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Game Design Deep Dive: Trading and Collectible Card Games book cover

1st Edition

Game Design Deep Dive Trading and Collectible Card Games

By Joshua Bycer Copyright 2023
162 Pages 112 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

162 Pages 112 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

162 Pages 112 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press
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In Game Design Deep Dive: Trading and Collectible Card Games , game design analyst Joshua Bycer is back to discuss the deck-building genre, from the original success of Magic: The Gathering to today’s market with online card games like Hearthstone and Gwent . The design and philosophy of deck builders and tabletop games can be and have been applied to many genres. Looks at the history... Read more

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Social Media Contacts

Additional Books

  1. What is the Goal of Game Design Deep Dive Deck Builders?

1.      Introduction

2.      What is this book about?

  1. The Major Names of TCG
    1. Magic: The Gathering
    2. Pokémon the Trading Card Game
    3. Yu-Gi-Oh!
    4. Where are TCGs Today?
  1. What is TCG Design
    1. The General Structure of Play
    2. Low Number Design Philosophy
    3. Creating Card Dynamics
    4. The Popularity of Deck Builders
    5. The Mind Games of Cards
    6. How to Start Building a TCG/CCG
  1. The Arrival of CCGs
    1. CCG vs. TCG
    2. Hearthstone
    3. Shadowverse
    4. Gwent
    5. A Brief History of CCGs
  1. How Monetization Works
    1. Microtransactions
    2. Boosters and Expansions
    3. The Second-Hand Market
    4. The Logistics of TCGs
  1. Designing Cards
    1. The Basic Template
    2. Creating Keywords
    3. Kinds of Cards
    4. The Impact of Rarity
    5. Creating Expansion Sets
    6. Be Creative
  1. How TCGS/CCGs Influenced Game Design
    1. Deck Builders and Roguelikes
    2. Customization and Decks
    3. The Limitations of Card-Based Design
  1. Balancing The Present and Future of Your Game
    1. Designing Decks
    2. Resource Systems
    3. Designing Exclusive Powers
    4. The Balancing Act of Card Design
    5. The Deck Builder Design Differences
    6. Long-Term Support
    7. Banning Cards
  1. The Work Outside the Game
    1. A Development Checklist
    2. What are Formats
    3. Battling the Meta
    4. Quality of Life Design
  1. The TCG/CCG Market

1.      The Pros and Cons of Making a TCG/CCG

2.      The Impact of a Digital Market

  1. Conclusion

Biography

Joshua Bycer is a Game Design Analyst with over a decade of experience writing for major sites, doing YouTube, and the author of the Game Design Deep Dive series. In that time through Game-Wisdom.com, he has interviewed hundreds of game developers and members of the industry about what it means to design video games.

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