Preferred deck list format :)

[Tuism]

Having seen a whole lot of different deck lists, it has become a personal niggle of mine seeing lists that are difficult to read.



The goal of a deck list is to show people:
1) What cards are in your deck
2) How many
3) How it's structured

Below is how I personally think that should be arrived at:



Do:

1) A simple, uncomplicated format:

5 Plentiful Crops
3 Knowledge is Power

5 Donato Mancini
4 Marco Barbarigo

4 Court Order
4 Pre-emptive Strike

This way all the card names are in line, as well as the number of cards, making reading it easier.

Ordering the cards from cheapest to more expensive helps as that's how the deck builder orders the cards.

Seperating them into themes, like the above is Income, Agents, Support if you want to, can also help, depending on how you're talking about/explaining your deck.



Don't

I believe that most of the time adding in colour per card and action/agents/sites isn't necessary either as it is mostly inconsequential to playing the deck, and it's something you'll need to construct you deck - again it depends on the deck.



OK I'm just being anal here but hopefully this might help everyone - both writing lists and reading lists

Of course the above are all opinion, what do you guys think?

[thest4lker]

When I was first starting and didn't know much about deck building the thing that helped me most was looking at people's decks who had catagorized them according to type (in a nice easily readable format as Tuism described).

So the deck catagories would look something like: income/draw, control, counter, winners. I find that more helpful than site/action/agent, as an agent could be income (dama rosa), control (Mario auditore), winner (cesare), counter (Marco) etc. etc., and the same goes for actions and sites.

[Ringel]

I tried the color per card method (you can find my old posts and a variety of experiments) but it is pretty gaudy so gave it up. When I was starting, knowing the color of each card helped me track it down, so separation by color can be helpful to new players. But yes, you are being anal.

Let me add that I am much better with images, numbers, and abstraction than language. A list of names is as close to meaningless as you can get. There are even card now that I have to look up if I only know the name, and I've been playing solidly for months!

[kwunyinli]

I don't really understand what you mean in the don't section. If it is what I think it means, I don't think it is inconsequential because it helps newbies like myself find the cards quicker, which, is in fact, very helpful (especially the color).

Since these decks and their respective strategies are here to guide players unfamiliar with the decks (and possibly the game), I think it is best that they be included.

[kineahora]

May 22, 2012 18:37:49 GMT -5 kwunyinli said:

I don't really understand what you mean in the don't section. If it is what I think it means, I don't think it is inconsequential because it helps newbies like myself find the cards quicker, which, is in fact, very helpful (especially the color).

Since these decks and their respective strategies are here to guide players unfamiliar with the decks (and possibly the game), I think it is best that they be included.

Agree with KwunYin about the color. I do like Tuism's lined-up format though:

5 Court Order
5 Preemptive Strike

is much easier to read than:

Court Order x5
Preemptive Strike x5

but I see no harm in:

5 Court Order
5 Preemptive Strike
5 Scientific Espionage
(except to the opponent )

[Tuism]

May 22, 2012 18:37:49 GMT -5 kwunyinli said:

I don't really understand what you mean in the don't section. If it is what I think it means, I don't think it is inconsequential because it helps newbies like myself find the cards quicker, which, is in fact, very helpful (especially the color).

Since these decks and their respective strategies are here to guide players unfamiliar with the decks (and possibly the game), I think it is best that they be included.

Yeah I do agree Colours can be used but not garish... kineahora's colours are less *OMGMYEYES* than the other colours I've seen used.

[matavious]

The garishness is the result of:
- garish default colors in the Proboards post widget.
- inconsistent colors (each user picking their own set of colors)

If we update the drop down as follows: (webaddict.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=directory&action=display&thread=683) we could have a set of nice(r) colors for all to use.

Global Footer
<script type="text/javascript">
var colors = [
["Golden","DDDD66"],
["Black","151515"],
["Red","FF3030"],
["Blue","4169E1"],
["Purple","9966FF"],
["Green","90EE90"]
];
if(document.postForm){
var colorList = document.postForm.color;
while(colorList.options.length>1){
colorList.options[1]=null;
}
for(a=0;a<colors.length;a++){
var option = document.createElement('option');
colorList.appendChild(option);
option.value = colors[1];
option.innerHTML = colors[0];
}}
</script>



Would give us easy access to mark
Golden
Thief
Faith
Order
Media
Scholar

As a novice, I too find the colors useful.

[Tuism]

Oooh, that's a great idea, I agree. Let's look at implementing that. I'll have a look later when I have time/am in front of a computer/not at work.

[Diomedia]

sorry accidental bump