Again, it's for my space rally game.
Let say I place on some cards various events that can occur in a ship. I have 2 ways to play these event cards, which method would you recommand:
The Random Method
Mix these bad event cards with other card. Each player draw a card a the beginning of their turn. If it is a bad event, it occurs immediately on the person who drawn the card or to the left or right player(can be also specified on the card).
The Targetted method
The players keep their cards in their hand and they can play their event on any player they want unless the cards specifies otherwise. An altenative can be made by indicating specific moments when the card can be played to limit abuses.
The targetted method has the disadvantage that it will always be the strongest players that will receive all the bad event. It is somewhat illogical, but in matter of game play, it is cool since you can hinder the leader even if you are really weak. While with the random method, all ship have the same probabilities of being targetted by a bad event.
Personally, I like the targetted method. What do you think?
Thanks for the information, I really like the alternatives you have proposed.