Hour of randomness
From Dvorak - A Blank-Card Game
Hour of Randomness Deck
| Hour of randomness | |
|---|---|
| Designer | eskimoboy |
| Date | 7/02/2009 |
| Players | 2+ |
| This is an unfinished deck. It is incomplete, and is not playable. | |
| 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.) | |
 Print this deck | |
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In the Hour of Randomness deck, players start with 3 "lives" and fight to eliminate their opponents with cards like Nuclear Apocalypse and Water is Splashy.
Your only defense may come in the form of the sturdy and dangerous Electric Barbed Wire Pit Trap With Poison Spikes or the shining beacon of safety, the Unreliable Bodyguard.
Special Rules
HP: Each player starts with 3 health tokens. If you run out of health tokens, you lose.
Defender Things: Defender Things have a value in the corner. This represents its HP, and it comes into play with that many health tokens.
If a Defender Thing has no health tokens, it is destroyed. As long as you control a Defender Thing, Actions and abilities that would harm you instead must target your Things.
For example, say you have "Large Rock" and your opponent plays "Ant-Sized Harpoon." Normally you would take 1 damage, but "Ant-Sized Harpoon" has to deal with Large Rock
before it can get to you. (fortunately by then it'll be in the discard pile).
Things without corner values: Things without corner values cannot be targeted by damage-dealing cards (they can still be destroyed by a "destroy" effect), but at
the same time, they don't protect you from harm. For example, "only i can see the moon's master plan" will not save you from "nuclear apocalypse."
only i can see the moon's master plan
Thing
You may play the top card of the deck as though it was in your hand.
Action: look at the top card of the deck.
Action: look at the top card of the deck.
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Nuclear Apocalypse
Action
Deal 3 damage to a Defender thing or unprotected player.
it could be wor-
DONT SAY IT!
it could be wor-
DONT SAY IT!
Card by eskimoboy
Starting the Game: Each player draws five cards. They may then each play up to three Defender Things before the game begins, so as to not be slaughtered right
off the bat. Once both players are ready, flip a coin, play rock paper scissors, do flips off of a cliff, whatever floats your boat, to decide who should go first.
The turn structure is normal, in which the player draws a card, plays an Action, a Thing, or both, {or neither :) ), and play goes on to the next person.
Card List
Ant-Sized Harpoon
Action
Deal 1 damage to a Defender Thing or unprotected player
How do I hold it?
Like an ant!
...What?
How do I hold it?
Like an ant!
...What?
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only i can see the moon's master plan
Thing
You may play the top card of the deck as though it was in your hand.
Action: look at the top card of the deck.
Action: look at the top card of the deck.
Card by eskimoboy
Nuclear Apocalypse
Action
Deal 5 damage to a Defender thing or unprotected player.
it could be wor-
DONT SAY IT!
it could be wor-
DONT SAY IT!
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Strength in Numbers
Action
Draw a card for each person that you are.
we don't have multiple personalities. *twitch*
we don't have multiple personalities. *twitch*
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The Pie Is Not All Mine
Action
Draw four cards. Give one to an opponent, and keep the rest.
Card by eskimoboy
6
Wall of PaperDefender Thing
Action+Thing: destroy Wall of Paper. Any player may use this ability.
So I said to myself, self, it looks like that thing could survive a Nuclear Apocalypse. Then I looked closer.
So I said to myself, self, it looks like that thing could survive a Nuclear Apocalypse. Then I looked closer.
Card by eskimoboy
2
Electric Barbed Wire Pit Trap With Poison SpikesDefender Thing
Whenever this card takes any amount of damage, you may have this card deal 1 damage to a Defender thing or unprotected player.
EBWPTWPS has a nice ring to it.
EBWPTWPS has a nice ring to it.
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1
CannonDefender Thing
Action: deal 1 damage to a Defender thing or unprotected player.
A pirate's card for me.
A pirate's card for me.
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Behold The God Who Is Not
Action
Deal 1 damage to all Defender Things and unprotected players.
If he's a "god" who isn't, then why do we fear his wra-
*struck by falling objects*
If he's a "god" who isn't, then why do we fear his wra-
*struck by falling objects*
Card by eskimoboy
Corpse Recycler
Action
Take a Defender Thing with HP 3 or less out of the discard pile and into play under your control.
We recycle!
We recycle!
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The Watchtower Is Watching
Thing
When anyone (even you! D:) plays a Defender Thing, flip a coin. On heads, the Defender Thing takes 1 damage.
Card by eskimoboy
1
MemeDefender Thing
While Meme is in play, all Defender Things are counted as having 1 HP.
imma firin' mah
NINE THOUSAANND!
imma firin' mah
NINE THOUSAANND!
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1
AsylumDefender Thing
Play on a Thing or Defender Thing.
Treat that Thing's text as blank.
Treat that Thing's text as blank.
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Mystery Bob's Mystery Lair
Thing
Action: regenerate 1 point of damage on a Defender Thing you control.
...of mystery.
...of mystery.
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Water Is Splashy
Action
Choose one:
Deal 2 damage to a Defender Thing or unprotected player.
OR
Deal 1 damage to two separate Defender Things or unprotected players.
Deal 2 damage to a Defender Thing or unprotected player.
OR
Deal 1 damage to two separate Defender Things or unprotected players.
Card by eskimoboy
Suddenly Mercenaries
Action
Note the number of Things each player controls. Shuffle all Things in play together, and return a number of Things to each player equal to the number of Things that they started with.
...sounds better that Quickly Traitors.
...sounds better that Quickly Traitors.
