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Raw scratch-pad of ideas and issues

PLAYERS:

Amorphophage Amoebas (blob w/dot)
Paramecium (oblong with cilia)
Bacteriophage Bacterium (spike ball)
Hexophage Virus
Mouth balls
Faeriephage Trolls

Traumatize
If the minimum pop is met, then a symptom can be made
If max pop reached, auto symptom
The part itself holds the symptom.
Parts have thresholds for the number of symptoms they hold. The overall health is declined and a reaction card is drawn.

Every number of symptoms brings a medical event. Causing symptoms gains causation points, and drugs are designed to target causations. Major medical events are emergency room, doctor visit, hospital admittance, chemo, &c. Minor events are over-the counter drugs, rest, &c. Events roll dice and eliminate any complete matches (dice have reflection, and eliminate perfect subsets). Minor events roll 1-3 dice, major events roll 1-3 dice

MINOR EVENT:

Roll 1-3 dice and arrange. If any virus is a total match or a subset, it is eliminated (4+ viruses are immune).

MAJOR EVENT:

Roll 2-4 dice and arrange. If any virus contains the total subset it is eliminated (1 dice viruses are immune).

On your turn you may (affects all units in one part).

Mutate
Add 1 die of code or change existing die, or change shape & lose 1 die
OR mutation special effect cards?
Lose one and replace existing die with universal take-over (red) or universal no-match (blue)?
Multiply
Lose 1 die and all present create copies. You are limited to the number of figs per shape.

OTHER EVENTS
Leader at the time gets +1 phage

Events are stacked on a symptom chart until cleared.

SCORING A FAILED PART:

Style Regular Reaction
A +1 to position +2 to position
B regular double
C regular count DOWN from top position

PARTS

Have minimum population (for traumatizing)
Have maximum population
Have entry codes
Have minimum phage sizes
Have maximum phage sizes
Have trauma tracks
Track length
Event pattern

3 pieces of information;
Pop range
Code
Size range

There are 18 parts
Start with tracks of 7 in length, 126 trauma opps.
3/7ths will be event opps (54)
1/3rd will be event/fail opps

PART MAP
v.90
Part Type SizeMin SizeMax PopMin PopMax Code Trauma
code
Backdoor 0 1 4 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Bladder 1 2 4 NP 3*NP -- 147
Blood 1,3 1 6 NP*2 Infinite -- 147
Bones 4,6 6 6 NP/2 NP/2 -- 123
Boy/girl parts 0 1 3 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Brain 1 3 5 NP 3*NP -- 147
Eye 0 1 6 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Face holes 0 1 5 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Heart 2,4 4 5 NP/2 2*NP -- 123
Kidneys 2 3 5 NP/2 2*NP -- 123
Lower I 1 1 3 NP 3*NP -- 147
Lungs 2 3 3 NP/2 2*NP -- 123
Lymphs 2 4 4 NP/2 2*NP -- 123
Muscles 3,5 5 6 NP NP -- 147
Stomach 0,3 1 2 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Throat 1 2 4 NP 3*NP -- 147
Toe 0 1 1 NP*2 Infinite -- 567
Upper I 2 2 3 NP/2 2*NP -- 123

There are 14 parts
Start with tracks of 7 in length, 98 trauma opps.
3/7ths will be event opps (42)
10 event/fail opps

PART MAP
v.91
Part Type Genome
Gate Size
Gate Trauma
Threshold Capacity Trauma
code Size
Air Bags 1 -- 3 P/2 2*P 123 3x4
Backdoor S 1-4 3-4 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4
Blood 1,1 -- 3-6 P*2 Infinite 147 4x4
Bones 4 -- 6 P/2 P/2 123 2x2
Boy/girl parts S 1-3 3 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4
Brains 1 -- 3-5 P 3*P 147 4x4
Eyeball S 1-6 3-6 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4
Face holes S 1-5 3-5 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4
Kidneys 1 -- 3-5 P/2 2*P 123 3x4
Love Pump 2 -- 4 P/2 2*P 123 3x4
Muscles 3 -- 5 P P 147 2x3
Semi-Colon 1,1 -- 3 P 3*P 147 4x4
Stoma S 1-2 3 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4
Toe S 1 3 P*2 Infinite 567 4x4

EVENT CARDS
Green
Yellow
Red
Grey

DOES THIS GAME NEED A COUNTDOWN? What is the impetus for forward movement, beyond simply scoring?

Number of chits: 1-2-4-4?

Interactions between oppo phages based on their genetic codes, positions. 1st die is genome (start part), next 3 are the conquer part…

Hard-code that blood, bone, muscle failure accellerates health decline?

Starting genome is for entry parts and turn order only? If I mutate the head on one of my phages that one particluar phage can’t get in? Or have 1 phage track for all sizes, just that longer phages use more of the code…

Map parts need a minimum size; ¼” in area per max population of a 6 player game? The phages are ½”?

Max pop Real Size (1/4) Size (1/2) Size(1) TEST
½P 3 3/4” 1 ½” 3” 2”x2”
P 6 1 ½” 3” 6” 2”x3”
2P 12 3” 6” 12” 3”x4”
3P 18 4 ½” 9” 18” 4”x4”

Make comfortable piles (of 3, 6, 12 and 18) and measure them.

PUT ALL TRAUMA TRACKS IN ONE OFF-MAP AREA?