Fia [i]

Fia [i] (フィア ｢ｉ｣ Fia ｢i｣, lit. Fia ｢i｣) is a digital card game made by Team Fourwings. It combines the gameplay of Uno with RPG battle mechanics. The game is however, in the prototype phase being played on Tabletop by the developers and is not available for public play.

The “[i]” means imaginary number in terms of mathematics.

The aim of Fia [i] is to reduce your opponent's LP(Life Points) to 0 or emptying out their deck, achieved by playing different cards that can reduce it. Each player must have a deck of 90 or 72 depending of the “[i] Spread” in order to play.

There are two modes of gameplay, named as “[i] spreads”: Palette [i] Spread, the original planned ruleset for the game, and Free [i] Spread, which is an accidental additional ruleset thanks to experimentation of the flow of the game.

Palette [i] Spread is the main version of the game, which similarly mimics the card game Uno, where players must play a card matching any flipped up card's number or color outside each players discard piles that is not “stockpiled”.

The game is played in a turn-by-turn order, where the two players must take turns in order to play the game.

Before a player starts the first turn of the game, the player going first must be determined by any means safely. (rock-paper-scissors, coin flip, first card on deck) Afterwards, both players must draw 7 cards. The first player must now play the first turn, starting with the player either playing any card from their hand or playing whatever is on the top of their deck. After playing the card, their turn ends, then the game will proceed normally.

Step-by-step proceedure: (tl;dr)

1. Determine who gets the first turn
2. Both players draw 7 cards
3. Player with the first turn can either:
   • Play any card from their hand
   • Play the top card of their deck
   • Play the game normally

When a player starts their turn, they must put all of their face up cards that is not stockpiled in their side of the board to the discard pile first then draw a card. This proceedure is called a “Drop & Draw”. Then, the player can choose to either play a card from their hand or not play a card and draw a card instead.

When playing a card, the card being played must either match the color or number of any card present on the field that is not stockpiled or present on the discard pile. Should the players find themselves with no cards on the field that is not stockpiled or on the discard pile, the top card of their opponents' discard pile is considered instead.

Step-by-step proceedure: (tl;dr)

1. Drop all face up cards to the discard pile
   • Only in your side of the board
   • Does not count stockpiled cards
2. Draw a card
3. Player can either:
   • Not play a card and draw
   • Play a card
4. When playing a card:
   1. It must either match:
      • The color of any face-up card
      • The number of any face-up card
   2. But not considering:
      • Any stockpiled cards
      • The discard pile
   3. If the field does not have any considered cards:
      • The top card of the opponents' discard pile is considered

Cards have different functions based on their symbol. When playing a card, the function of each card must be played.

Free [i] Spread is an accidental alternative version of the game which throws most of the rules of Palette [i] Spread out and replaces it with a somewhat similar playstyle of a western quick draw than switching turns.

Each player in Fia [i] must have a deck that is composed of 90 cards. The decks can compose of different cards depending on the user's preference but will always have a fixed set of 30 cards included. For Free [i] Spread, each player should only have 72 with 12 fixed cards included.

For Palette [i], a deck must have the following:

• 21 cards each for Blue, Green, Red and Yellow colors
  • Combination of 12 non-special Cards
    • Attack Cards
    • Defend Cards
    • Heal Cards
  • 3 Counter Cards
  • 6 Special Cards
    • 2 Double / Times 2 (x2) Cards
    • 2 Draw / Draw 2 (+2) Cards
    • 2 Dual / Play 2 (`2) Cards
• 8 White Cards
  • 4 Color Shift Cards
  • 2 Draw 4 Shift Cards

For Free [i], a deck must have the following:

• Combination of 48 non-special Cards
  • Red Attack Cards
  • Blue Defend Cards
  • Green Heal Cards
• 12 Yellow Counter Cards
• 12 White Cards
  • 4 Double / Times 2 (x2) Cards
  • 4 Draw / Draw 2 (+2) Cards
  • 4 Dual / Play 2 (`2) Cards