Vengent

version 2

A fast-paced card game.

Goal

Be the last player with cards left.

You win by attacking your opponent's cards now, or by "tagging" them with Curses that hurt them at the start of the next battle.

Setup

Decks: You may decide to either have a 52-card deck for each player, or randomly divide one deck between players.

Getting Started (First Battle)

Who Goes First

Both players shuffle their decks.

Both players draw one card from their deck.

The card with the highest Attack number goes first for the entire battle. Both cards are reshuffled into the deck.

If tied, redraw until there's a winner.

Draw Your Hand

Draw 3 cards for the start of battle, then draw 2 more for the round. (5 cards total for Round 1).

Running Out

If you run out of cards to draw, shuffle your discard pile and use it as your new deck.

After Win

After winning a battle, note the Attack value of your rightmost card.

Add this value to your blessing pool for the next battle.

Start of Battle (After First Battle)

Before anyone takes a turn, you must handle the Blessings and Curses from the last battle.

Every card in your hand starts with 20 Health.

1. Winner's Blessing

After winning a battle, note the Attack value of your rightmost card. Add this value to your blessing pool for the next battle.

2. Apply Curses

Curses hit your left-most card first.

If that card's health hits 0, it is discarded.

If there is still damage left, it moves to the next card.

If you lose all your cards here, you lose the game.

3. Apply Blessings

Add all your blessing pool to your right-most card's health.

4. Reset Pools

All blessing and curse values are expended. They reset to 0 for this battle.

5. New Battle Setup

Discard all remaining cards from the previous battle
Shuffle all your cards (deck + discard pile) to form a new deck
Determine who goes first (same process as first battle)
Draw your starting hand (3 cards + 2 cards = 5 total)

Each Round (Turn)

Draw Phase

Draw 2 cards at the start of your turn.

Action Phase

You must play every card in your hand. Each card does one of the following:

1. Attack

Deal damage to any enemy card you choose.

Calculation: Attack × Impact
Effect: Target card loses the calculated value of Health. If Health reaches 0, it is discarded.
After: Discard this card, draw 1 card

2. Bless

Save extra health for your next battle.

Requirement: Card must have "blessing" type
Calculation: Attack + Impact
- If face card, add 5 (total: Attack + Impact + 5)
Effect: Add result to your blessing pool
After: Discard this card, draw 1 card

3. Curse

Send "delayed" damage to hit the enemy at the start of the next battle.

Requirement: Card must have "curse" type
Calculation: Attack + Impact
- If face card, add 5 (total: Attack + Impact + 5)
Effect: Add result to enemy's curse pool
After: Discard this card, draw 1 card

4. Discard

Send a card to your discard pile and add to your blessing.

Requirement: Any card can be discarded
Calculation: Attack + Impact
- If face card, subtract 5 (total: Attack + Impact - 5)
- If calculation is less than zero, treat it as zero (-3 becomes 0)
Effect: Add result to your blessing pool
After: Discard this card, draw 1 card

Hint: Face cards are only useful for Blessing or Cursing.

Card Health: Damage persists only while a card is in your hand. If discarded and later redrawn, it returns with full 20 Health.

You cannot skip your turn.

Hand Size Growth

Battle start: 5 cards
After Round 1: 7 cards (drew 2, played 5 and drew 5)
After Round 2: 9 cards (drew 2, played 7 and drew 7)
Continues growing by 2 each round

Losing a Battle

You lose the battle when, at the end of your turn, your deck is empty AND you have no cards in hand.

You can always freely surrender and skip to the next battle. Lose the round to win the war.

Winning the Game

A Battle ends when only one player has cards left or everyone else surrenders.

The Game ends when all but one player is completely wiped out by Curses during the Start of Battle phase.

