Brendan shares his thoughts about what makes deck-building games fun or interesting. Join us, won’t you?
* Previous episodes: + Pick Up & Deliver 015: Deck Construction + Pick Up & Deliver 239: Duel – Valley of the Kings vs Arctic Scavengers + Pick Up & Deliver 246: My top games for the 10 additional mechanisms Kris Hickman suggested (part 3) + Pick Up & Deliver 267: Gentle Conflict Mechanisms, part 2 + Pick Up & Deliver 407: Combos * Deck construction vs deck building * 1. Variety in setup or variety in player choice + Static market setup - Dominion - Arctic Scavengers - Aeon’s End + River market setup - Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - Ascension - Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game * 2. Gimmicks / Innovations + Brawl: Arctic Scavengers + Shared reserve: The Big Book of Madness + Deck de-construction: Valley of the Kings, Dale of Merchants + Board manipulation: A Few Acres of Snow, Clank! + with Worker Placement: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune: Imperium + Don’t shuffle: Aeon’s End + Evolving Static Market: The Quest for El Dorado * 3. Varying Amounts of Randomness and Control + Dominion + Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle * 4. Eyes Bigger Than Your Stomach + The Quest for El Dorado + Clank!

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