It can do basically everything any other piece can do, and a single queen can control nearly half the board all by herself. Why? Because the Queen is clearly the most powerful piece.

They’ll pick 15 Queens and a King, and maaaybe throw a few knights in there. But what if I told you that I could make Chess even better? Introducing – SUPER CHESS! It’s just like normal chess, but instead of each player having the exact same pieces in the same arrangement every time, every player has a different set of pieces, and they can arrange them however they want! You want an entire row of Bishops? Go for it! How about alternating squares of knights and rooks? Knock yourself out! Every game will be unique, because every player will pick their own, personal, unique arrangement of…. You already knew that, because Chess is one of the most popular games in the world, has been around for hundreds of years, and you saw the Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. In today’s episode we will take a look at one of the most fundamental pitfalls in TCG design – the Queens problem. In this series I will be examining the design of these games, examining the challenges that come with them, and the solutions that different games have come up with. Trading card games are a genre that is near and dear to my heart, but they are also one of the most difficult types of tabletop games to design, right next to legacy games and tabletop RPGs. Today is the first in a new series on this channel – TCG Design academy. What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games.

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