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So I recently outed myself on BGG as someone who doesn't like negotiation games (http://boardgamegeek.com/article/15756181#15756181) and, of course, after mulling this topic over for some time I thought of a game concept in which negaotiation might appeal more to me. I generally think of negotiation games being about a power struggle but what if it was instead about survival? The example I'm thinking of is a game where the players are a group of predator animals that are stalking a herd of prey animals which is made up of different species.

It has been our pleasure to be your game manufacturer over the past nearly 5 years. We want to support you in everything we do. We’re constantly refining our processes, upgrading our raw materials, and equipment, and as a result our costs increase. After careful analysis we found we’ve been losing money on several items. In order to stay in business for another five years, we unfortunately find ourselves in the difficult position of raising prices on some of our printed components.

I have a pretty good idea on how the "bait" mechanic will work. It's pretty simple and it goes something like this:

• Each Hero has a Dexterity which gives him the number of rooms he can move through on his turn.
• If a NEW tile needs to be placed in order to move, the Hero must roll the custom dice: 3x blank, 1 Event, 1 Encounter and 1 Relic.
• If the roll is NOT a blank, the Hero must STOP in that room - even if he still has remaining moves.

The two (2) types of occurrences each have a "bait" meaning also:

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve built a new auction system that we’ll use to auction off specialty items, rewards, and services from time to time. However, these aren’t regular auctions, in these auctions you’ll be bidding with Crafter Points.

I remember all the cards from ccg's, LCG's and just plain card games that were never used due to building a "killer" deck.

So years ago I developed what was termed the "Generic" card game

The basic rules are simple:
Add the number of basic colors (not shades) to any numbers printed on the card and that is the cards strength.

Play with "war" rules, highest card wins, one with most tricks taken when you run out of cards is the winner.

The advanced rules require a calculator and creativity.

black x1 number total
brown x2
red x3
orange x4
yellow x5
green x6
blue x7