Card by eskimoboy
2
Unreliable BodyguardDefender Thing
Whenever Unreliable Bodyguard would be dealt damage, flip a coin. On heads, you take 1 damage and Unreliable Bodyguard remains unharmed. On tails, Unreliable Bodyguard takes damage as normal.
For the last time, BAGELS ARE NO REASON TO ABANDON THE PRESIDENT!
For the last time, BAGELS ARE NO REASON TO ABANDON THE PRESIDENT!
Card by eskimoboy
X
Pack of ZombiesDefender Thing
When this card comes into play, put 3 zombie tokens on it. Group of Zombies' HP is equal to the number of zombie tokens on it.
Action: move a zombie token onto a Thing. You control all Things with zombie tokens on them. When this card leaves play, destroy all zombie tokens and return all Things that had zombie tokens on them to their owners.
Action: move a zombie token onto a Thing. You control all Things with zombie tokens on them. When this card leaves play, destroy all zombie tokens and return all Things that had zombie tokens on them to their owners.
Card by eskimoboy
3
5-Foot Thick Depleted Uranium WallsDefender Thing
Well, it looks very sturdy, but how do you breathe in there? Are there air holes or something? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose if you had to keep opening the door to get air? And what do you do about the radiation?
Shut up.
Shut up.
Card by eskimoboy
We Need More Bombs
Action
Do 1 damage to a Defender Thing or unprotected player, then flip a coin. On heads, do 1 more damage to a Defender thing or unprotected player. Repeat this process until tails comes up.
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The Carpet Has Betrayed Us
Action
Do 1 damage to a Defender Thing or unprotected player.
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Low Self Esteem
Action
Reduce the HP of target Defender Thing to 1.
It won't kill 'em, but it helps.
It won't kill 'em, but it helps.
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Invis-o-Bill
Action
Deal 1 damage to a player, even if they control a Defender Thing.
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Super Sniper Rifle
Action
Deal 1 damage to a player, even if they control a Defender Thing.
It shoots super bullets at super long range with super accuracy for overall super effectiveness against any sort of troops, unless the rifle is fulfilling an anti-materiel role, in which case it disables the target with super efficiency.
It shoots super bullets at super long range with super accuracy for overall super effectiveness against any sort of troops, unless the rifle is fulfilling an anti-materiel role, in which case it disables the target with super efficiency.
Card by eskimoboy
2
Untrained Defensive TroopsDefender Thing
If Untrained Defensive Troops is dealt damage but not destroyed, return it to your hand.
They're shootin' at us! RUN!
They're shootin' at us! RUN!
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4
Swiss BankDefender Thing
You may place one card face down under Swiss Bank.
Action+Discard a card: Put the face down card under Swiss Bank into play under your control. If Swiss Bank is destroyed, the opponent may put the face down card under it into their hand.
Action+Discard a card: Put the face down card under Swiss Bank into play under your control. If Swiss Bank is destroyed, the opponent may put the face down card under it into their hand.
Card by eskimoboy
...With Necromancy Action!
Action
Return a Thing from the discard pile to play under your control. If it is a Defender Thing, it has 1 HP
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1
The Only DuplicatesDefender Thing
If you control both of The Only Duplicates, each one's HP becomes 2.
I'm feeling uncreative.
I'm feeling uncreative.
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1
The Only DuplicatesDefender Thing
If you control both of The Only Duplicates, each one's HP becomes 2.
I'm feeling uncreative.
I'm feeling uncreative.
Card by eskimoboy
Nobody Has To Die Today
Action
If no one controls any Defender Things, you win the game.
Card by eskimoboy
1
The Antithesis To Coherent ThoughtDefender Thing
If The Antithesis To Coherent Thought is destroyed, you must discard a card at random, take 1 damage, and destroy a Thing you control.
Action: put an insane counter on this card. if there are 3 insane counters on this card, you win.
So insane it just might work.
Action: put an insane counter on this card. if there are 3 insane counters on this card, you win.
So insane it just might work.
Card by eskimoboy
Really Great Medic
Action
Your HP becomes 3. Play only if you have 1 HP or control no Defender Things.
Next time, you might not be so lucky.
(actually, for sure you won't, because there's only one Really Great Medic and no card can retrieve Action cards. So yeah, you won't be so lucky next time.)
Next time, you might not be so lucky.
(actually, for sure you won't, because there's only one Really Great Medic and no card can retrieve Action cards. So yeah, you won't be so lucky next time.)
Card by eskimoboy
Slow-Acting Poison
Thing
Play Slow-Acting Poison onto a Defender Thing. At the end of each of that Defender Thing's controller's turns, the Defender Thing takes 1 damage.
The slow but sure version of Fast-Acting Poison.
The slow but sure version of Fast-Acting Poison.
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Fast-Acting Poison
Thing
Play Fast-Acting Poison onto a Defender Thing. At the end of the Defender Thing's controller's turn, the Defender Thing takes 3 damage and Fast-Acting poison is destroyed.
The fast version of Slow-Acting Poison.
The fast version of Slow-Acting Poison.
Card by eskimoboy
Hand Grenade Tennis
Action
Deal 1 damage to a player, even if they control a Defender Thing. The target may discard a card to take control of Hand Grenade Tennis and choose a new target to take damage. (Who also gets a chance to discard a card, continuing the sequence.)
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Underestimate The Opposition
Action
Play only if you have less Things in play than your opponent(s).
Target player destroys a Defender Thing they control or takes 1 damage.
Oh. So there are ten THOUSAND of them.
Target player destroys a Defender Thing they control or takes 1 damage.
Oh. So there are ten THOUSAND of them.
Card by eskimoboy
