Talk:Gostak deck

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Very sah, but a bit vuggable. I'd probably end up playing again if someone suggested it, in the end. --Tyrethali, 23.3.02

Mm, really needs more testing to determine the proper balances of cards, and a solid victory condition. Hard to tell whether the "lose if you make the game explode" clause is a fair general-purpose one, or something that only works with twisted minds. --Kevan, 24.3.02

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Are any "dictionaries" from finished games available? --Meik, 1.8.02

None from me. I can only remember a game where "dosh" meant "card" and "copple" meant "send to the discard pile", a cunning stratagem of Tyrethali's to make "Dosh-Podule Grenk" amazingly powerful, although it got stuck in an infinite loop at the end of his turn when he had to discard down to five cards... Really should dust this off and sharpen it up. More copies of the basic cards, and things. --Kevan, 11.9.02

Oh, and "podule" meant card as well. Or something. "Dosh" might have been "card in a player's hand". --Kevan, 11.9.02

Played this again over the weekend - I think it might be worth making every verb apply to every noun and let players argue as to what "Discard a Player" means (or maybe agree it when the second word is defined). We ended up using a generic "players are eliminated when their hand is empty" special rule, also. Shall rethink this deck at some point. --Kevan, 18.9.02

I love it. It's so nerdy though, which is a pity - I'd never be able to find anyone to play it with me. Oh well. --Alex, 8.4.05