The Jalaanx universe is dominated by 8 Immortals, demigods engaged in conflicts since the dawn of time. Alliances are made and broken every time a new war comes. The Red Moon approaches, forge a new alliance and be prepared for an epic battle. Even if a military victory is always honorable, especially for the great Goan-Sul, a hidden 9th demigod offers new ways to win the battle...
Gosu X is a combo card game in which players build up their army using the card from their deck made of 3 clans. Those clans are drafted at the start of the game, and the 2 unchosen one change the game rules ! A game is played in 3 rounds maximum.
Each round, you will:
Add cards to your Army (Troops, Heroes and Immortals) and trigger their effects.
Engage in a Great Battle. The player with the strongest Army wins a Supremacy Token.
Honor the Song for the Dead. Each player sacrifices half his army.
There are several ways to win: get 2 Supremacy Tokens OR unlock 5 Activation Tokens OR have 15 face-up cards in your Army OR reach an alternate victory condition (Goan-Sul or Justice).
- interesting idea of changing rule sets per game
- strong two-player appeal
- still unplayed beyond this discussion; evaluating balance requires play
- faction asymmetry and tactical duels
- Two-player dueling game with modular factions
- abstract/strategy-driven
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Duel mechanics — two-player head-to-head with strategic interactions
- faction selection with asymmetry — players select multiple factions which alter rules for the game
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this Ram was always full with all the things that need to happen
- open this is a very long preamble but I’m pretty excited about it
- this is my full-time job and I acknolwedge that
- I feel like I leveled up in a video game
- the project management software has templates built in to plan things out