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I see that there is a 2 vs. 2 game, but what about a 3 player game? Does anyone have any good rules for that?
I see that there is a 2 vs. 2 game, but what about a 3 player game? Does anyone have any good rules for that?
Discussion 3 Player Game
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RE: 3 Player game rules?
There is no official format for 3-way Pokemon games, "every man for himself" style at this time. The TCG mechanics are essentially drawn from the video games, which doesn't support something like that. However, I suppose it's possible if you want to play something like that just for fun. Magic: The Gathering's rules for multiplayer games would be a good place to start.
There is no official format for 3-way Pokemon games, "every man for himself" style at this time. The TCG mechanics are essentially drawn from the video games, which doesn't support something like that. However, I suppose it's possible if you want to play something like that just for fun. Magic: The Gathering's rules for multiplayer games would be a good place to start.
It's a cool idea, but it's not nearly as fun as it sounds. Trust me, I've tried it.
My friends and i have done a pretty interesting 3 player system. Everything is rather standard. start with 7 cards, 1 active, 6 prize cards, 5 bench max. The game starts with a high roll goes first, and the turn order is clockwise. The added rule to the game was how attacks are made. The game starts as the players attack in a clock wise direction only. Meaning that i can only attack the person left of me. However, as soon as a pokemon gets knocked out. The attack direction reverse into a counter clockwise. Meaning that i can only attack the person to the right of me. This keeps things interesting is that if one player is doing well, it means the more the other 2 players are able to attack them more often. While the players who are not doing as well, get targeted less often.
Its rather complex, but pretty fun to play if you have 3 players.
Its rather complex, but pretty fun to play if you have 3 players.
Ivy_Profen said:
I've played three players and I play the same except for the knock out then reverse the rotation. Also, I use poison and burn only when it's coming in and out of your turn.
What we are currently doing is this: Drawing 9 cards, 2 active pokemon, and 4 benched pokemon. You are allowed to attack either player, but you can not "gang" up on one of their actives. So essentially you could attack both players, or just one, but no two pokemon can attack the same active pokemon.
I was just trying to figure out a different/better way. thank you for your input though, I will try this other way to see if it works for us.
I was just trying to figure out a different/better way. thank you for your input though, I will try this other way to see if it works for us.
GadgetJax
Traveling Storyteller and Card Faker
grantm1999 said:
Agreed. It makes an already pretty unbalanced game (with all the OP EX's) even more unbalanced. "Ganging Up" is just too difficult to manage, and effects that take place between turns get even more ludicrous. Hypnotoxic Laser Virbank means that you can place 9 damage counters by the time your turn comes again. This also makes things like Serperior much more powerful, but not in a good way.
RE: 3 Player game rules?
What are the rules for MTG Three way?
My Little Keldeo said:
What are the rules for MTG Three way?
Ok, I've written the rules for a three player battle that has been tested a few times and seems fair.
Everybody makes a 60 card deck like usual, the only change to the rules of making a deck is you need at least two basic pokemon instead of one.
determine who is going first randomly, and play continues clockwise.
In your starting hand, you must have at least two basics. If you don't have any, you reshuffle and both opponents draw an extra card (assuming they have basic pokemon). If you have only one basic, you may either reshuffle your whole hand, giving each opponent a card, or play the single basic in front of one of your opponents and reshuffle the rest, drawing 6 cards in your new hand. The opponent you played the basic in front of doesn't draw a card but the other opponent can.
Once everybody has two active pokemon, one facing each opponent, and benched basics are played down, flip over all cards. You may only have 4 pokemon on your bench
In this game you will always have two active pokemon, one for each opponent. Your active pokemon facing opponent 1 cannot attack or affect opponent 2 in any way, including abilities. If a benched pokemon has an ability that would affect another player, you select one opponent for it to effect. If the ability affects all players (for example, Vileplumes ability that says no item cards can be played) it still affects everybody.
On your turn, you may draw one card or two cards. You may attach up to two basic energy or one special energy from your hand in one turn, but you must attach them to different pokemon.
After attaching energys and playing trainers and whatnot, the attacking part of your turn begins. You may attack with both of your active pokemon or just one or none. The pokemon facing opponent 1 attacks opponent 1's active pokemon, and the same for opponent 2.
You can retreat either active pokemon to the bench by paying their retreat cost. Or you can switch your two active pokemon with each other by paying both of their retreat costs. The rule about only retreating once per turn is altered slightly, you can retreat twice per turn, but you can't retreat a pokemon then retreat the pokemon that replaced it. Once a pokemon is placed in front of an opponent, it can't retreat again.
