Avatars the Game

[Leodip]

What would you do if you had another body to move at will? Fight, of course (?). That's how you enter Avatar's world. Every player has a body, an Avatar, whom will be armed and be used to fight ANYONE: men, women, kids or old peeps. No matter age. Will you be able to beat the cookie maker of your neighborhood, Granny, while she kills time before she gets those cookies out of her oven?

I sincerely apologize for the introduction, but the game doesn't a have a serious setup, so no reason to get an epic-looking stuff there.

Rules:

Spoiler for Hidden:

Kinds of cards:
1.Avatar, the main card. Every player summons one at the start of the game, ending the game when one of the two leaves the field.
2.Energy Cards, fueling your moves. Each player has an Energy Gauge which has to be filled (with maximum 10 Energy Cards) in order to use certain abilities.
3.Equipments, power-upping your body. Equipments are, indeed, equipped to your Avatar in order to strengthen it and make it stronger for battle.
4.Instants, helping your game. Instants can be used only during your turn and have effects ranging from power-ups to protection, drawing and searching or everything you can think of.
5.Traps, the mind game of Avatars. Traps are cards which are triggered by your opponent's moves and generally act to kill off their game.

Field Zones:
1.Avatar Slot, your Avatar goes here. One for each player.
2.Equipment Slot, only one Equipment per Equipment Slot with a total of 10 of them.
3.Energy Gauge, the place you'll place Energy Cards. Each player has one and each Energy Gauge can have up to 10 Energy Cards in it.
4.Deck Slot, your Deck goes here. Decks are made up of 50 cards (without the Avatar).
5.Discards, cards which have no use anymore or got destroyed go here. There's one for each player.

Deck Rules:
1.A legal deck is made up of 50 cards+1 Avatar.
2.Each card can be played in up to 4 copies, except cards where the opposite is said.
3.Energy Cards don't follow rule #2.

Gameplay:
Game Start:
1.Pick a method to choose the player who goes first.
2.Both players summon their Avatars and draw 7 cards.
3.It's now the turn of the first player. Neither Avatar can be destroyed on first turn.

Each turn:
1.Draw Phase: turn's player draws a card.
2.Setup Phase: turn's player can equip Equipments or place Energy Cards in the Energy Gauge (also known as "Charge"). Instants and abilities can be used in this phase.
3.Attack Phase: turn's player's Avatar can attack the opponent's Avatar. If the attacking Avatar's Attack is higher than the defending Avatar's Defense, then the defending Avatar is destroyed or, if an Equipment is equipped to it, destroy an Equipment instead (the defending Avatar's owner decides which Equipment to destroy).


Ways to win:
1.Destroy your opponent's Avatar. Attacking it while it has no Equipments equipped and while it has a lower Defense than your attacking Avatar's Attack means the attacking Avatar's owner wins.
2.Deck your opponent out. If your opponent has to draw due to an effect or during their draw phase but have no more cards in their deck, they lose.


Features of the Cards:
-Avatar:
--Attack, it's the attack force it has.
--Defense, it's the defensive force it has.
--Clan, it defines the Clan the Avatar belongs to, choosing between "Fire", "Water, "Wind", "Earth", "Thunder" or "Darkness".
--Class, it defines the Class the Avatar belongs to. Some examples may be "Warrior" or "Magician".
--Ability, it's a skill an Avatar can have. Ability-less Avatars do exist.
--Minumum Energy, it's the minumum amount of energy you must have in your Energy Gauge to use that Avatar ("use" means attacking and using its ability).

-Energy Cards: Energy Cards can have an effect and can belong to a Clan. You can only Charge your Energy Gauge with an Energy Card once per turn.

-Equipments: they're cards used to power-up your Avatar and can give boosts to their stats, modify them and/or have an effect.

-Instants: they're cards you can only use during your Setup Phase. May or may not have costs or limitations to be activated.

-Traps: they're cards you can only use when your opponent triggers them by doing a specific action, like Attacking, Charging or Equipping.

Simil-Playmat to give an idea of how cards are placed: (nevermind Valhalla, that was an old name, it now should be "Discards")

Spoiler for Hidden:

This a not-so-old concept of mine. I love inventing games, but I never have the willpower to give them cards and study them more. I'm leaving this here so that if someone wants to make a game out of it, they can feel free. This was thought to be a (physical) TCG, but I could also see it be browser-based (expecially if you leave out Traps and any kind of Ability/Effect that you can use on your opponent's turn).
If you're actually interested in picking this up (although I doubt it), feel free to write it here or pm me, I've got a couple of insights and ideas I could share.

[Chapuz]

It looks good so far, but I see you have much more in your head than what's written.
Could you give some examples of avatars and equipments?

[Leodip]

I've got a couple of examples, although I haven't studied them much:
Avatars are made like "Name [Clan] [Class] [Attack] [Defense] [Minumum Energy]: Ability
-Tornado, the Hurricane-Caller [Wind] [Spirit] [1500] [1500]

• : Use 4 Energy: return all of the Equipments on the field to their owner's hand. Neither Avatar can be destroyed on the turn you activate this Ability.

