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Today in class our group made a substantial amount of progress on our card game. We spent the majority of time discussing the core mechanics of the game, and briefly talked about the design/structure. There were three main parts which we considered to be core mechanics; they were 1) Building your deck, 2) Participating in Duals, and 3) Discarding/Replenishing your deck. We believe these three elements are essential in order for the game to run smoothly and be played successfully. We also discussed a few main components of the design such as, “time cards”, “spell cards”, and “challenge cards” and how to properly balance each. We felt that the phrase “time is money” appropriately stressed the importance of time in the structure of this game.

         We decided that each group member was going to create their own “spell card” for the following class in order to help us determine how to properly balance their value. Since Francis was the original creator of the game, we mutually decided that a rough draft of the rules would be best coming from him. Our group worked extremely well together today, and we strongly believe our game is on the right path for success.