Successful by mendacity is the best honor in Pandante (on kickstarter now). Once you do this in poker, it’s often greatest to maintain your bluff secret, however in Pandante we need to showcase that thrilling second. We would like you to indicate everybody that you just acquired away with it and gloat about it.
Within the unique model of Pandante, profitable by mendacity gave you one among six Panda Lord playing cards which can be powerups for the subsequent gambit (the subsequent hand). On this new model of Pandante, I needed to make it even less complicated: quite than choosing by means of 6 playing cards with a bunch of phrases on them, you need to win one satisfying, iconic factor. (The Panda Lords are actually issues you can begin the sport with, giving every participant a particular energy if you wish to do this.)
What satisfying, iconic factor must you get for profitable by mendacity? What ought to it do and what ought to it seem like? My first thought was that it ought to be an enormous, shiny metallic Panda Coin that you may spend to attract 5 playing cards and discard 5 playing cards. That’s very highly effective, however you deserve it. Additionally, you’ll have to make use of it or lose it as a result of if another person wins by mendacity when you have the coin, they’ll steal it from you.
Playtesting confirmed that this labored simply effective. Individuals appreciated it, and appreciated that they instantly understood the reward for profitable by mendacity. So then began the lengthy job of truly making a metallic coin. I needed it to be easy to match the graphic design model of the remainder of Pandante, so the very first thing that got here to thoughts was a Panda on one aspect and the bamboo emblem with the sport title and firm title on the again.
I needed one thing much like the Panda on the field’s entrance cowl. Right here was the primary mockup:
