Of course using a ruler would lead to arguments. I think most people do not have a steady enough hand to use a ruler to measure a distance longer than half a foot accurately (and sometimes not even then). A tape measurer is what's needed. You use the models to hold it steady. If people don't think that's exact enough, then bring in the electron microscopes.

I think that there should be a rule that when measuring distance, it should always be rounded to the nearest hash mark, with one exception: if something depends on whether there are bases touching or not, then they are either touching of not.

Another thing I thought of is if you're forgoing zones altogether, rather than having a rectangular arena the battlefield could be within an elliptical stadium. Also, I think the battlefield should normally start out blank and featureless, with features being added at the start by using "terrain points", and changed/affected by spells. I agree that the different types of terrain fitting different types of creatures and schools of magic makes more sense, rather than releasing a geomancer.

Are you even allowed to do that with am android? For iPhones, the process of getting your phone to do things it's fully capable of doing but was intentionally programmed not to so that you'll have to buy a new phone sooner is called "jail breaking". Apple hates it if you jail break your iPhone. I think it goes against the user license agreement or something, although I'm not sure.

Does android have a different policy about that sort of thing? I find it a bit hard to believe, since it means you'll be even more satisfied with your phone, and therefore might be less likely to buy a newer, better model when it comes out, so you'll be paying less money.

"Good cards aren't always OP, and not every card has to suck to be balanced. What makes the Wizard so good (not the WT, btw) is the Voltaric shield, coupled with even a couple of points of armor. This, in conjunction with the birth of spells the Wizard is trained in, as well as the inherent attack spell that he can cast, makes him extremely powerful."


Oh. I think I might have misread it. You said voltaric shield, not arcane zap. Oops, my bad!

I can almost see what you mean about voltaric shield being overpowered. For only 2 mana per use, it functions much like 3 armor that also works on critical damage. However, there are two things to keep in mind that lower the power of Voltaric shield.

First of all, there's the fact that it only works against the first attack he receives during the round. Second of all, unlike Block, which prevents ALL damage from the attack for a a reveal cost of 2 (total mana cost of 4), Voltaric shield only prevents up to three damage, and you can only cast it during the upkeep, which means you have to predict whether there's a chance of taking an attack during this round that you don't want.

The fact that Voltaric shield is reusable every round as long as you have at least 2 mana doesn't seem like such a huge obstacle. There are multiple more powerful abilities that after paying their cards' mana costs, you don't have to pay mana whenever you flip the ready marker. Such as certain defenses.

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This is a fan-made parody work of Mage Wars inspired by the "Hetalia" animes. Since it is a parody, it is fair use.

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Note: Etheria: Axis Powers--the Dawnlight Compact is a separate series from my first Etheria: Axis Powers. That one's title I changed to Etheria: Axis Powers--Mini-World, and it tells the story of Etheria when it was inhabited by unruly young teenage nations (with some flashbacks from early childhood). Etheria: Axis Powers--the Dawnlight Compact shows the nations of Etheria when they are all grown up. Well, as grown up as they'll ever get, anyways. Enjoy!
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There was no question about it. Westlock knew she was beautiful. Everyone knew she was beautiful. She was also strong and healthy, both economically and militarily. She prospered, and she shined. She was so beautiful in fact, that there really was no reason for her to be spending so much time on her hair and makeup.

However...

Sortilege would always tell her that beauty was subjective, and didn't matter. And Straywood wouldn't say anything, he'd just stare at her incredulously.

Westlock sighed, and stared into her mirror, feeling mildly pathetic.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall," she sighed. "Who's the fairest of them all?"

Of course, it was just a reflection in the mirror, and it couldn't say anything. But then she noticed something odd. Her reflection was wearing Malakai robes, and Westlock knew that wasn't what she was wearing today. She was currently wearing her Asyran garments...