Card Values

Hint:

Red suits (Hearts/Diamonds): Face cards bless, numbered alternate
Black suits (Spades/Clubs): Face cards curse, Spades are all curses, Clubs alternate
Impact decreases: Hearts (3) > Diamonds (2) > Spades/Clubs (1)

id	suit	attack	impact	type	face
heart:jack	heart	0	4	blessing	True
heart:queen	heart	0	4	blessing	True
heart:king	heart	0	4	blessing	True
heart:ace	heart	0	4	blessing	True
heart:2	heart	2	3	blessing	False
heart:3	heart	3	3	curse	False
heart:4	heart	4	3	blessing	False
heart:5	heart	5	3	curse	False
heart:6	heart	6	3	blessing	False
heart:7	heart	7	3	curse	False
heart:8	heart	8	3	blessing	False
heart:9	heart	9	3	curse	False
heart:10	heart	10	3	blessing	False
diamond:jack	diamond	0	4	blessing	True
diamond:queen	diamond	0	4	blessing	True
diamond:king	diamond	0	4	blessing	True
diamond:ace	diamond	0	4	blessing	True
diamond:2	diamond	2	2	blessing	False
diamond:3	diamond	3	2	curse	False
diamond:4	diamond	4	2	blessing	False
diamond:5	diamond	5	2	curse	False
diamond:6	diamond	6	2	blessing	False
diamond:7	diamond	7	2	curse	False
diamond:8	diamond	8	2	blessing	False
diamond:9	diamond	9	2	curse	False
diamond:10	diamond	10	2	blessing	False
spade:jack	spade	0	4	curse	True
spade:queen	spade	0	4	curse	True
spade:king	spade	0	4	curse	True
spade:ace	spade	0	4	curse	True
spade:2	spade	2	1	curse	False
spade:3	spade	3	1	curse	False
spade:4	spade	4	1	curse	False
spade:5	spade	5	1	curse	False
spade:6	spade	6	1	curse	False
spade:7	spade	7	1	curse	False
spade:8	spade	8	1	curse	False
spade:9	spade	9	1	curse	False
spade:10	spade	10	1	curse	False
club:jack	club	0	4	curse	True
club:queen	club	0	4	curse	True
club:king	club	0	4	curse	True
club:ace	club	0	4	curse	True
club:2	club	2	1	blessing	False
club:3	club	3	1	curse	False
club:4	club	4	1	blessing	False
club:5	club	5	1	curse	False
club:6	club	6	1	blessing	False
club:7	club	7	1	curse	False
club:8	club	8	1	blessing	False
club:9	club	9	1	curse	False
club:10	club	10	1	blessing	False

Values are as given by:

import csv

cards = []

suits = ['heart', 'diamond', 'spade', 'club']
face_cards = ['jack', 'queen', 'king', 'ace']

for suit in suits:
  for face in face_cards:
    card = {}
    card['id'] = f'{suit}:{face}'
    card['face'] = True
    card['suit'] = suit
    card['impact'] = 4
    card['attack'] = 0

    if suit in ['heart', 'diamond']:
      card['type'] = 'blessing'
    else:
      card['type'] = 'curse'

    cards.append(card)
  for i in range(2, 11):
    card = {}
    card['id'] = f'{suit}:{i}'
    card['face'] = False
    card['suit'] = suit
    card['attack'] = i

    if i % 2 == 0:
      card['type'] = 'blessing'
    else:
      card['type'] = 'curse'

    if suit == 'spade':
      card['type'] = 'curse'

    if suit == 'heart':
      card['impact'] = 3
    elif suit == 'diamond':
      card['impact'] = 2
    else:
      card['impact'] = 1

    cards.append(card)

keys = [
  'id',
  'suit',
  'attack',
  'impact',
  'type',
  'face',
]

rows = []
prev_suit = False
for card in cards:
  if prev_suit != card['suit']:
    rows.append([])
    rows.append(keys)
  values = []
  for k in keys:
    values.append(card[k])
  
  prev_suit = card['suit']  
  
  rows.append(values)

with open('cards.csv', 'w', newline='') as csvfile:
  writer = csv.writer(csvfile, dialect='excel')
  for row in rows:
    writer.writerow(row)

Copyright && Licensing

Released under CC0 1.0 Universal by James Milne.

Many thanks to my tortured playtesters.

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