Council of Elrond

Hello everyone,
Although I´ve collected the MECCG-cards for some time, I´m quite a beginner at actually playing(tried the GCCG recently). As MECCG is a complex game, I started to think about how to best present this to newcomers(like me). After reading Joe Bisz´s(long) letter here at the site, I sat down with my very basic html-knowledge and made a sample webpage containing for example: a "learn to play"-page(gameplay-example taken from the METW-companion), a card database(with pictures), links to MECCG-online shops, etc. A guide to getting started with GCCG with a list of the commands would also be nice.

Some pictures of it can be found here(I hope it works):

http://img32.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=screen1vw.jpg

What do you think? Could something like this be useful?

Best Regards

/Andreas

Shapeshifter878 wrote:... and made a sample webpage containing for example: a "learn to play"-page(gameplay-example taken from the METW-companion), ...

A well-arranged guide about how to play that anwsers the most common newbie questions would be a good idea.

This sounds great. I really like to offer my help and add a guide to gccg. Please PM me if you like.

Alter Tuk wrote:This sounds great. I really like to offer my help and add a guide to gccg. Please PM me if you like.

same here

That´s great. I´ve sent you a PM, Alter Tuk. I found some useful GCCG-commands on the MECCG.net forum:

Generic commands:
ctrl + 1: Organization phase
ctrl + 2: Long-event phase
ctrl + 3: Movement/hazard phase
ctrl + 4: Site phase
ctrl + 5: End-of-turn phase

ctrl + u: Untap all characters
ctrl + r: Roll dice
ctrl + c: Toss a coin
ctrl + s: Shuffle the play-deck
ctrl + e: End of turn(turn concluded)
ctrl + m: Bring up the location map (same as clicking on your location deck).

When holding the mouse pointer over a card:
Home: Put card to location deck if it is a site card, or to the playdeck if it is a non-site card
Del: Put card to discard pile
Insert: Put card to hand
ctrl + t : Touch card
ctrl + f : Reveal/Hide card
ctrl + + : add a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature + 1 KP)
ctrl + - : subtract a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature - 1 KP)

Press MMB on a card: Taps/untaps the card
Press MMB on a card in hand: Play the card face down

hold ctrl + LMB and drag to another card: attaches one card to the other
ctrl + LMB: detaches card from another

Region symbols:
ctrl + shft + w: Wilderness
ctrl + shft + b: Borderlands
ctrl + shft + f: Free-domains
ctrl + shft + s: Shadowlands
ctrl + shft + d: Dark-domains
ctrl + shft + c: Coastal Seas

Sites:
alt + shft + r: Ruins and Lairs
alt + shft + b: Borderholds
alt + shft + f: Freeholds
alt + shft + s: Shadowholds
alt + shft + d: Darkholds
alt + shft + h: Havens

When the location map is open (ctrl + m):
ctrl + alt + LMB over a region will insert the region symbol and the region name. Press Enter to type the site path.
ctrl + middle mouse button apparently does the same thing...

Ctrl + Middle click - Add name of the target to the chat line
Mouse wheel Current deck listing Scroll up/down
Mouse wheel My collection Next/previous page
Mouse wheel None above Scroll messages up/down

Shift - A close-up of the current card
Enter - Enter the current site

Keeping a character tapped when untapping all (CTRL-u):
Right click on the character and select 'tap and keep tapped'.

I think the Play Tips from the Challenge Decks Rulebook would be a good aid to new players on GCCG so I´ve copied two of them; Alatar and Gandalf. If anyone would like to add some of the others it would be much welcomed

Enter on a character - "(character) faces a strike x prowess x body"
Enter on a creature - "Face (creature) x strikes x prowess"

Good.

Generic commands:
ctrl + 1: Organization phase
ctrl + 2: Long-event phase
ctrl + 3: Movement/hazard phase
ctrl + 4: Site phase
ctrl + 5: End-of-turn phase

ctrl + u: Untap all characters
ctrl + r: Roll dice
ctrl + c: Toss a coin
ctrl + s: Shuffle the play-deck
ctrl + e: End of turn(turn concluded)
ctrl + m: Bring up the location map (same as clicking on your location deck).