Switch cards can be used to either switch both active pokemon with each other, or one active pokemon with a benched pokemon. Cards that force your opponent to switch cannot be used to switch the opponents two active pokemon, and must switch one on the bench.
This format doesn't use prize cards, but rather each player has 6 K.O. points (just use a die or tokens to symbolize this) Every time your pokemon is knocked out, you lose one K.O. point. If you are out of K.O. points, you are defeated. (more on this later). the player who knocked out your pokemon draws the top card of their deck as a "prize card".
If you run out of cards in the deck you continue playing, but obviously your game is seriously hindered because you are stuck with the cards you have and cannot draw any more. (I'm still iffy on this rule, if people could test it both ways and reply, that would be helpful!)
If your active pokemon is knocked out and you have no pokemon on the bench to replace it, you do not lose immediately. Immediately begin flipping over the top card of your deck and discarding it until you get a basic, this basic is your new active pokemon.
If you cannot have two active pokemon, because you ran out and your deck is discarded, you are out. If you run out of K.O. points, you are out.
If a player is out, the remaining players choose one of their active pokemon to go to the bench, the other remains as their active pokemon. Continue battling with standard rules, excepting conditions of victory, until one player runs out of K.O. points.
That's what I've got, sorry if it is a bit complicated. If anyone can find a way to reduce teaming up on one player in this playstile, do tell!
Everybody makes a 60 card deck like usual, the only change to the rules of making a deck is you need at least two basic pokemon instead of one.
determine who is going first randomly, and play continues clockwise.
In your starting hand, you must have at least two basics. If you don't have any, you reshuffle and both opponents draw an extra card (assuming they have basic pokemon). If you have only one basic, you may either reshuffle your whole hand, giving each opponent a card, or play the single basic in front of one of your opponents and reshuffle the rest, drawing 6 cards in your new hand. The opponent you played the basic in front of doesn't draw a card but the other opponent can.
Once everybody has two active pokemon, one facing each opponent, and benched basics are played down, flip over all cards. You may only have 4 pokemon on your bench
In this game you will always have two active pokemon, one for each opponent. Your active pokemon facing opponent 1 cannot attack or affect opponent 2 in any way, including abilities. If a benched pokemon has an ability that would affect another player, you select one opponent for it to effect. If the ability affects all players (for example, Vileplumes ability that says no item cards can be played) it still affects everybody.
On your turn, you may draw one card or two cards. You may attach up to two basic energy or one special energy from your hand in one turn, but you must attach them to different pokemon.
After attaching energys and playing trainers and whatnot, the attacking part of your turn begins. You may attack with both of your active pokemon or just one or none. The pokemon facing opponent 1 attacks opponent 1's active pokemon, and the same for opponent 2.
You can retreat either active pokemon to the bench by paying their retreat cost. Or you can switch your two active pokemon with each other by paying both of their retreat costs. The rule about only retreating once per turn is altered slightly, you can retreat twice per turn, but you can't retreat a pokemon then retreat the pokemon that replaced it. Once a pokemon is placed in front of an opponent, it can't retreat again.
Switch cards can be used to either switch both active pokemon with each other, or one active pokemon with a benched pokemon. Cards that force your opponent to switch cannot be used to switch the opponents two active pokemon, and must switch one on the bench.
This format doesn't use prize cards, but rather each player has 6 K.O. points (just use a die or tokens to symbolize this) Every time your pokemon is knocked out, you lose one K.O. point. If you are out of K.O. points, you are defeated. (more on this later). the player who knocked out your pokemon draws the top card of their deck as a "prize card".
If you run out of cards in the deck you continue playing, but obviously your game is seriously hindered because you are stuck with the cards you have and cannot draw any more. (I'm still iffy on this rule, if people could test it both ways and reply, that would be helpful!)
If your active pokemon is knocked out and you have no pokemon on the bench to replace it, you do not lose immediately. Immediately begin flipping over the top card of your deck and discarding it until you get a basic, this basic is your new active pokemon.
If you cannot have two active pokemon, because you ran out and your deck is discarded, you are out. If you run out of K.O. points, you are out.
If a player is out, the remaining players choose one of their active pokemon to go to the bench, the other remains as their active pokemon. Continue battling with standard rules, excepting conditions of victory, until one player runs out of K.O. points.
That's what I've got, sorry if it is a bit complicated. If anyone can find a way to reduce teaming up on one player in this playstile, do tell!