Reply: King of Tokyo:: Variants:: Re: A variant to see more cards

by riddell

nerman8r wrote:

A variant that seems obvious to me is to discard and replace a card from the selection when a round passes with no one buying cards any cards. It would work like this:

The three available cards are placed in a row next to the deck. If the card closest to the deck is purchased, simply replace it. If another card is purchased, move the card(s) closer to the deck down a spot, and place the new card next to the deck.

Whenever a full round passes without anyone buying a card, discard the card furthest from the deck, move the other cards down a spot, and place a new card next to the deck.

Hope that makes sense. It's late and I don't think my writing skills are up to my usual standard.

I kind of like the idea, but here's an issue that I can't get around. Who gets to see the new card first? If it is the same player each round then it would seem to be an unfair advantage for him. If it changes when a person takes a card then you'd have to keep track of it, which in my opinion is too fiddly for this game.