Card game prototype
As part of studies I'm following a board game design course. Tonight I have been pondering on what to do. Up until now I have been thinking about doing some sort of drafting/deck building game, like Dominion, Magic the Gathering. I began working and ended up with something which is a bit different from what I had my mind set on. There hasn't been any playtesting, so a warning should be given that it might be flawed, but here goes:
A regular deck of cards can be used, which limits the players to four.
1. Each player is given cards from 1-8 in the respective suit.
2. A starting player is selected.
3. Beginning with the starting player and going clockwise, each player puts down a card facedown.
4. The starting then puts down a (bidding) card and going clockwise the rest of the players follow.
5. The player with the highest bidding card “wins the pot”. That is, every player turns over their face down cards and the winning player collects them. The bidding cards goes to a mutual discard pile.
6. The starting player is advanced to the player left of the previous starting player and the game progress again from no. 3.
7. When no more cards remain (after four rounds) everybody adds together the cards they have won and the player with the highest total score wins.
Please feel free to leave feedback if you try it :)