The Book of Shipping Containers Terrain Tutorial

[tcglkn]

I was just throwing out suggestions. I thought these wouldn't get released unless they had cards drafted and designed so this would need at least one power.

[A3n]

What you guys don't realise yet is what those matchsticks are doing . That is the really cool part of these. Hopefully you will see it when I can get the other photos up.

The 2x3.2mm matchsticks on the bottom line up perfect between the 1st & 2nd hexes & the 4th & 5th hexes, keeping the container in it's place perfectly aligned. Then the 4 half sized ones on the top allow for stacking them so they are also kept perfectly aligned & in place. It really is ingenious if I do say so myself .

As for the DO idea. If somebody wants to take them that way they can. I am providing them as part of our Terrain Makers group so they can certainly be made into DOs in the future if somebody cares enough to do so, but it won't be me.

Cheers

[tcglkn]

I was wondering what the point of those were. That's brilliant A3n.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by Griffin

Hahma, it is nice to have a like-minded ally, even if it is likely temporary.

Yeah well, I think we can agree on some things for sure. Though I'm sure we'll be on opposite sides of the fence at other times.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by A3n

Then the 4 half sized ones on the top allow for stacking them so they are also kept perfectly aligned & in place. It really is ingenious if I do say so myself .

Cheers

Well I'll say so myself as well. Ingenious!

[Griffin]

I didn't read the tutorial all the way through. I thought they were rubber bands at a glance.

Tickle, if a glyph is placed on the space below the container after it is destroyed, who places it and on what space? Also, what if they are stacked? Does the destroyed container on top place its glyph on the container below, and what happens when that container is destroyed? what happens to the figures and glyphs on top of it? What happens to all the containers, figures, and glyphs above when a container on the bottom is destroyed?

I am not trying to poke holes or anything. I am just giving you a list of concerns I have that any designer would need to address if they wanted to create a DO for these things.

My idea for the Locked Chest and Treasure Chest is roughly something like:

LOCKED CHEST
Destructible Object

Life - 4
Defense - 4

Sealed Shut
When this Locked Chest is destroyed, open it. It is now a Treasure Chest.

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TREASURE CHEST
Destructible Object

Hidden Treasure
At the start of the game, place 4 randomly chosen Equipment Glyphs power side down on this card. When your Unique Hero ends its move on an empty space adjacent to this Treasure Chest, you may reveal one Equipment Glyph from this card at random and place it on that figures army card if possible, or place it on the space occupied by the figure.



So I think that is different enough to where you could design something unique for this Container if you want.

[tcglkn]

That's a cool design, Griffin. I hadn't really thought all that out because it was just one random idea I had as an example to Hahma.

[Griffin]

I know, and I am sorry if I wasn't clear that I was trying to encourage your idea rather than berate it or be a stone wall.

Sometimes simplicity is nice, and sometimes we just have to spread our wings and fly. Man that sounds cheesy but you know what I mean.

[tcglkn]

We could do something like this.

TRASH OR TREASURE
At the start of the game, place 2 randomly chosen Equipment Glyphs power side down on this card. When this Shipping Container is destroyed by a normal adjacent attack from a Unique Hero, you may reveal one Equipment Glyph from this card at random and place it on that figures army card if possible, or place it on the space occupied by the figure.

Stealing some of the text from your power.

[Griffin]

Yeah, I think that could work, but why not just make it a single Equipment Glyph chosen at random and a Glyph of Loot on the card as well. Then players have the real option of choosing trash or treasure, or trap even.

Honestly, I think you could just call the power "MYSTERY BOX" and place a single E-glyph at random on the card power down at the start of the game.

[IAmBatman]

Man, I was really thinking "wouldn't it be nice to have something C3G on the battlefield that I didn't have to print out a card for ..." but now you guys are selling me on these cool ways to get more Equipment Glyphs into my games.

[tcglkn]

TRASH OR TREASURE
At the start of the game, place 1 randomly chosen Equipment Glyph and the Glyph of Loot power side down on this card. When this Shipping Container is destroyed by a normal adjacent attack from a Unique Hero, you may reveal one Equipment Glyph from this card at random and place it on that figures army card if possible, or place it on the space occupied by the figure.

Taking Griffin's suggestion here.

This might fit well in a that Streets of Gotham booster.