Version 0.9.0-alpha

Version 0.9.0-alpha is out. It adds a few new cards and reworks some of the reroll cards and mechanics. The focus is on improving balance, reducing frustrating variance and increasing counterplay (and the feel of possible counterplay).

Changelog

• All dice rerolls are now between 3 and 6 (as opposed to 2 and 7), including reroll cards and Chance cards (however, the initial dice roll is still from 2 to 7).
• Interrupt window for Chance cards is now after the Chance die reroll; a player cannot self interrupt, but can reinterrupt, if the opponent interrupts.
• Turn order auction bids can go up to 12, with bids above 6, representing gold given to the opponent.
• The player that drafts second, now plays first.
• New 5 cost blessing “Warding Pyre”: “Shield Fire against damage scaling with Chance or Magic until the end of your opponent’s turn.”
• New 10 cost miracle “Time Turner”: “Both players’ HPs move towards 125 without crossing it by: 25, if on the same side of 125, 15, if on opposite sides.”
• New 5 cost relic “Castle Walls”: “Increase all shielding you do by 1.”
• New 10 cost spell “Master Cheat”: “Reroll a die and then change its value by up to 2; gain 1 gold.”
• New 10 cost spell “Stacked Odds”: “Reroll two dice and then change one of their values by up to 1; gain 1 gold.”
• Remove “No Half Measures”.
• Remove “Second Chance”.
• Remove “Calculated Risk”.
• Remove “Risk Tolerance”.
• Change “Gambling” and “Serial Gambling”: you must roll the dice.
• Change “Luck in a Bottle”: now affects rolls of 3 and 6 (instead of the now impossible 2 and 7).
• Rebalance (overall buff) “Cosmic Puppeteer”: “Change the value of a die by up to 2 and of all others by up to 1 each; gain 2 gold.”
• Nerf “Trickster God”: gain 2 gold (instead of 4).
• Nerf “Band of Thieves”: lose 2 gold (instead of 1).
• Buff “Well-Laid Plans”: affects top 6 cards (instead of top 5).
• Buff “Market Manipulation”: affects top 7 cards (instead of top 6).
• Improved a few card clarifications.