Just grabbed the core set and tried it out today with my son! Love the mechanics of the game from what we've seen from that set. We did change up our game rules a bit after the first few matches to maybe tailor it better to 2 player games:
1. We cut the draw pile to 3/4 of the anomalies, both scenarios, and half the characters -- chosen at random from the card pool. Otherwise, 2 player games last a long time and the deck out endgame condition almost never happens. Those numbers changed from a lighter stack, and we found that this amount makes 2 player games last the perfect length of time... Not too short, and well-paced with the civilian pile. Oh, and civilian pile was unchanged.
2. Uncontained anomalies stack horizontally (in the order they're added) in the Uncontained zone and only the last/top anomaly's effects can occur, but you can Contain any anomalies in the zone normally. This added some strategy to when you'd leave anomalies Uncontained, and also seemed to cut down on some of the wild Uncontained zone combos that could just shut another player down. Also made turns go faster because you only needed to check the top Uncontained for effects.
3. We initially banned The Hanged King's Tragedy and Hard-to-Destroy Reptile after they each killed a player 2-3 turns into a game. It was too easy to combo them with your own civilian loss or civilian stealing cards to effectively take 2+ civilians from the other player every turn, which effectively left them drawing 2 civilians (for draw + action) and losing them right back until they inevitably lost the game. We tried out a higher starting civilian count and max civilian count (from 5 / 9 to 7 / 11) and upping the number of Public cards drawn during the Action step from 1 to 2, and that definitely helped a lot. Actually had an active combo where a player was losing 2 civilians per turn and was able to draw out of it because of this.
3a. We're revisiting banning Hard-To-Destroy Reptile after it sank another game unexpectedly. Also considering a possible errata to the card along the lines of: "This anomaly cannot be Contained by paying the normal civilian cost. ( > ) If Uncontained, Discard 1 civilian. You may discard an additional civilian and a character card from your hand to Contain this anomaly. ( / ) When neutralized, return this to the Draw pile." This errata seeks to preserve the hot potato nature of the card while making it less likely to just abruptly destroy a player, and keeps neutralizing from sticking a player with a permanently uncontained card if they ran out of character cards.
(Edited my comment based on another play session the day after.)
(Edited again based on a few more play sessions later in the week.)
We loved playing the game, though! Definitely looking forward to getting some more matches in and trying out some expansion cards. :)
Hi! IRL buyer here! Game is on its way! Can I have a discount or something since I cannot afford the expansions at the moment and I intend to play with 5+ players. Thanks.
How do the expansions work? Do you still use the 52/56 size card piles with expansion cards shuffled in randomly/chosen or do you add them on top of them? I couldn't find any rules on that but it seems important to clarify since the length of the game is directly tied to the size of the draw pile
Though I would not say just like any other card game because there are many card games that do not do expansions like that, imho definitely the kind of thing that needs clarification in a rulebook.
Wow this game is incredible! I play it with my siblings and it is a blast. I think the idea of thaumiel scps is very interesting and i would like to see more soon. Keep up the good work :)
I had a lot of fun playing! Just one thing: some cards are very vague about their effects. Could you revise them to check if they are obvious enough? I really appreciate your work and really want it to be accessible to everyone.
I recently played it, and it was more fun than the last update! Though, I have some wishes: -The civilian and some character cards art is really bland, which interrupts gameplay to read its effect. If the characters and civilians had more unique art for each card, it would help significantly in ease of gameplay. (Sorry for long comment!)
Ohh yeah, so the art for the civilian family, couple, female and child, as well as most character cards, are still placeholder art as of the moment. We're still waiting for Sinsekai to complete these final art. :)
If it's okay, mind telling me how are you playing the game right now? Are you playing with your friends, family, coworkers, etc? :)
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我TM怎么知道Just grabbed the core set and tried it out today with my son! Love the mechanics of the game from what we've seen from that set. We did change up our game rules a bit after the first few matches to maybe tailor it better to 2 player games:
1. We cut the draw pile to 3/4 of the anomalies, both scenarios, and half the characters -- chosen at random from the card pool. Otherwise, 2 player games last a long time and the deck out endgame condition almost never happens. Those numbers changed from a lighter stack, and we found that this amount makes 2 player games last the perfect length of time... Not too short, and well-paced with the civilian pile. Oh, and civilian pile was unchanged.
2. Uncontained anomalies stack horizontally (in the order they're added) in the Uncontained zone and only the last/top anomaly's effects can occur, but you can Contain any anomalies in the zone normally. This added some strategy to when you'd leave anomalies Uncontained, and also seemed to cut down on some of the wild Uncontained zone combos that could just shut another player down. Also made turns go faster because you only needed to check the top Uncontained for effects.
