What books are worth reading for the right balance of power in a dnd-like card game?

Question

Mathematics

Good day, Toaster!
I have been thinking for a long time about creating my own collectible card game: with simple rules, heroes and simple mathematics. But when creating, I don’t want to start only from my empirical feelings: they say, this card should be given +2 to attack, because it has -1 to armor. I want to get away from math.
Therefore, the question arose: how to correctly calculate the cost of cards in the game, because they have so many different characteristics! I read articles about reducing all properties to one denominator (for example, to gold / silver / emeralds, etc.) and calculate from this. Can you recommend books where the emphasis is on calculating the balance in games? Or can you suggest another way to balance cards?

Answer 1

It all depends on the game itself. You can't just take and read the book "How to make kki successful, profitable, popular. A step-by-step algorithm without SMS and registration."
There are different approaches:
Synergy also needs to be taken into account.
The "potential" balance of the card is also important - when 99% of the players do not play it, but a tricky combination played at some tournament immediately wins the match.
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Of course, one cannot fail to mention the universal formula from Blizzard and Mail.ru: the donation is directly proportional to the strength of the card and inversely proportional to its cost.

Answer 2

Check out this series of articles , just with an emphasis on card games.