Realizing that he had been caught, Arraxia quickly threw a "Flameblast" at her face, cast "Steal Equipment" on her clothes, and jumped out of the mirror and then out the window of Westlock's vanity room, leaving a very angry Westlock behind. Her hair was now wreathed in flames from Arraxia's attack, giving her the appearance of a certain demon of Infernia. Then she screamed in both pain and embarrassment, and quickly cast a spell to put out the fire. She would find Arraxia and make him return her clothes--or else.

How had Arraxia gotten into her mirror anyway?

She stomped out of her palace-temple, summoned a Highland Unicorn and in one swift and graceful motion, jumped up and mounted her steed. She then leaned forward and wrapped her arms around his neck. The Unicorn's eyebrows rose sky-high.

"Oh, shut up, you know this isn't what it looks like," Westlock said, annoyed. "Would you feel more comfortable if you were wearing a saddle?

The Unicorn neighed indignantly. He was no common horse. He was a Highland Unicorn! Highland Unicorns did NOT wear saddles! He pawed the ground, and dashed off into the distance, following the trail of Arraxia's dark and burning footprints.

To be continued...

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When you say "Old school" tcg, I assume you're meaning something like MtG. The thing is, that Mage Wars can't work old school. Try new school:

You could replace range with accuracy, so spells are most accurate when targeting objects within range. Different spells would have different accuracy rolls they have to get based on how "far away" the target is and how much accuracy the spell has. Some spells and attacks would be more accurate when the target is really far away, and some would be more accurate when the target is really close.

Then you would probably want to make all damage exact, rather than relying on dice rolls.

A lot of abilities would have to be reworked though, and some cards might have to be banned from the format. Elusive would probably have to be changed to something like, "ignores changes to opposing creatures' accuracy". Charge +x could be a way of increasing the power of an attack by lowering a creature's accuracy.

Also, I think instead of shuffling the deck and drawing seven cards, players should search the deck for 2 or 3 cards at the start of the game to be their starting hand, then instead of drawing from the top of the deck, they should be able to search their deck for any card during the planning phase to add to their hand. That way the rules about quick actions and full actions would work as normal. Each player would have separate turns. Some things could be done on either your or your opponent's turn, and other things would only be able to be done on your own turn.

Only your turn: full action attack spells, attacking with creatures, placing a guard marker (the rules for guarding would also have to be reworked a bit), casting equipment, casting facedown enchantments, summoning creatures, full action conjurations.

On either turn: incantations, revealing facedown enchantments, using an activated (ready marker) ability, rolling for evasion/accuracy, counterspells, effect rolls, quick action conjurations.

Also, decking out shouldn't cause you to lose automatically if you still have cards on the playing field.

I also wonder if it might be a good idea for this format to be restricted to "Apprentice mode Lv2", except with customizable decks. So 70 spellbook points, a choice of one out of two abilities for each mage, and certain predefined stats for each mage. That way the game-length would be the same as (or at least closer to) a tcg. It would be a smaller, more portable "travel-pack" version of mage wars.

http://forum.arcanewonders.com/index.php?topic=12920.0

I think it would be an extremely difficult long term project to constantly convert every new card and mechanic to work in this "TCG" format. Perhaps the cardpool for this format should always be at least one expansion behind, so that there's more time for playtesting. And I don't think it should be called a "TCG", since it's still not collectible, even though it would be played like one in the format. TCG-style, perhaps. Maybe this version of Mage Wars could be distinguished by calling it MM, or Mini-Mages.

I'm not sure about how this idea would be received though. Perhaps by having a TCG-style version of Mage Wars alongside the regular "Full" version, it would become clearer to people that regular Mage Wars is NOT a MtG derivative, especially when they notice that the cards are so much more affordable than MtG or any TCG for that matter. And since Mage Wars is being forced to compete with games that are nothing like it, such as MtG, perhaps this would have the effect of allowing Mage Wars to compete better, while at the same time highlighting what sets regular Mage Wars apart.