When holding the mouse pointer over a card:
Home: Put card to location deck if it is a site card, or to the playdeck if it is a non-site card
Del: Put card to discard pile
Insert: Put card to hand
ctrl + t : Touch card
ctrl + f : Reveal/Hide card
ctrl + + : add a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature + 1 KP)
ctrl + - : subtract a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature - 1 KP)

When holding the mouse pointer over a character:
Enter: "(character) faces a strike x prowess x body"

When holding the mouse pointer over a creature:
Enter: "Face (creature) x strikes x prowess"

Press MMB on a card: Taps/untaps the card
Press MMB on a card in hand: Play the card face down

hold ctrl + LMB and drag to another card: attaches one card to the other
ctrl + LMB: detaches card from another

Region symbols:
ctrl + shft + w: Wilderness
ctrl + shft + b: Borderlands
ctrl + shft + f: Free-domains
ctrl + shft + s: Shadowlands
ctrl + shft + d: Dark-domains
ctrl + shft + c: Coastal Seas

Sites:
alt + shft + r: Ruins and Lairs
alt + shft + b: Borderholds
alt + shft + f: Freeholds
alt + shft + s: Shadowholds
alt + shft + d: Darkholds
alt + shft + h: Havens

When the location map is open (ctrl + m):
ctrl + alt + LMB over a region will insert the region symbol and the region name. Press Enter to type the site path.
ctrl + middle mouse button apparently does the same thing...

Ctrl + Middle click - Add name of the target to the chat line

Mouse wheel Current deck listing Scroll up/down
Mouse wheel My collection Next/previous page
Mouse wheel None above Scroll messages up/down

Shift - A close-up of the current card
Enter - Enter the current site

Keeping a character tapped when untapping all (CTRL-u):
Right click on the character and select 'tap and keep tapped'.

end: bring a card to aside

ctrl+p: bring a card to play - necessary for SB or for collection

ctrl+a: add a counter, useful to distinguish between on-guard and agents, and for effects of long duration (like river)
F5: persistent infozoom (like holding shift permanently)

In-game commands:

ctrl + 1: Organization phase
ctrl + 2: Long-event phase
ctrl + 3: Movement/hazard phase
ctrl + 4: Site phase
ctrl + 5: End-of-turn phase

ctrl + u: Untap all characters
ctrl + r: Roll dice
ctrl + c: Toss a coin
ctrl + s: Shuffle the play-deck
ctrl + e: End of turn(turn concluded)
ctrl + m: Bring up the location map (same as clicking on your location deck).

When holding the mouse pointer over a card:
Shift: A close-up of the current card
F5 - Lock/Unlock Shift(permanent zoom-in on cards)
Enter(on keypad): Enter the current site
Home: Put card to location deck if it is a site card, or to the playdeck if it is a non-site card
Del: Put card to discard pile
Insert: Put card to hand
End: Put a card aside
ctrl + t : Touch card
ctrl + f : Reveal/Hide card
ctrl + p : Bring a card to play (for Sideboard or Card Collection)
ctrl + a : Add a counter to current card
ctrl + + : add a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature + 1 KP)
ctrl + - : subtract a Marshalling Points to the card type (e.g. on opponents creature - 1 KP)

Keeping a character tapped when untapping all (CTRL-u):
Right click on the character and select 'tap and keep tapped'

When holding the mouse pointer over a character:
Enter: "(character) faces a strike x prowess x body"

When holding the mouse pointer over a creature:
Enter: "Face (creature) x strikes x prowess"

Press MMB on a card: Taps/untaps the card
Press MMB on a card in hand: Play the card face down

hold ctrl + LMB and drag to another card: attaches one card to the other
ctrl + LMB: detaches card from another

Region symbols:
ctrl + shft + w: Wilderness
ctrl + shft + b: Borderlands
ctrl + shft + f: Free-domains
ctrl + shft + s: Shadowlands
ctrl + shft + d: Dark-domains
ctrl + shft + c: Coastal Seas

Sites:
alt + shft + r: Ruins and Lairs
alt + shft + b: Borderholds
alt + shft + f: Freeholds
alt + shft + s: Shadowholds
alt + shft + d: Darkholds
alt + shft + h: Havens

When the location map is open (ctrl + m):
ctrl + alt + LMB over a region will insert the region symbol and the region name. Press Enter to type out the site path.
ctrl + middle mouse button apparently does the same thing...

