History TabletopGame / Chaotic

* ObviousBeta:
** The card game was, to say the least, not very well balanced on release. [=UnderWorld=] had strong cards up the wazoo while it was hard to even build cohesive decks around the other three tribes, and cards tended to have downright puzzling attributes with little overall cohesion in the first few sets. This was best exemplified by the Dawn of Perim starter decks, which not only featured numerous creatures with poor synergy (even when the creatures themselves weren't just nigh-unplayable), but also didn't even hit the 20 build point limit for their attack decks. It wasn't until Silent Sands and especially the M'arrillian Invasion block that tribal identities finally started to settle down and card designs became more reasonable (read: not unplayably bad in most cases).
** The online client was also poorly polished, with loads and loads of bugs revolving around even simple scenarios like two engaged creatures dying at the same time. Notably, most cards interacting with the discard pile (among others) didn't even work properly, numerous card interactions contradicted the official rules, and while the site hosted a banlist, it had little to do with game balance and everything to do with the cards in question ''not being properly implemented''; a particularly notorious example was Gintanai, the Forgotten[[note]]a Creature intended to have the drawback of forcing you to sacrifice a creature every time it wins combat... except the client ''didn't properly restrict you to sacrificing your own Creatures''[[/note]]. Many cards, like Siril'ean, the Songthief, never even became playable online before the website went down simply due to them ''never being coded in correctly''.

''Chaotic'' is a [[CollectibleCardGame trading card game]] that was made alongside the [[WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}} show of the same name]]. Originally based on a Danish game called "Gnolls and Gorks", Chaotic eventually evolved into the card game we know today and was officially released in 2006, along with a (now defunct) [[http://www.chaoticgame.com/ website]] which allowed people to play the game online.

* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The Unique and Legendary labels. If a card is Unique, you can't use another card of the same name in your deck, and you can only have a maximum of one Legendary card in your entire deck.

Chaotic is a Trading Card Game that was made along with the [[WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}} show of the same name.]] Originally based on a Danish game called "Gnolls and Gorks", Chaotic eventually evolved into the card game we know today and was officially released in 2006, alongside a (Now Defunct) [[http://www.chaoticgame.com/ website]] which allowed people to play the game online.

Basic gameplay is done on 2 boards, each with 10 creature spaces arranged in a triangular pattern, although all 10 were almost never used at the same time, typically only triangles of 6 or 3 spaces on each side were used. The goal is to simply defeat all of your opponents creatures. Creatures had 5 stats, 4 potential elements, various abilities, and up to 3 starting Mugic counters, which were used to cast Mugic, powerful spells that could rellibly change the flow of the game. In additon creatures could be equipped with battlegear to boost their strength even more. You could only have as much mugic and battlegear as you do creatures (For example in a 6v6 game, you start with 6 battlegear and 6 mugic). Battles are initiated when one creature moves into an enemy creature's space, and they consisted of flipping a location card for additional effects and to figure out who went first.

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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The Unique and Legendary labels. If a card is Unique, you can't use another card of the same name in your deck, and you can only have a maximum of one Legendary card in your entire deck.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: Location cards often have just as much of an impact on battle outcomes as creatures and attacks. In addition to possessing abilities of their own that affect Creatures in combat, Locations also have an Initiative label that determines who gets the first hit. Ideally, you want your deck to have Locations with abilities that synergize with your creatures and Initiative checks that your creatures can reliably win.

* ElementalPowers: Creatures can have [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], and [[BlowYouAway Air]] elements to allow them to do extra damage with attacks using those elements. Creatures can also have "Element X" abilities (e.g. "Fire 5," "Air 10," and so forth) that boosts any elemental damage they deal. Each tribe is also associated with a primary and secondary element: Underworlders favor Fire and Air, Danians tend to use Earth and Water, Mipedians often come with Air and Earth, and Overworlders lean towards Water and Fire. M'arrillians take it UpToEleven by using Water exclusively, with only one or two exceptions.

** Stelgar both [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] and plays this trope straight. [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chaotic/images/6/60/Stelgar01.png/revision/latest?cb=20090325183725 Normal Stelgar]] has a good 65 on all stats and the typical underworld elements, fire and air, ''and'' it gains more in every stat except energy every time it does attack damage. However, grow its power stat too much, and Stelgar [[HoistByHisOwnPetard destroys itself.]] On the other hand, play Stelgar in a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy minion]] deck and it changes to gaining mugic counters every time it wins a battle, which, unlike the power stat, can be used up in a productive way, so it becomes a viable muge. In Stelgar's second card, [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chaotic/images/e/e6/Stelgar.png.png/revision/latest?cb=20100219212100 Stelgar, Vicious Mutation]] it plays this trope ''extremely'' straight. It starts with the water element, which is unusual for Underworlders, and 20 in every stat. However it gains 10 in ''everything'' at the end of each turn. Protect Stelgar long enough and it will grow into a massive creature with over 100 in ''every stat.'' Then equip some element gaining battlegear on to it. Now you've got a complete ''monster''.

** Even among the M'arrillians, Gan'trak's ability is completely unique and deck-defining. While active, Gan'trak causes your attacks to drain the opponent's disciplines instead of their Energy and destroys creatures with 0 in all disciplines. While creatures tend to have higher disciplines than Energy, meaning that you'll likely need more damage to kill with Gan'trak than regular damage, this also wreaks havoc on opponents that depend on discipline-based attacks, and M'arrillians have numerous ways to exploit this ability, with cards like Fal'makin and the Requiem Mugics to instantly pop creatures as soon as their weakest discipline is drained and Neth'uar to deal more damage against weakened opponents.

* DifficultButAwesome: Danians are probably the most difficult of the original 4 tribes to play due to their plethora of different mechanics. Their main mechanic, Hive, requires a little bit of micromanagement to make sure that its active when you need it. Compost, which uses various Danians in the creature discard who buff the ones still alive, makes it so you need to gauge whether a creature is more valuable alive then it is in the ground. Finally Infect needs to be properly spread throughout both armies. However, master them and you'll find that Danians are capable of growing to ''insane'' stat totals as the game goes on.

** [=UnderWorld=] decks qualify as both this ''and'' DifficultButAwesome; they tend to focus on massive Mugic damage to destroy opponents as quickly as possible. The mechanics are fairly easy to grasp, and against other rookies, it's entirely possible to incinerate several fragile backrow Creatures before the first combat; however, to remain competitive against opponents that run anti-burn measures (which is to say, most competent ones), succeeding with UnderWorld requires both a solid build and good judgment on where and how to use your burn damage as the classic "spam damaging Mugic on backrow" strategy simply won't work.

* SkillGateCharacters: [=UnderWorld=] decks tend to focus on massive Mugic damage to destroy opponents as quickly as possible. The mechanics are fairly easy to grasp, and against other rookies, it's entirely possible to incinerate several fragile backrow Creatures before the first combat; however, to remain competitive against opponents that run anti-burn measures (which is to say, most competent ones), [[DifficultButAwesome succeeding with UnderWorld requires both a solid build and good judgment on where and how to use your burn damage]] as the classic "spam damaging Mugic on backrow" strategy simply won't work.