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4 years ago [9:18 PM] Alice: Soulbinder plays with these themes a lot actually [9:18 PM] Alice: And is IMO one of our strongest classes for it [9:18 PM] Alice: In terms of gameplay, we see this emerging a bit with stuff like deliberately baiting attacks of opportunity, or using Treat on your enemies
9:13 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: I forget where I read it, but there was an MtG writeup where they talked about things their players liked [9:14 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: and one of the major ones was "turning a downside into a positive" [9:14 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: which changed how they viewed things like sacrifices [9:14 PM] Alice: Sounds like a Johnny sort of thing :stuck_out_tongue: [9:14 PM] Alice: I agree with that appeal though [9:14 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: So, early on, sacrificing things was always viewed as a negative [9:14 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: from the designer standpoint [9:14 PM] Alice: Or discarding cards [9:15 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: later on they learned that not only can it be a good thing tactically, but people really liked making it a good thing [9:15 PM] Arseface: Simulationist Grognard: and they built systems to take advantage of that, while also accounting for the potential positives