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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5504812" data-attributes="member: 29398">I was thinking of something a bit more variable with the cards - you'd have access to more of them such that you'd have the option of starting with a 3-piece band and loads of equipment (with inherent advantages and disadvantages) or starting with a 6 or 7-piece band and not so much equipment (again with built-in pros and cons), there'd also be cards you'd get at the start but could keep hidden until later in the game when they become relevant and-or used as trade bait to help replace a lost band member, and so on.I like your musician levels "Prodigy", "Self-Taught", etc.  There could also be some cards in the mix that can increase or decrease a musician's abilities, with corresponding consequences to the band.One place you might want to kind of push reality aside is the focus given to start-up vs. big time.  Yes, in reality most bands spend years never quite getting anywhere and then quit, but for these purposes we want to sort of assume everyone will hit it big; the main focus of the game becomes who is biggest, along with the events in the life of your band on tour.  Thus my suggestion of the card-based formation phase being shorter and the touring/competition phase being the main game.Lan-"in the 'never quite get anywhere' phase since 1987"-efan</blockquote>