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Phallen Cassidy: Breaking the game design "cycle" ...out from the gameplay term "cycling"

2022-10-04T20:56:44Z

Breaking the game design "cycle" ...out from the gameplay term "cycling"

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			''For the game design concept of creating batches of similar cards, see [[Cycle]]''

	'''Cycling''' is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.		'''Cycling''' is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.

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	Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].		Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].

	A '''cycle''' (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.

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	'''Cycling''' is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.		'''Cycling''' is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.

	The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.		The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards, such as {{Card\|Delving}}, are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.

	Cycling can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}, or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. It can also mean playing cards that are useless just to get them out of your hand, like playing {{Card\|Too Great And Terrible}} even when [[Gandalf]] isn't in play. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard Pile]] than in your hand.		Cycling can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}, or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. It can also mean playing cards that are useless just to get them out of your hand, like playing {{Card\|Too Great And Terrible}} even when [[Gandalf]] isn't in play. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard Pile]] than in your hand.

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	The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.		The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.

	"Cycling" can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}), or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard]] ~~pile~~ than in your hand.		Cycling can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}, or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. It can also mean playing cards that are useless just to get them out of your hand, like playing {{Card\|Too Great And Terrible}} even when [[Gandalf]] isn't in play. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard Pile]] than in your hand.

	Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].		Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].
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	Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].		Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].

	A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.		A '''cycle''' (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.

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	Cycling is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.		'''Cycling''' is an informal game term. You cycle well by efficiently playing all of the cards in your hand, or else discarding them, so you draw more cards each time you [[reconcile]] in the [[Regroup Phase]]. There are several approaches to doing so, some of which are also referred to as "cycling" in the specific case.

	The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.		The main way to cycle well is to only include cards that you'll always want to play, and make sure you're playing as many [[Shadow Alignment\|Shadow]] cards as you can in each [[Shadow Phase]]. {{C\|Moria}} is often considered a cycling Shadow [[Culture\|culture]], because it plays many cheap [[minion]]s and [[Condition\|condition]]s, and [[recur]]s {{Card\|Goblin Scimitar}} to draw many extra cards on top of that over the course of a game. If one side of your deck cycles well, it benefits the other side, too, because it means you can more quickly find key cards in your deck before they are needed. Cards that draw more cards are not generally called cycle cards, although they do help a deck cycle better.
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	A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.		A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.



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2021-12-27T20:12:11Z

hm, guess not

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	Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].		Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].

	A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that ~~spot two companions of that culture and~~ trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.		A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.

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another meaning

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	"Cycling" can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}), or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard]] pile than in your hand.		"Cycling" can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}), or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard]] pile than in your hand.

	~~Cycle~~ is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].		Cycling is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].

			A "cycle" (noun only) can also refer to a series of cards across multiple cultures with thematically-linked mechanical effects. [[Mount Doom]] has a cycle of [[Free Peoples]] [[condition]]s that spot two companions of that culture and trigger when the player loses [[Initiative]]: {{Card\|Memories of Darkness}}, {{Card\|Glimpse of Fate}}, {{Card\|Brooding on Tomorrow}}, {{Card\|Hardy Garrison}}, {{Card\|Fell Deeds Awake}}, and {{Card\|A Light In His Mind}}. This term [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cycle comes from Magic: the Gathering], where such cycles are much more common.

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	"Cycling" can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}), or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard]] pile than in your hand.		"Cycling" can also refer to the specific act of removing cards from your hand in order to draw more. This can include cards that discard cards at the same time as drawing them, like {{Card\|Ottar, Man of Laketown}} or cards with [[Muster]]. Because discarded cards are replaced in each reconcile, this can also mean intentionally discarding cards for a different benefit without immediately replacing them, as with a card like {{Card\|Gwemegil}}), or cards like {{Card\|The Shards of Narsil}} that serve as long-term storage for cards you don't need right now. Card discard can be beneficial in this way, as long as you are only discarding cards you have no current use for, or cards like that benefit you more in the [[Discard]] pile than in your hand.

	Cycle is the opposite of, and solution to, [[~~clog~~]].		Cycle is the opposite of, and solution to, [[Hand Clog]].



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