3. We initially banned The Hanged King's Tragedy and Hard-to-Destroy Reptile after they each killed a player 2-3 turns into a game. It was too easy to combo them with your own civilian loss or civilian stealing cards to effectively take 2+ civilians from the other player every turn, which effectively left them drawing 2 civilians (for draw + action) and losing them right back until they inevitably lost the game. We tried out a higher starting civilian count and max civilian count (from 5 / 9 to 7 / 11) and upping the number of Public cards drawn during the Action step from 1 to 2, and that definitely helped a lot. Actually had an active combo where a player was losing 2 civilians per turn and was able to draw out of it because of this.
3a. We're revisiting banning Hard-To-Destroy Reptile after it sank another game unexpectedly. Also considering a possible errata to the card along the lines of: "This anomaly cannot be Contained by paying the normal civilian cost. ( > ) If Uncontained, Discard 1 civilian. You may discard an additional civilian and a character card from your hand to Contain this anomaly. ( / ) When neutralized, return this to the Draw pile." This errata seeks to preserve the hot potato nature of the card while making it less likely to just abruptly destroy a player, and keeps neutralizing from sticking a player with a permanently uncontained card if they ran out of character cards.
(Edited my comment based on another play session the day after.)
(Edited again based on a few more play sessions later in the week.)
We loved playing the game, though! Definitely looking forward to getting some more matches in and trying out some expansion cards. :)
Any chance of a bundle with all the expansions coming up anytime soon?
Hi! IRL buyer here! Game is on its way! Can I have a discount or something since I cannot afford the expansions at the moment and I intend to play with 5+ players. Thanks.
How do the expansions work? Do you still use the 52/56 size card piles with expansion cards shuffled in randomly/chosen or do you add them on top of them? I couldn't find any rules on that but it seems important to clarify since the length of the game is directly tied to the size of the draw pile
Expansions are mixed with the Core Set,just like in any other card game
Good to know, thank you.
Though I would not say just like any other card game because there are many card games that do not do expansions like that, imho definitely the kind of thing that needs clarification in a rulebook.
it will be cool with you translate the rulebook too
Do any of the expansions have paper copies for purchase?
Yes of course! :) However, the current download files are awfully outdated. :(
I purchased the full pack for 10 dollars. Where is the link?
It should be available on your Itch account's My purchases section.
Hello! What do you mean? Profanity was already changed (and censored) for the Mekhanite cultist. :)
The next expansion should be released in beta in a week or two
can you make a board for printing it , also i dont understand how to play, how do i get the personnel and how i get the characters, thx for reading
hey there, I’d love to play this game, but I currently only have access to an iPhone. Are you planning on porting the game to the App Store?
Is this game or will it ever be a physical card game as I would love to see that happen
It's planned and aimed to be, but considering the pandemic right now, I don't think it'll happen any time soon :(
can you add the joke scps in
we'll see
nvm i figured it out
i have looked in the files to open the game to find nothing to open the game with
I cant figure out how to enter the game can someone help me
I can’t find the link for printing, can you send a direct link through? I would really appreciate it as this game looks frickin sick.
It's at the bottom of the page, just labelled core set v7!
thank you kind soul, you are epic!
can you reput the exV6 becuse why i dont have it
Do you mean the first expansion? Sorry but I pulled it up :( You can read more about why I did that here: https://kenoma.itch.io/scp-card-game/devlog/124009/core-set-spicy-new-stuff-and-...
could you give me a link to a folder containing each card separately if you can, please
I've uploaded a new version, with the included zip file of each card! :D
Wow this game is incredible! I play it with my siblings and it is a blast. I think the idea of thaumiel scps is very interesting and i would like to see more soon. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks for playing and I'm glad you've enjoyed it ! :D
SCP artworks for the thaumiels 2000 and 3000 are already on the way, so stay tuned :D
Awesome!
Also, you mention a version available with steam but i cannot find it, whats the name of the steam version?
Oh, yeah, the Tabletop Simulator version on Steam? You have to ask the guys responsible for it on our discord server. :)
Oh cool :D
Hi, I'm the one responsible for the table top simulator version, if you haven't found it yourself yet, it can be found on steam here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1985683217
I had a lot of fun playing! Just one thing: some cards are very vague about their effects. Could you revise them to check if they are obvious enough? I really appreciate your work and really want it to be accessible to everyone.
That's our issue while playtesting as well, especially with the paradoxcal insurance policy scp card. :( I'll be reworking them soon so stay tuned!!
Glad to see that! I'll be surely following you! Keep it up!
Hi, we've just updated the cards & the rules. Have you checked it already? I would love to get your feedback!!
I recently played it, and it was more fun than the last update! Though, I have some wishes: -The civilian and some character cards art is really bland, which interrupts gameplay to read its effect. If the characters and civilians had more unique art for each card, it would help significantly in ease of gameplay. (Sorry for long comment!)
Ohh yeah, so the art for the civilian family, couple, female and child, as well as most character cards, are still placeholder art as of the moment. We're still waiting for Sinsekai to complete these final art. :)
If it's okay, mind telling me how are you playing the game right now? Are you playing with your friends, family, coworkers, etc? :)
i'm glad you found it fun!
Sure!! That'd be my next update soon :)