Atari card game idea

[+KaeruYojimbo]

The Adventure board game thread inspired me to share an idea I had for an Atari-based card game and see if anyone else out there thought it had any legs.

 

There are 2 decks of cards. One of Atari 2600 games or non-copyright-infringing parodies ("A.I.: The Alien Intelligence") and one of various events including ways to earn or lose money and opportunities to buy and sell games. Some examples:

 

Auction: Turn over the top game card and players take turns bidding on it. Highest bid gets the game.

Thrift Store: Turn over the top 5-10 game cards. Players take turns buying the games they want for $1 each.

Game Store: Same as Thrift Store but games cost Full Market Value printed on card.

Online Ad: Turn over the top 10 game cards. Player can either buy all 10 games for a set price or pass, giving the next player the chance to buy.

 

etc.

 

The games have point values and the winner is the first player to reach a set score. Only unique games would count towards a player's score (so you couldn't win with a bunch of copies of Pac-Man and Frogger)

[4ever2600]

Funny!  Like the idea.  Creative,  yet true to life. Lol

[MrTrust]

Sounds a bit like the card game Modern Art.  Never played it myself, but it was very popular in the early days of the tabletop "renaissance" of the last decade.

 

I like the idea.  I feel like board and card games would actually work better as a theme, because you could periodically have reprints of certain games come out that destroy the value of your prized games (as in real life), and add some tension to the game.