Doctor Steel Deck
From Dvorak - A Blank-Card Game
| Doctor Steel | |
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| Designer | Depressi |
| Date | 4th September 2007 |
| Players | 2+ |
| This is an untested deck. Its cards are complete, but it hasn't yet been tested. | |
| To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.) | |
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Compete with your fellow Yellowjackets to see who can help Doctor Steel most in his quest to be World Emperor.
Special Rules
Points
There are three types of points in the game: Psi points, Military points, and Influence Points.
Psi points are found by totaling up the cornervalues of the Psi Research cards under your control and adding an extra point for every Toy Soldier you've managed to recruit.
Military points are found by totaling up the cornervalues of the Robot cards under your control and adding an extra point for every Toy Soldier you've managed to recruit.
Influence points are found by totaling up the cornervalues of the Media cards under your control.
Building the Robots
To play a Robot card, you must have its required parts under your control, and send them to the discard pile when you play the Robot.
Toy Soldiers
You can tell how many Toy Soldiers you have by totaling the cornervalues of the Toy Soldier cards under your control. A Toy Soldier card with a cornervalue of 7 represents a group of seven Toy Soldiers.
Music
Music cards determine which Doctor Steel track all the in-play Toy Soldiers are listening to, and affects the game in numerous ways. There can only be one Music card in play at any one time: when you play a new one, the old one is destroyed.
Psi Research and the Alien Illuminati
When you play a Psi Research card of a certain level, one of the previous level must already be in play, though it can be in play under any player (unless, of course, it's a level one card). For example, if you play a level five Psi Research card, at least one level four Psi Research card must already be in play. If you ever end up with a Psi Research card which hasn't got one of the previous level to 'support' it, it is destroyed as well.
You cannot play a Psi Research card if an identical Psi Research card is already in play.
The Alien Illuminati do not take kindly to we humans trying to crack their codes, however. Higher-level Psi Research cards have an Alien Illuminati Countdown - abbreviated to AIC - on them. A counter is placed on the card at the end of each turn they're in play, and when the number of counters on them equals the AIC, they are destroyed.
Card List
Utopian Playland Strategy
Action - Victory
You can only play this if Advanced Reality Engineering is in play. The game is ended and the Players are ranked from first to last by the number of Psi points they have.
World Domination Strategy
Action - Victory
You can only play this if all Players' combined Military points are greater than 140. The game is ended and the Players are ranked from first to last by the number of Military points they have.
Commercial Control Strategy
Action - Victory
You can only play this if all Players' combined Influence points are greater than 90. The game is ended and the Players are ranked from first to last by the number of Influence points they have.
5
Basic Psi ResearchThing - Level 1 Psi Research
When you play this, draw two cards.
5
Basic Psi ResearchThing - Level 1 Psi Research
When you play this, draw two cards.
5
Basic Psi ResearchThing - Level 1 Psi Research
When you play this, draw two cards.
5
Basic Psi ResearchThing - Level 1 Psi Research
When you play this, draw two cards.
10
Preliminary Psychic ExperimentsThing - Level 2 Psi Research
Unless you control Weird Kid, discard your hand when you play this card.
10
Preliminary Psychic ExperimentsThing - Level 2 Psi Research
Unless you control Weird Kid, discard your hand when you play this card.
5
Limited ClairvoyanceThing - Level 3 Psi Research
Action: look at the top card of the Deck. AIC: 8
5
Telekinetic Experiments.Thing - Level 3 Psi Research
Action: draw a card. AIC: 9
5
Psychic TheoryThing - Level 3 Psi Research
At the end of each of their turns, the Player with most Psi points draws a card. AIC: 10
10
Psi Grid BustingThing - Level 4 Psi Research
The Alien Illuminati cannot put counters on any Psi Research card but this one while it's in play. AIC: 15
10
Psi Warrior ProgramThing - Level 4 Psi Research
All Toy Soldiers are worth twice as many Military points. AIC: 7
10
Psi Influence TrainingThing - Level 4 Psi Research
All Toy Soldiers are worth an Influence point each. AIC: 7
15
Basic Reality EngineeringThing - Level 5 Psi Research
Discard a card at random when you play this card. AIC: 4
15
Basic Reality EngineeringThing - Level 5 Psi Research
Discard a card at random when you play this card. AIC: 4
30
Advanced Reality EngineeringThing - Level 6 Psi Research
Action: Draw until your hand is full.
