Delving Duo

I honestly forgot I made this concept like 4 years ago and just found it again.

Simple concept of cooperating with a friend to take down random monsters and without fully knowing what your ally can and can't do and just trusting them.

Maybe this can be a full game one day.

Rules:

The goal of the game is to beat 4 monsters in a row. If both players die at any point, you lose. Players must sit across from each other with the draw piles and monsters in the middle and must not show each other their cards or tell each other what cards they have.

Start of game: Both players equip their butter knife weapon. Then, both players draw 1 weapon and 2 spells. A level 1 monster is randomly selected from the level 1 monster pile and player 1 starts their turn.

Combat: Players may choose to attack a monster once on their turn, in which case the weapon loses 1 use and the monster loses hp equal to the weapon attack. To decrease hp and usage, players must pull the left tab on the card, which will remove the use/hp of the card from its face.

Weapons: Upon a players weapon breaking, they must place it into a weapon discard pile. On the players next turn they must draw a weapon and equip it. Weapons cannot be drawn unless a player does not have one equipped. If all weapons are exhausted from the draw pile, the discarded weapon pile will be shuffled and placed back to be the new draw pile. Butter Knife is the only weapon that can be replaced by another weapon.

Spells: Players start with 2 spells in hand. A player may play 1 spell per turn and discard 1 spell per turn unless stated otherwise. Once a spell is played or discarded, it must be placed in a spell discard pile. If a player has less than 2 spells they must draw until they have 2 once their turn begins. Players cannot have more than 2 spells in hand at the end of their turn and must discard spells if they do. If all spells are exhausted from the draw pile, the discarded spell pile must be shuffled and placed back to be the new draw pile.

End of turn: once a player has chosen to attack or not and has chosen to cast a spell or not, their turn ends and the monsters turn begins.

Monsters turn: Monsters take their turns after each player. The sequence goes: P1 – Monster – P2 – Monster – P1, repeating. Monsters will always attack the lowest health player. If both players have the same hp, the monster will attack player 1.

Monster death: upon a monster defeat, both player put their weapons and spells, as well as any discarded weapons and spells, back into their respective draw piles and shuffle them. Each player equips their butter knife and draws 1 weapon and 2 spells. With each subsequent monster death, a monster from the next level is randomly placed face up and player 1 starts their first turn again. If a level 4 monster is defeated, both players win, regardless of if either are dead.

Player death: Upon a players death, they discard their weapon and spells. If a player is revived by a spell, they start with 5 hp, their butter knife, and draw 1 weapon and 2 spells. They will begin their turn as normal, should they survive once their turn would normally begin. Monsters will only attack once when a player is dead. If both players die then the game is over and you must restart at a level 1 monster.