing elements further ''down'' in the spreads as a [[Balancing Effects|Balancing Effects]]; [[Showmanager]] and [[Small World]] has this through requiring [[Money]] to be spent (and in [[Small World]] this [[Money]] is placed on the skipped races and can be collected in later drafts) while [[Thunderstone]]  imposes "darkness penalties" for attacking [[Enemies]] deeper down in the dungeon.
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[[Drafting Spreads]] can cause [[First Player Disadvantages]] since these are more likely to have good choices than later players (no other players have already had the chance to take the best elements). This can be regulated through having an additional cost for accessing elements further ''down'' in the spreads as a [[Balancing Effects|Balancing Effects]]; [[Showmanager]] and [[Small World]] has this through requiring [[Money]] to be spent (and in [[Small World]] this [[Money]] is placed on the skipped races and can be collected in later drafts) while [[Thunderstone]]  imposes "darkness penalties" for attacking [[Enemies]] deeper down in the dungeon. While these types of [[Balancing Effects]] are really only needed in the beginning of games, most games that introduce them have them throughout gameplay as a way of requiring players to make [[Trade-Offs]].
 
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[[First Player Disadvantages]].
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Revision as of 08:02, 25 August 2011

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This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Ticket to Ride

Small World

Showmanager

Atlantic Star

Dominant Species

Thunderstone

Using the pattern

Randomness

Discard Piles may be used as Drafting Spreads - basic Rummy uses this in a limited sense (only the last played Card can be taken) but a common variant is to use the entire Discard Pile as a Drafting Spread.

Drafting Spreads can cause First Player Disadvantages since these are more likely to have good choices than later players (no other players have already had the chance to take the best elements). This can be regulated through having an additional cost for accessing elements further down in the spreads as a Balancing Effects; Showmanager and Small World has this through requiring Money to be spent (and in Small World this Money is placed on the skipped races and can be collected in later drafts) while Thunderstone imposes "darkness penalties" for attacking Enemies deeper down in the dungeon. While these types of Balancing Effects are really only needed in the beginning of games, most games that introduce them have them throughout gameplay as a way of requiring players to make Trade-Offs.

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Relations

Can Instantiate

First Player Disadvantages. Trade-Offs

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Can Modulate

Drafting, Randomness

Can Be Instantiated By

Discard Piles

Can Be Modulated By

Balancing Effects

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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Acknowledgements

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