No, it is not a picture of David Carradine
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
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I own a couple of collections of CCGs, but they're long dead and I thought a really good way of getting them played would be a cube draft. Except I don't know what one is or how it works.
I think it's sort of like 7 Wonders where you pass hands of cards around and choose to play cards from those.
Right? Wrong?
Can someone explain it to me. Like you might explain it to a smart dog, say a Border Collie or something.
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Andy Beaton
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
I have a cunning plan
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http://www.timecube.com/
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No, it is not a picture of David Carradine
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
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aiabx wrote:
That was at the same time frightening, amusing, and singularly unhelpful.
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Steve Herron
United States
Johnson City
Tennessee
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It's when one cube stays on the rear of another cube to save gas in the race.
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Andy Stout
United States
La Jolla
CA
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Okay, so a normal Booster Draft is when each player has some unopened booster packs in front of them (three is the standard for Magic), and then each player simultaneously opens a booster, takes a card out of it, and then passes the rest to the left (then right, then left for the second and third boosters). At the end of the draft, you make decks from the cards you drafted and play each other.
A Cube Draft is the same, except that instead of using sealed booster packs, you make "fake" booster packs by shuffling up a big stack (Cube) of cards. You can either try to replicate original boosters as much as possible, with a common stack, and uncommon stack, and a rare stack and using the right frequencies or whatever; or you can use one of each card and shuffle it all together; or you can pick and choose cards to your liking to add to your Cube. The standard Cube for Magic is a collection of one of each of the best cards ever printed.
Be warned that not all CCGs are equally amenable to booster drafts.
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No, it is not a picture of David Carradine
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
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At last, someone who isn't warming up for a stint on Saturday Night Live.
When you say someone takes a card (from either real or fake boosters), do they get to look at the cards and choose, or do they have to draw at random?
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James Perry
United States
Oakland
Tennessee
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Cube Drafts are a variation off of the Magic sealed pack drafts.
A cube is a collection of cards which have been selected because they create a balanced limited format.
From the cube each player selects a random assortment of cards (usually 15 in the case of a MTG draft) to emulate a "pack" of cards.
From these cards you select one to keep and pass the rest to the next player. Continuing until you have drafted 15 cards to keep.
Repeat the above process three times alternating the direction you pass for each "pack".
Once you have 45 cards that you have selected to keep, you then build a deck using only those cards (typically you do not use all of them). In the case of MTG you can add basic land cards to your deck, in the case of other games it varies, but usually basic resources are added after the draft.
You then play the ccg using the deck you have built.
Typically you would do this with 8 players, but fewer numbers work with varying degrees of success.
****Sorry I couldn't do it with only one syllable words  ****
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Max Way
Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
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HarlemMimeSchool wrote: When you say someone takes a card (from either real or fake boosters), do they get to look at the cards and choose, or do they have to draw at random?
You get to look at the cards and choose 1.
Edit: Essentially, the Cube draft allows you to play two games in one.
First, you draft. The draft is like 7 Wonders, but instead of immediately playing the cards you draft, you put the cards into your deck.
Then, when drafting is done, you play games vs. your opponents with your deck.
To use a terrible analogy, it's a bit like 7 Wonders crossed with Dominion.
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Karl Keddington
United States
Houston
Texas
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Intro from Cubedrafting.com
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No, it is not a picture of David Carradine
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
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Wicked_K wrote:
Yeah I read that and the article it links to but neither actually explained what 'the cube' was or how they are used.
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Jonathan Harrison
United States
Fisher
Illinois
South Quarter Independent Games
Firp! ding! blast!
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Redgar wrote: HarlemMimeSchool wrote: When you say someone takes a card (from either real or fake boosters), do they get to look at the cards and choose, or do they have to draw at random? You get to look at the cards and choose 1. Edit: Essentially, the Cube draft allows you to play two games in one. First, you draft. The draft is like 7 Wonders, but instead of immediately playing the cards you draft, you put the cards into your deck. Then, when drafting is done, you play games vs. your opponents with your deck. To use a terrible analogy, it's a bit like 7 Wonders crossed with Dominion.
I have wondered this forever, but just haven't taken the time to post asking about it. Thanks for explaining.
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