30
Advanced Reality EngineeringThing - Level 6 Psi Research
Action: Draw until your hand is full.
1
Junkyard ownerThing - Toy Soldier
Action: discard a card at random and replace it with a chosen Part from the discard pile.
1
Junkyard ownerThing - Toy Soldier
Action: discard a card at random and replace it with a chosen Part from the discard pile.
1
Minor CelebrityThing - Toy Soldier
Minor Celebrity is worth five Infulence points.
7
FangirlsThing - Toy Soldiers
7
FangirlsThing - Toy Soldiers
1
ProfessorThing - Toy Soldier
1
Junkyard OwnerThing - Toy Soldiers
Action: Discard two cards in order to search the discard pile for any Part (except Glue). If it's there, move it to your hand.
1
AnimatorThing - Toy Soldier
Animators count as Techies and Artists.
1
AnimatorThing - Toy Soldier
Animators count as Techies and Artists.
1
AnimatorThing - Toy Soldier
Animators count as Techies and Artists.
3
Artist FangroupThing - Toy Soldier
Unsurprisingly, Artist Fangroup count as Artists.
1
PainterThing - Toy Soldier
Painters count as Artists.
1
PainterThing - Toy Soldier
Painters count as Artists.
1
Mac ProgrammerThing - Toy Soldier
Mac Programmer counts as a Techie. You cannot play Mac Programmer if you control PC Programmer.
1
PC ProgrammerThing - Toy Soldier
PC Programmer counts as a Techie. You cannot play PC Programmer if you control Mac Programmer.
1
ProfessorThing - Toy Soldier
1
Army VeteranThing - Toy Soldier
Army Veteran is worth five Military points.
1
Army VeteranThing - Toy Soldier
Army Veteran is worth five Military points.
1
Weird KidThing - Toy Soldier
Weird Kid is worth five Psi points.
1
AI SpecialistThing - Toy Soldier
Increase the cornervalues of all your Robots by 5 so long as this card is in play. AI specialist counts as a Techie.
4
College StudentsThing - Toy Soldier
4
College StudentsThing - Toy Soldier
1
Devoted FollowerThing - Toy Soldier
Devoted Follower can never leave your service for any reason. He's kind of worrying like that. (This, of course, excludes the Wrath of Doctor Steel, which trumps everything.
3
Dr Steel Tribute BandThing - Toy Soldier
Action: place a token on this card. All tokens on this card are worth one Influence point. You cannot have more than ten tokens.
4
College StudentsThing - Toy Soldier
3
Toy Scout GroupThing - Toy Soldier
Action: Draw a card. If that card is a Toy Soldier then play it automatically (If you are allowed to); if not, discard it.
3
Nurse GroupThing - Toy Soldier
Action: Draw a card. If that card is a Toy Soldier then play it automatically (If you are allowed to); if not, discard it.
1
CartoonistThing - Toy Soldier
Cartoonists count as Artists.
1
CartoonistThing - Toy Soldier
Cartoonists count as Artists.
1
Rich GuyThing - Toy Soldier
Action: Draw two cards.
2
Elitist ArtistsThing - Toy Soldier
You can only play Elitist Artists if you are the player with the most Military Points. Elitist Artists count as Artists.
4
GeeksThing - Toy Soldier
The Geeks count as Techies.
3
GeeksThing - Toy Soldier
The Geeks count as Techies.
2
GeeksThing - Toy Soldier
The Geeks count as Techies.
1
TV ProducerThing - Toy Soldier
5
Doctor Steel WebsiteThing - Media
You must control at least one Techie to play this card.
5
Doctor Steel WebsiteThing - Media
You must control at least one Techie to play this card.
5
Doctor Steel WebsiteThing - Media
You must control at least one Techie to play this card.
5
Doctor Steel Song RemixesThing - Media
5
Doctor Steel FanartThing - Media
You must control at least one Artist to play this card.
5
Doctor Steel FanartThing - Media
You must control at least one Artist to play this card.
5
Doctor Steel FanartThing - Media
You must control at least one Artist to play this card.
10
Doctor Steel RPGThing - Media
You must control at least one group of Geeks to play this card. Action: move a group of Geeks from another Player's control to yours.
10
Doctor Steel Online GameThing - Media
You must control a Programmer or at least two Techies to play this card.
10
Doctor Steel ComicThing - Media
You must control a Cartoonist or at least two Artists to play this card.
10
Doctor Steel Music VideosThing - Media
You must control at least one Animator to play this card.
