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I just got three different sets of the game (all but Cormyr) and got a good, long, first game in yesterday. I've also been reading up on it quite a bit. I am highly impressed with the game and I would love to make it my primary competitive game, with hopefully sanctioned events. And since this wishlist is general, I'm going to put all the ideas that I have and would like to see. Some of what I'll be saying has been said and I'm just voicing my support for those ideas:

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   Sanctioned Tournament Play-because of the extremely tactical, strategic, and customizable nature of the game, I could see real tournaments being held for it. Prizes could include additional sets, promos, coupons, etc. And because of its customizable nature, the game's metagame could grow to be as big as Magic: The Gathering. The nonrandom nature of the games release will also make tournament play more accessible to players of all types. Just buy the packs you want and give it a go.

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   More INT and WIS Creatures and Orders. I'm sure this will be in the works, but it sucks getting stuck with cool spells in hand without a caster. Maybe create a bit more dual ability creatures that have one Physical Ability and one Mental. Or even stronger Order Cards like Arcane Scroll that stick around (maybe some already exist and I haven't looked through them all).

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   More Treasure-like options. I think the inclusion of the Treasure tokens was really neat, despite the random nature of how many could show up. But my idea could be something like this:

   
   

   NPC Tokens-Upon revealing one, they could allow you to draw 1 Order Card, 1 Creature Card, Heal Creatures, or increase your Morale or Leadership. It would be random and only one of those. Maybe they could also be placed upon Treasure token spots so they would be backwards compatible. Maybe the whole Treasure system could be revised. Instead of multiple treasure in one spot, it is always 1 Treasure but it could do different things, like the NPC token idea mentioned above.

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   Alright, I've definitely got to jump in with some Warband ideas, as that is the meat of the game And everyone loves the people and creatures of D&D:

   
   

   Aberrations-not only is their current miniature support limited or expensive (similar to what others have said about other groups), this Warband type could tap into a part of Dungeon Command not messed with much-creature manipulation and control. I'd imagine they would often play like Blue does in MtG. Creature ideas: low level-Skum, Pseudonatural Animals, Chokers, Gricks; mid level-Cloaker, Gibbering Mouther, Neogi, Aboleth, high level-Mindflayer, Roper, Beholder, Aboleth Mage (currently running a campaign with a lot of Aberrations in it hence my long list, which could go on and would need an expansion pack to support)

   
   

   Swamp Creatures-I saw someone else post this and I highly second it. Maybe they could focus on a camoflauge or natural armor idea. Or even introduce poison attacks. Creature Ideas: low level-Lizardfolk Scouts, Bullywugs, Vipers, Vermin; mid level-hags, lizardfolk rangers and shamans, medusa; high level-black or green dragons, hydra

   
   

   Dinosaurs-not going to give a list with these, but big lizards in battle could be really cool.

   
   

   Townsfolk-as goofy to some as this may sound, I think a cool, tight band of townsfolk would be neat. The pack could focus on their resourcefulness or teamwork. Creature Ideas: low level-farmers, beggers, musicians, guards, thieves; mid level-accomplished craftsmen, nobles, traveling bards, monks, soldiers; high level-constructs, wizards, generals, guild masters, royalty. I think this sort of set could actually be done very well and even be quite interesting.

   
   

   Elementals-I love elementals and their many types. Again, their miniature support is not as common as I'd like for as often as some form of them come up in campaigns. I'm not going to list them, but there are many to choose from.

I could go on with the War-band lists and may get back on here and post some more ideas. But, this is my general wish list so far. I'm open to all criticisms or comments. I'd love to see what people think.

Another new idea I'd like to see more of.

To help mitigate some of the hand lock-up you can have from draw a hand full of one ability while your creatures are another, they need to make more cards like Arcane Scroll. But, I'd like the cards to be permanent to allow a bit more use. Maybe that would be too much. But, I imagine at least Arcance Scroll like cards for all the other ability scores.

I do think the treasure thing with random amount can be problematic and may need to be errated. Unless you're playing a scenario, the amounts should be equal for all players. Or, alter what treasure can give, as I mentioned in previous posts. I could see opening up Treasure some to allow card drawing or Leadership increase. If players are dealt the low Treasure Chests in the zone close to them, they have a lot less options to pick up. I know it takes time to pick them up, but early game is a build up phase anyway so you have time. Maybe they could even make Treasure Cards that can be picked up, who knows. Some generic that all could fine (like different weapons).

Dec 12, 2012 -- 7:27AM, DarkAngel1979 wrote:

I see it like I see multicolor decks in Magic: The Gathering: it's a deck building issue, not an issue with the game system. Making it too easy to combo cards across abilities dilutes the personality of the different abilities and makes 'mono-color' decks less attractive. If you want diversity in your abilities you should be paying a cost in consistancy. I like the Cormyr commander that lets you ditch an Order card to draw a new one, and using abilities in exchange for an extra card like Arcane Scroll is fine, but giving that ability permanently is a bad idea IMO because it makes it too easy to just jam every ability into one deck.  

I'd agree it is a similar situation to Magic and generally it comes down to deck building. The issue with Magic is they have made it too easy in recent years to play multicolor, or have even over stepped the boundaries of the color pie. But with Dungeon Command, since I've seen just with out-of-the-box games, players get stuck with so many cards they can't use at the beginning of the game or later. True, you can build your Band to only use one or two scores, though it's not as interesting as having a little variety, like an actual Adventuring party. I'm not saying they should make a lot of cards that add on ability scores, but its a largley untapped design space and is necessary to work at to allow some interesting combinations or to maybe help those bad hands (the reason they created Arcane Scroll). I don't see it as breaking the game, especially if they only go down the Arcane Scroll style route. You'd actually need three cards in hand/play to make these type of cards work anyway, as compared to the normal two (Creature with matching Ability Order), so it is still not as efficient. But, it would allow for some interesting variety that may otherwise go unusued due to the ability restricition-just don't make it too easy to add on the abilities.