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Cheaty Mages!

Game ID: GID0065725
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Year
2008
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Description

The card game Cheaty Mages puts you in the role of a wizard who has come to watch and bet on monsters fighting in an arena. Of course, you have all of your spells to help the monsters you've bet on win (or harm the monsters fighting against yours) – but then again, so do all of the other players, too! What's more, judges line the arena during combat and if players push things too far with their cheating spells, a judge might intervene and dispel – or even eject – the fighter! Who will walk away with the largest pile of gold?

Description

The card game Cheaty Mages puts you in the role of a wizard who has come to watch and bet on monsters fighting in an arena. Of course, you have all of your spells to help the monsters you've bet on win (or harm the monsters fighting against yours) – but then again, so do all of the other players, too! What's more, judges line the arena during combat and if players push things too far with their cheating spells, a judge might intervene and dispel – or even eject – the fighter! Who will walk away with the largest pile of gold?

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Video hJuqBrJc1lY Going Analog Interview at 14:53 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Fun battle mechanic
  • Interesting influence system
Cons
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Thematic elements
  • Mage battles
  • Magical arena
  • Fantasy combat
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Arena Battles — Magical creatures fight in arena
  • Influence system — Influence different magical creatures
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Quotes (from this video)
  • It's sort of like war with actual decisions
  • It'll take two minutes
  • That was amazing. I wonder if that game is like that every time
  • It turns out that it was
  • So many card games following it have been inspired by that obviously
  • The coolest combo you can make in Mystic Veil is like here. The coolest combo you can make in Mystic Lands is like here, right? And the average is like there
  • What I made, right? Even if you didn't win, right?
  • The most unique way that I have ever encountered an engine builder
  • An unbelievably satisfying gameplay experience to destroy
  • Betting is like a way to make people care about an outcome
  • Poker is a terrible game if you're just playing it right? Uh but the second you're betting with money and you care, right?
  • Why do we root for sports teams, right? Like our the day after go Dodgers
  • The sitting back and then seeing what happens - yeah there is a really fun aspect to that
  • Train making time. When all the technology moves to a certain thing, everybody is making trains, right?
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