Pentagram: an alternative win condition
Jul 19, 2019 2:43:45 GMT -6
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Post by Arcanis on Jul 19, 2019 2:43:45 GMT -6
This is a concept that is taken from a casual format for the Magic: the Gathering card game for groups of five players called 'Pentagram'.
Each player has an army of a single colour. Any player wins the game when the two players of 'enemy' colours are out of the game, as indicated by the colour pie.
You can decide if a player is 'out' when they lose their planeswalker or if they have to lose all their units.
The idea is that each player is allied with two others and pitted against two others, but no combination is the same so that, for example, you may team with a player to take on another but have to defend someone from that same player. It also allows for players to win even if they are already out of the game and for multiple players to win so overall the game includes all the players for as long as possible rather than players being eliminated until there are two left. (No more hanging around for the last two players to get on and finish the game while everyone else is bored!)
Each player has an army of a single colour. Any player wins the game when the two players of 'enemy' colours are out of the game, as indicated by the colour pie.
You can decide if a player is 'out' when they lose their planeswalker or if they have to lose all their units.
| COLOUR | ENEMY COLOURS |
 |  and  |
 | and  |
| and |
| and |
| and |
The idea is that each player is allied with two others and pitted against two others, but no combination is the same so that, for example, you may team with a player to take on another but have to defend someone from that same player. It also allows for players to win even if they are already out of the game and for multiple players to win so overall the game includes all the players for as long as possible rather than players being eliminated until there are two left. (No more hanging around for the last two players to get on and finish the game while everyone else is bored!)
