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Collaborative Card Game Design: Exploring Supply Chain Mechanics and Resource Management

Join us for an engaging workshop where groups of six will create unique card games based on various themes, including oil, gemstones, metals, and futuristic components. Each group will design a simple card game with specific resource quantities represented on the cards. After playing and testing these mini-games, we will combine them into one mega-game. Participants will act as Traders, Miners, and Manufacturers to understand the dynamics of supply chains in game design. Let’s enhance our communication skills and tackle design challenges together!

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Collaborative Card Game Design: Exploring Supply Chain Mechanics and Resource Management

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  1. Supply Chain • Stone Librande • Creative Director, EA/Maxis

  2. Mini-Games • Divide up into tables of 6 people each. • Each group will make a simple card game. • Different groups will be making different games. • Details about each game will given at the table.

  3. Card Themes : Oil and other fuel sources. : Diamonds and other precious gems. : Metals and other structural materials. : “Futurium” and other high-tech components. The numbers on the cards represent the quantity of that resource. Ace of Clubs = 1 unit of metal, 4 of Hearts = 4 units of futurium, etc. 

  4. Tomorrow Morning • Meet back here tomorrow at 10:00. • Tomorrow we will join these mini-games together into one mega-game!

  5. Day 2 • Regroup and continue playing yesterday's game • Remember, these are mini-games. • You are making WarioWare type games, not Risk. • You have about 30 minutes to iterate on your design.

  6. Card Themes : Oil and other fuel sources. : Diamonds and other precious gems. : Metals and other structural materials. : “Futurium” and other high-tech components. The numbers on the cards represent the quantity of that resource. Ace of Clubs = 1 unit of metal, 4 of Hearts = 4 units of futurium, etc. 

  7. Traders • Nominate one person from each table to be a Trader. • Traders travel back and forth between Miners and Manufacturers. • Buy from Miners at $1 per card point. • For example, the 5 of Clubs costs $5. • Auction your cards to Manufacturers for whatever you can get. • If you were a Miner, you can only buy from your table. • If you were a Manufacturer, you can only sell to your table.

  8. Play Session #1 • Miners extract cards and sell them to Traders. • Traders buy cards from Miners and auction them to Manufacturers. • Manufacturers try to build goods and sell them at list price. • The game lasts 15 minutes. • The 3 players (1 Miner, 1 Trader, 1 Manufacturer) with the most money win!

  9. Regroup • Traders, return to your original groups. • What did you like? • What went wrong? • Iterate based on play test results.

  10. Card Themes : Oil and other fuel sources. : Diamonds and other precious gems. : Metals and other structural materials. : “Futurium” and other high-tech components. The numbers on the cards represent the quantity of that resource. Ace of Clubs = 1 unit of metal, 4 of Hearts = 4 units of futurium, etc. 

  11. Play Session #2 • Nominate a new Trader from each table. • Nominate someone as a “business liaison”. • One Miner from each table switches places with one Manufacturer from another table. • Play again for 15 minutes.

  12. Wrap Up • Does this type of “departmental design” seem familiar to any of you? • Big games need several teams of designers.

  13. Wrap Up • Does this type of “departmental design” seem familiar to any of you? • Big games need several teams of designers. • How could we enhance communication to make Supply Chain easier to design?

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