Playtesting Notes (2021/06/02)

Basic rules (before playtesting):

On a grid, the player picks up a card from the Encounter card deck(for the scenario) and three cards from the Item card deck(for solution/prompts). They roll dice to check if they succeeded. If they fail, they lose access to a Special Ability card for a penalty.

At the end of each row, there is a Special encounter card with a scenario and a buff(passive skills) written on it. The player has to solve the special encounter card with the Special Ability card. If they solve the problem, they acquire the buff written on the card.

In the final row, they have to solve Final Encounter cards with the Item cards, Ability cards and the buffs. If they fail to solve a Final Encounter card, they lose a buff.

After the Final Encounter cards, there is the Final Box.

Playtesting notes and changes

confirmed rules are bolded. Eliminated ones are striked through

             Since it is a single-player game(with or without a narrator) we decided to keep the rule simple and understandable.

• The scenarios on the special encounter cards (its name has changed to Special Snacks cards) are eliminated.
  • Special encounter cards(Special Snacks cards) would act only as providing buffs(=passive skills).

• Name of the Special encounter cards: changed names because we have changed the role of it.
  • bonus buff cards? 
  •  Special Snacks cards?

• About the failure to solving the scenario on an Encounter card:
  • Penalty+Redraw the item cards or reroll the dice.
  • come up with a new solution when you use the same item.
  • When you fail to solve the Encounter card, you flip that card downwards so that the only solved ones will be facing up.
  • When you get three or more cards faced up(=solved) on the row that you are going through, you get to flip the Special Snacks card at the end of each row. (=You get access to the buff provided by the Special Snacks card.)

• with only 3 draws of item cards, it was so difficult to succeed → change 3 cards draw to 4 cards draw

• The success rate was still low. → players get to acquire a special ability card every time they move on to (start) a new row.

• Going through the Final Encounter cards.
  • When you go through a Final Encounter card, you lose access to an Ability card (whether or not you succeed in solving the scenario.)→ When you fail to solve the scenario in a Final Encounter card, you lose access to an Ability card.
  •  After you’ve gone through all the Final Encounter cards:
    • You should succeed in solving three or more Final Encounter cards in order to get to the Finish card.
    • If you have failed to do so, you lose a buff(Special Snacks card).
  •  If you failed to get over the Final Encounter row, you have to try that row again. You regain all the ability cards when you newly start, but not the Special Snacks card.