Battle Cups! -A Dice Game

combat dice such as attack and defense have different ratios ranging from critical to miss.

example:

D10:

3x 1 strike
2x 2 strike
1x 3 strike
3x Miss
1x Unblockable 1 stike

you then resolve combat much like Risk.
example: I roll "3 strike" and you roll "1 defense" 2 strike still gets through and deals damage to your cup character.

If we both roll attack then we both take full damage from our attacks.

Games are under 10 minutes and are held in 2 out of 3 matches.

that's a good question. To be honest I hadn't thought about it but I'm not against it.

Defense dice could possibly offer a higher block count to block as much as 6 strike damage but also reduce your dice count to 2 for that turn. This is all still a theory though and I'm slowly working it out.

Here's an example image: http://i60.tinypic.com/k2yfip.png

well as of right now if the rule stays that everyone rolls at the same time (that way the 3 dice rule means something because of the blind betting) then it would be only a 2 player game. If there was more then 1 player then I would do a resource management dice vs stat stituation much like I've done for my other game Zodiak Legends.

Ok I figured it out.

Each player has some crazy amount of dice (maybe they come in the cup, maybe you buy them seperate).

At the start of the round ALL players roll their dice (max: 3)and then decide what to do with their rolls.

There are 6 different faces for the dice:

Attack - Deal Damage
Defense - Defend against damage
Magic - Perform special ability
Time - Use to reroll a die
Counter - Counter a special ability
Miss: Nothing happens

Not every dice has each of these faces, some dice will have more of a certain STAT depending on your play style and cup's abilities and the level of dice you're using.

Dice levels:

These are indicated by the color of a dice and will do more of a certain STAT the higher the level.
Example: a lv. 1 black die could have 3 attack sides worth only 1 damage but a lv. 2 Red die might have 4 attack faces, 2 of which would be worth 2 damage.

Once everyone rolls their STATS they can bank what they want by setting it off to the side and then apply damage by targeting a player using a combination of dice they just rolled and dice they previously banked. This is done in turn order starting with the player who rolled the least amount of damage (in the event of a tie, the tying players will need to either flip a coin or roll to decide turn order...still working that out).

Why bank dice?
Banking dice allows you to activate your cup's special abilities. I'm also working in an overal duplicate rules for certain classes of cups.
Example: Magic cups have an ability where if you have 2 magic in a single roll then you can apply 1 damage to an opponent of your choice before battle.

Banking dice also allows you to add on to attacks or defense during battle.

Example: I rolled 2 defense dice but I don't need them. I can set them aside and use them later in another battle to help protect me.

To level up a die:
I'm still working this out but it would probably be part of the banking mechanic.
Example: If you have 3 banked defense dice then you can upgrade to a Lv. 2 defense die.

Or part of the battle mechanic.
You dealt 3 damage in 1 turn so you can level up 1 die to a lv. 2.

Personally I think I like the banking mechanic better.

Anyways that's where I'm at. Thoughts?

I was just thinking about this yesterday and I have several solutions.

1. A 20 sided die that you set to your cup's HP and rotate it down as you take damage.

2. A small HP card numbered 1-20 with a token/counter that you place on your current HP.

3. Develop a game-mat and on it have a place to track health similar to option 2.

4. I'm actually looking to design an App that can be an aid for all of my DFL Games and keep track of game's you've played and won. The app would have an aid to keep track of Health.

Thoughts?

yes, but now that I've got a semi-working prototype it's on the back burner while I prep fro PAX and my Indiegogo campaig for my 3 other games.

I was using a rock, paper, scissors mechanic but it got a little confusing so I'm thinking of either removign it or adding a "defender's choice" rule where they'll decide how to apply their own dice to attacks to help resolve rock, paper, scissors mechanic and apply damage.

I like the RPS combat because then you don't need to worry about rolling defense because things can go either way. Using RPS means I can have 3 different classes of dice (Mind, Magic, Strength) to add to the dice pool building and each die has Time, Counter, and miss on them.

If this fails then I'll change Mind to defense and go back to the original mechanic idea but I'll give Magic the ability to add a die to your rolls.