Friday, March 15, 2013

About the Game: Scenarios

Solo Bound Female would be too easy without something to complicate things.  This is where the scenario deck comes into play.  It consists of people and obstacles that will impede your characters progress.  And just like the character card for the character deck, scenario decks each need... you guessed it.  A scenario card.

Scenario cards tell you how much progress you need in order to win the game.  They also include some starting and/or in game conditions that are sure to challenge your character in her struggles to get free.  For some examples of scenario cards, check out the image below.

The front and back of the scenario card Tentacle Difficulties (art by Zarathul).
This card is a fairly typical type of scenario card.  It has a starting condition and an in-game condition.  This one causes your character to run into supernatural things a bit more often.  Of course, it only works well if you build the scenario deck to compliment.  Namely by including a considerable number of supernatural cards and cash in on the reduced cost.  Or you can pick one or two so that the starting condition is guaranteed to get you what you're looking for.  That's all part of the strategy.

Regardless of how you decide to use a particular scenario card, your going to need to build a deck for it.  We'll start with that next time by looking at some complications for your character in the form of trouble cards.

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