A Team for the Job
The most I've ever accomplished in four days was manage to get over a particularly bad head cold. StormAlligator, on the other hand, managed to create A Team for the Job, a short card game where the goal is to have all five card classes in play at the same time before your opponent. The first to gather a complete team will be chosen by the king for a special mission!
During play, hover your mouse over a card to get a description of its abilities, and click to select it during your turn. By figuring out what card (or rather, character) to play, you can effectively block, remove, and otherwise hinder your opponent's progress. The Thief, for example, forces your opponent to discard a card, while the Witch will allow you to counter an opponent's card, but will both cost you the Witch herself and make you discard another card from your hand. Thus, it becomes a constant back and forth battle of strategy as you an your opponent struggle to thwart each other at every turn as you both try to get all five characters into play before the other. Card games like this, which go beyond the usual solitaire and poker combinations, are few and far between, and it's nice to see something new come around. The game is short enough to play a couple of rounds during breaks, but due to it's random nature, the possibilities for playthroughs are close to infinite, which is more than you can say for your boss' patience as you wile away the company's precious time.
Walkthrough Guide
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A Team for the Job strategy guide
Somewhat rapidly degenerates into a contest of who has the most witches. This isn't exactly a walkthrough, but it worked for me.
Place four cards on the table, ensuring that a) you remain at the maximum number of cards and b) your opponent remains at a lower-than-three number of cards. Kill witches when possible, and make use of the necromancer to grab the cards you need.
When you have all but one card on the table, place non-vital cards until opponent can no longer has a witch showing. If opponent plays warrior, then get back to four cards on the table, using above method.
When opponent no has a witch shoing, play your final card, and enjoy victory.
Posted by: John Harvey
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January 15, 2013 6:17 PM
After struggling to get 3 in a row, I finally got it, and then kept on, and got to 10 wins in a row. I have a few tips:
I do not recommend playing the witch, as the computer doesn't like your witches and just removes it fast with a warrior. In stead my playstile was like this:
1. First move, a thief is good. Alternatively start with a ranger (or witch if nothing else).
2. When you use warrior don't remove computer's warrior or necromancer. Try to take out his thief or ranger. Those won't hurt you when he puts them out on the field again.
3. Leave his witch for the end, and take them out before placing the last character - he will lose his cards if he counters you with a witch - and that's a good thing for you.
4. There is a lot random things that happen - so there is no foolproof strategy! That's what makes this game fun. But the computer usually use the same strategy, so use that knowledge to your advantage - and use a different strategy!
Posted by: Stephan F. Haagensen
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January 15, 2013 10:20 PM