Oh yeah, I love poker. My favorite is Hold'em, how unoriginal of me, but I will also play Omaha and more. So I wanted to make a game that will have poker in it.
Let me lay down for you the stages of my decisions:
I took the Texas Hold'em / Omaha play style with the 3+1+1 card reveal, because it adds tension and it divides every round into very well defined phases.
I wanted to add a twist, so the cards you have in your hand are drafted and not just received.
I needed to add a decision, why will a player choose a card that doesn't fit the board? Let's make cards have more than one thing on them. So now the cards have the regular value + suit, but also an action on them and they might give you money.
So now the game is fitted with an area control where you build an improve saloons across Texas, hence the working title.
There are quite a few open ends right now, but the game has a shape!
Here are some example cards from the modified 52 cards deck:
That's it for now, until next time design more games! Pini!