Dig Dug

This week we took the classic Atari game Dig Dug and transformed it into a monster killing card game.

Concept from Original:
In the Atari version game the player is required to dig through the ground and kill all the monsters. This is fairly hard to do in a card format so we got creative.

In our game the player digs by flipping over a card from the stack, and players kill monsters with items, either pumps or rocks or other special items collected from digging. The winner of this game is the player who kills the most monsters when there is no cards left to dig.

Players:
2-6

Game Setup:

• To start the game each player is dealt 7 cards from the top of the stack.

• The player that goes first is the last player to eat some pineapple.

• Play proceeds to those players left.

Rules:

• On a players turn, he first draws (digs) a face up card from the stack, if it is a monster he must fight it, if it is anything else it can go into his hand.

• If the player did not draw a monster, he may then play a monster if he chooses.

• If the player draws a monster and defeats it, he draws (digs) a card face down from the stack. A player will draw 1 card for each monster card defeated.

• In order to kill a monster cord(s) a player must play items that when totaled are greater than or equal to the number of monsters in the combat.

• If the player cannot or does not want to kill the monster, he can run away discarding any monsters and items in play.

• The max hand size at the end of your turn is 7 cards; you must discard down to this number in order to end your turn.

Cards:

There are a total of 105 cards in the deck.

• Monster:

• Pookas:

• Pookas are the basic enemy in the game, they are fairly weak and players should not have much trouble dealing with them with starting cards. There are three types of cards with one, two and three Pookas.

• Fygars:

• Fygars are the harder enemy to kill, they will be quite challenging without the right amount of item cards. There are three types of cards with three, five and eight Fygars.

• Pump:

• Small:

• The small pump can kill 1 monster on a card.

• Medium:

• The medium pump can kill 2 monsters on a card.

• Large:

• The large pump can kill 3 monsters on a card.

• Boulders:

• Small Boulder:

• The small boulder can kill one monster on a card.

• Medium Boulder:

• The medium boulder can kill two one monsters on a card.

• Large Boulder:

• The large boulder can kill three one monsters on a card.

• Humongous Boulder:

• The small boulder can kill all the monsters in the active combat.

• Special:

• Carrot:

• The carrot grants +1 monster to a combat.

• Turnip:

• The turnip grants +1 monster killed to any pump or boulder.

• Mushroom:

• The mushroom kills 2 addition monsters.

• Eggplant:

• The eggplant adds 2 addition monsters to the combat.

• Green Pepper:

• The green pepper can either kill 3 monsters or add three monsters to the combat.

• Tomato:

• The tomato allows the player to search through the discard pile and place one of the cards into his/her hand.

• Watermelon:

• The water melon lets you peek at and reorder the top 5 cards of the stack at any time, even before another player would draw.

• Pineapple:

• The pineapple card ends the current combat, it may be played by any player at any time on any combat, and no reward is drawn, and no points are earned.

• Ghost:

• The ghost card allows a player to add a monster card to an active combat of any player.

Card Sheet: