Hello I'm VERY excited to spoil more Dogpile stuff for you here today. Dogpile is such a treat to design for, it's very fun to come up with different gameplay effects that push players to explore new corners of the game, and change their perspective on different mechanics.
For the decks, holistically we wanted them to act as a starter-culture for the yoghurt your deck becomes (???). They are a slight nudge, or set up to take advantage of synergies. AND, primarily, they are just meant to be a bit of fun. They aren't 100% balanced, but they are made with 100% farm-to-table love.
I don't know exactly how many we will launch with, but safe to say it's well over 10.
OKAY first up we have a weird one. The Pedigree deck is actually going to start unlocked, and is going to be a "pure" stripped back version of Dogpile. It's our "Suika Mode" where you can just get in the flow, play Dogs and not worry about all the hubub of Bones, Money, Shops and Goals. Just some good old fashioned Dog Merging.
This is the mode my mum and nephew will play.
Misfits randomly gives you a bunch of bad Dogs, but sets you up to grab a few expensive Tags for free. In the full launch of the game we have a bunch of tags that synergise with Bad Traits, like Crated and Timid so this Deck is a great place to see those archetypes soar.
No more passive money gain, but Showdogs are massively buffed. Get the money flowing, lock in an econ-deck and go to the moon.
We were playing this deck yesterday and it's wild, basically you get sprees of chain drawing your whole deck and it's very fun, but sometimes you just play a single Dog and your Hand is over.
Thanks again for reading, I'll try and be back next week for more spoilers. Plz tell everyone you've ever met to wishlist our game. Love you all xxxx