Ctrl + Middle click - Add name of the target to the chat line

In the chat lobby:

ctrl + E: edit deck
ctrl + P: show products
ctrl + B: show collection
ctrl + D: select a deck
ctrl + Q: quit GCCG
ctrl + I: Import deck
ctrl + X: Export deck

/me [text] (emotion)
/newdeck [name]
/renamedeck [name]
/whois [players name]
/find [card name]
/away [very important reason]
/here [finally...]
/yell [text] (if you sit at a table, everybody can read the message even those who are in the lobby)
/set nosound=yes (switch off sound effects; subversion only)
/set avatar [name] (You can find all the avatars and their name in "/gccg/graphics/avatar")
/give [player name] [what]
/sealed [amount of money] (enter sealed mode)
/sealed: Switching between sealed and normal mode
/sealed end: Transfers all stuff bought and won in sealed mode to normal mode
/rd (register deck)
/rd2 (register alternative deck)
/set plan (text): Write something at the bottom of your player info
/bind {text color} [text]: Bind a text input to a key combination. Example: /bind {magenta} No More Hazards (Enter) Press the key-combination you want to bind.
/select have: Finding all the cards you have
/select have and set="set-acronym(TW, TD, DM, LE, AS, WH, BA, PR or PRde)": Finding all the cards in a set that you don't have

Mouse wheel(When viewing a deck´s card list) - Scroll up/down
Mouse wheel(When Viewing the collection) - Next/previous page
Mouse wheel(Holding the mouse-pointer in the chat-box) - Scroll messages up/down

Alt + Print Screen: Take a screenshot(to save the image open Paint and press Ctrl + v. Go to File>Save as..and save it.

In the main menu:

ctrl + E: edit deck
ctrl + P: show products
ctrl + B: show collection
ctrl + D: select a deck
ctrl + Q: quit GCCG
ctrl + I: Import deck
ctrl + X: Export deck

We also need the commandos like:

/me [text] (emotion)
/newdeck [name]
/renamedeck [name]
/whois [players name]
/find [card name]
/away [very important reason]
/here [finally...]
/yell [text] (if you sit at a table, everybody can read the message even those who are in the lobby)
/set nosound=yes (switch off sound effects; subversion only)
/give [player name] [what]
/sealed [ammount of money] (enter sealed mode)
/sealed end
/rd (register deck)
/rd2 (register alternative deck)


What else?

Alter Tuk wrote:In the main menu:

ctrl + E: edit deck
ctrl + P: show products
ctrl + B: show collection
ctrl + D: select a deck
ctrl + Q: quit GCCG
ctrl + I: Import deck
ctrl + X: Export deck

We also need the commandos like:

/me [text] (emotion)
/newdeck [name]
/renamedeck [name]
/whois [players name]
/find [card name]
/away [very important reason]
/here [finally...]
/yell [text] (if you sit at a table, everybody can read the message even those who are in the lobby)
/set nosound=yes (switch off sound effects; subversion only)
/give [player name] [what]
/sealed [ammount of money] (enter sealed mode)
/sealed end
/rd (register deck)
/rd2 (register alternative deck)


What else?

Edited the list above. Also added:
/bind {text color} [text]: Bind a text input to a key combination. Example: /bind {magenta} No More Hazards (Enter) Press the key-combination you want to bind.
/select have: Finding all the cards you have
/select have and set="set-acronym(TW, TD, DM, LE, AS, WH, BA, PR or PRde)": Finding all the cards in a set that you don't have
/sealed: Switching between sealed and normal mode

http://thegreyhavens.100webspace.net

Here is my "test"-site. It´s a work in progress, but I think you get the general idea of it. I really think that meccg.net should have a content somewhat similar to this.
And..try to ignore the banners..

/Andreas

good work, andreas. why dont you join the coe homepage team? i am sure your input will be highly appreciated! everything you have on your homepage would be nice to have on the COE page as well.

thorondor wrote:good work, andreas. why dont you join the coe homepage team? i am sure your input will be highly appreciated! everything you have on your homepage would be nice to have on the COE page as well.

i strongly agree