-Weapons Bearer [Earth] [Warrior] [1000] [1800]

• : Once per turn: equip one Equipment from your deck and, if it has a cost, pay it (this Avatar must be a legal target for the Equipment you pick).

Energy Cards are made like "Name [Energy Card (this specifies that this card is an Energy Card] [Clan]: Effect
(some glossary: used means that it is discarded from the Energy Gauge for the activation or the Effect of a card)
-Cyclic Energy [Energy Card] [Neutral]: If this Energy is used: during your next turn, you can charge your Energy Gauge with an Energy Card from your deck instead of drawing during your Draw Phase.
-Burning Energy [Energy Card] [Fire]: If this Energy is used: destroy a card on the field but you cannot attack on this turn, unless this Energy was used by a Fire Avatar.
-Kinetic Energy [Energy Card] [Neutral]: When your Avatar attacks: you can use this card: increase that Avatar's Attack by 200 for each Equipment it has.

Equipments are made like "Name [Equipment (this specifies that this card is an Equipment] [Clan] [Boost]: Effect
-Shinigami's Sword [Equipment] [Darkness] [+500 Attack]: When your Avatar wins a battle: use 1 of your opponent's Energy.
-Aegis's Shield [Equipment] [Earth]: When your Avatar loses a battle: you can use 1 Energy to prevent the destruction of an Equipment due to the battle.

Instants are made like "Name [Instant (this specifies that this card is an Instant]: Effect
-Energy Back! [Instant]: Charge your Energy Gauge with up to 2 Energy Cards from your discards.
-Hidden Armory [Instant]: Equip one Equipment from your deck.

Traps are made like "Name [Trap (this specifies that this card is a Trap]: Effect
-Enemy Field [Trap]: When your opponent's Avatar attacks: it loses 500 Attack and 500 Defense until the end of your next turn.
-Heavy Weight [Trap]: When your opponent's Avatar's Defense increases and that Avatar's Defense is higher than its Attack: it cannot attack until it has an higher Defense. (Basically, you can activate it only if that Avatar's Defense increases and after that it is higher than its Attack, even if it was higher to start with)
-Energy Drain [Trap]: When your opponent charges his/her Energy Gauge: use 1 Energy: charge your Energy Gauge with the Energy Cards your opponent has just charged with.


Hope I gave an idea of what I mean.

Don't ask me about those dots with the Avatars, I don't know.ow.

[Chapuz]

Ok, I totally like it now. The card making can be a mess though, as we have to make synergies with A LOT of different equipments and weapons.
To begin, we need to define what personality will have each type of energy. Got any initial thoughts?

[Leodip]

Well, that's just what slows me down most of the times: I have the imagination to come up with a game (I actually have other 2 like this and various simple games to kill time at school), but never have the willpower to keep it and give it cards and stuff.
Said that, while I don't even know how many Classes we'll have, I've got some rough idea about the Clans, given that I'm trying to link them to their natural counterpart:
Wind has the bouncing, I can easily see stuff returning to the hand as a gust of wind moving stuff, but it can, with their strongest card, cause disasters (a tornado, for example);
Earth is the irremovable one, tons of Defense allowing great walls and then slowly building up their Attack so that they can win;
Fire is the rushiest and most Attack-centered one of them all, with great Attacks but built up on low Defenses (also, I think I will implement some concept with the "burn" theme);
Water is the calmest element I can think of, so I think it may have something for seeing the future (top cards of the deck), but, like Wind, it can get destructive at times (Tsunami);
Darkness is, instead, linked with every concept beyond the physical (as you've seen with the Shinigami's Sword), and thus bound to the theme of death and unknown.

[dragtom]

just noticed that I didn't follow yet.

I'm really interested in this,
is there any way I can help?
I'd love to see this idea transformed into a game.

[artimies7]

This is cool. I love it.

Two questions:

Can I help?
Regardless of that first one: Can noodles be feasible?

[Chapuz]

It would be cool if you post your other game ideas here in the off topic section, maybe some people will like them too

[Leodip]

just noticed that I didn't follow yet.

I'm really interested in this,
is there any way I can help?
I'd love to see this idea transformed into a game.

Nope, no way you can help. Or, to be more precise, no way you can help me with this.
I just wrote out the idea, if someone wants to use it in anyway (hell, even making it a card game to play with friends is okay, probably) they can feel free and do so. I have no knowledge to program something, the ability to draw or the willpower to create a crapton of cards (differently from Elements, this one looks like it'll need more cards to have a good variety of decks). I'm leaving this here and, if someone is interested, I can give advices here and there.

This is cool. I love it.

Two questions:

Can I help?
Regardless of that first one: Can noodles be feasible?

1.As I said, you can't help me.
2.I think so. I still don't really love noodles, tho.

It would be cool if you post your other game ideas here in the off topic section, maybe some people will like them too

That's what I'm doing: right now I'm watching some anime I left behind in a couple of days, but another one is basically ready, I only have to refine the guide a li'l bit more.