25
Doctor Steel PS2 gameThing - Media
You must control Financial Backing to play this card.
50
Doctor Steel TV ShowThing - Media
You must control TV Producer and Financial Backing to play this card.
5
Frankly Awesome Doctor Steel Card GameThing - Media
Needless vanity FTW!
Plastic parts
Thing - Part
Plastic parts
Thing - Part
Plastic parts
Thing - Part
Glue
Thing - Part
Glue
Thing - Part
Glue
Thing - Part
Laser
Thing - Part
Alien Device
Thing - Part
While this is in play, all AICs are raised by 1.
Titanium Casing
Thing - Part
Toilet Plunger
Thing - Part
25
Basic RobotThing - Robot
Required parts: Plastic Parts, Glue.
25
Basic RobotThing - Robot
Required parts: Plastic Parts, Glue.
25
Basic RobotThing - Robot
Required parts: Plastic Parts, Glue.
25
Basic RobotThing - Robot
Required parts: Plastic Parts, Glue.
50
Maimbot 5000Thing - Robot
Required parts: Titanium Casing, Laser.
55
Reconstructed UFOThing - Robot
Required parts: Alien Device, Titanium Casing. This only counts if you have at least three Toy Soldiers to pilot it.
45
Automated Laser PointerThing - Robot
Required parts: Alien Device, Laser. An automated laser pointer probably doesn't seem very scary unless you know that the laser it points can, thanks to alien technology, obliterate more or less anything.
150
Replica DalekThing - Robot
Required parts: Alien Device, Laser, Titanium Casing, Toilet Plunger.
Build The Robots
Thing - Song
Players may play up to three Things per turn, provided they only play Parts and Robots.
Back and Forth
Thing - Song
Instead of playing an Action on their turn, Players may choose to play another Thing.
The Dr Steel Show
Thing - Song
Players may play two Things per turn, provided they only play Toy Soldiers.
Space Boy
Thing - Song
At the end of each of their turns, the Player with most Influence points draws a card.
Drop Da Bomb
Thing - Song
At the end of each of their turns, the Player with most Military points draws a card.
Donkey Town
Thing - Song
When this card is first played, everyone draws until their hand is full. At the end of each of their turns, if they have any cards in their hand, everyone must discard one.
Financial Backing
Thing - Miscellaneous
You can only play this card if you have at least 30 Influence Points. Action: Draw three cards.
Financial Backing
Thing - Miscellaneous
You can only play this card if you have at least 30 Influence Points. Action: Draw three cards.
Double-blind test.
Thing - Miscellaneous
Play onto a Psi Research card. Flip a coin. If it lands heads, both this and it are destroyed. If it lands tails, this card is attatched to the Psi Research card and adds 10 to its AIC.
Double-blind test.
Thing - Miscellaneous
Play onto a Psi Research card. Flip a coin. If it lands heads, both this and it are destroyed. If it lands tails, this card is attatched to the Psi Research card and adds 10 to its AIC.
Poor Reception
Thing - Miscellaneous
Play onto another Player's Media card. Deduct 5 from its cornervalue as long as this is in play.
Poor Reception
Thing - Miscellaneous
Play onto another Player's Media card. Deduct 5 from its cornervalue as long as this is in play.
Artist's Day
Action
Everyone draws as many cards as they have Artists.
Got Bored
Action
Send any Toy Soldier card to the discard pile.
Got Bored
Action
Send any Toy Soldier card to the discard pile.
Got Bored
Action
Send any Toy Soldier card to the discard pile.
Re-recruitment
Action
Move a Toy Soldier from the discard pile to your hand.
Re-recruitment
Action
Move a Toy Soldier from the discard pile to your hand.
Re-recruitment
Action
Move a Toy Soldier from the discard pile to your hand.
Malfunction
Action
Toss a coin. If it lands heads, you may destroy any non-Dalek Robot.
Rotational Assignments
Action
Exchange an in-play Toy Soldier card with another Player's Toy Soldier card.
Doctor Steel Concert
Action
Everyone draws until their hand is full.
Flaw in the Master Plan
Action
Everyone discards their hand.
Entropy
Action
Destroy a Part or Miscellaneous Thing.
Entropy
Action
Destroy a Part or Miscellaneous Thing.
Entropy
Action
Destroy a Part or Miscellaneous Thing.
The Wrath of Doctor Steel
Action
Destroy any Thing, and discard your hand. After this card is played, it is removed from the game instead of sent to the discard pile.
