This is particularly true as the normal event is limited to Act 2, in which typically health is the most important, as in Act 1 health can be spent a bit more freely, and in Act 3 there are other factors that cause a health trade to be potentially more viable.Īs a solution, 'A Better Knowing Skull' reimagines this event to be a little less frustrating when showing up at the wrong moment, while also encouraging the player to 'push their luck' a little more often. It is inherently not enjoyable to select an event space and not actually interact with the event in any meaningful way and also be forced to lose health.

Often times adding a random Colorless card is a negative even without the health cost, and often potions are either full, or not worth the cost of obtaining a new one, especially at random. Occasionally, a player might opt to take the gold bonus once or twice before going if they are feeling healthy, or risky. The options offered are not the most appealing, and as a result the typical interaction with this event is to leave immediately, and thus have a net result of losing about 6 health. In deconstructing this event, the main issue noted was not the core idea, but rather the particular implementation resulting from a couple distinct factors. The player can spend more health now to get rewards, but risks not keeping enough health to survive later encounters.

The normal event relies on a classic Push Your Luck mechanic.

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