History TabletopGame / TheSpoils

''The Spoils'' is a CCG created by Tenacious Games and released in November 2006.

* NiceHat - Lots of Arcanists have these, although the [[http://www.spoilsinventory.com/pics/1ED/Very%20Big%20Hat%20of%20Invisibility.full.jpg Very Big Hat of Invisibility]] has to take the cake.

The game borrows heavily from ''MagicTheGathering'' in terms of gameplay, with a few changes here and there to streamline the gameplay. For instance, all players begin the game with two resources in play to avoid Mana Screw.

The game is, like [[MagicTheGathering MtG]], divided between five different colors, or trades, each of whom uses its own type of resource:

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game's resource system was specifically designed to address the problems inherent with the one in ''MagicTheGathering,'' placing further emphasis on skill, rather than luck.

* HotterAndSexier: Zigzagged. Cards like Erotic Assassin lampoon the game being sexy, but the Staple Resources are all pretty {{Stipperiffic}}.

* HotterAndSexier: Zigzagged. Cards like Erotic Assassin lampoon the game being sexy, but the Staple Resources are all pretty {{Stipperific}}.

* FlavorText: Every card gets some on top, and those with shorter rules text get some more on the bottom.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering.'' ''The Spoils'' was created by ''Magic'' pros as a sort of ''"Magic 2.0,"'' with many rules either streamlined or deliberately altered to minimize variance. The world of ''The Spoils'' is deliberately wackier than any shown in ''Magic,'' and is denser by coincidence. ''The Spoils'' was launched in 2006. ''Magic's'' 2007 set, ''Time Spiral'' was so overwhelmingly complex that it led to a ground-up policy change in regards to complexity, particularly in Common cards. ''The Spoils'' did not follow suit, meaning that its Commons and Uncommons tend to have a wall of text in their rules box while most ''Magic'' Commons tend to only have one or two words.

* UndeadLaborers: Called Necromorphs, reanimated corpses of debtors reduced to eternal indentured servitude are common among the Banker trade. They are used for the menials labor common to this trope, but also for jobs that are seen as too dangerous or just too outright boring for the living. One card in particular likens bureaucratic undead to an automated phone system ("Can I please speak to a ''living''person?").

* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Subverted, but not in the usual way 31V35 live for centuries and spend most of them at the same age, but as ''teenagers,'' rather than young adults.

* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwentyFive: Subverted, but not in the usual way 31V35 live for centuries and spend most of them at the same age, but as ''teenagers,'' rather than young adults.

The game is also notable for the heavy amount of Memetic Mutations cited in its flavor texts, with references to/from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', the BeastieBoys and so on.

The game is also notable for the heavy ammount of Memetic Mutations cited in its flavor texts, with references to/from ''FamilyGuy'', ''{{Futurama}}'', ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', the BeastieBoys and so on.

* WeHaveReserves - Just ask [[http://www.spoilsinventory.com/pics/1E2/Murderous%20Commander.full.jpg this]] graduate from the [[{{Futurama}} Zapp Branigan]] school of warfare.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld - 31v35(male ones at least) don't mature beyond what humans would consider puberty until a few dozen years before their death. They often live for thousands of years.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The Rouges.

* AlienSky - The north and south poles are giant mountains hovering above the planet, with a lagre asteroid belt circling the rest of the planet.

* KnightInShiningArmor - Seed Warlords are this. [[ItGotWorse It doesn't last]]...

The game is also notable for the heavy ammount of Memetic Mutations cited in its flavor texts, with references to/from ''FamilyGuy'', ''{{Futurama}}'', ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', ''{{Predator}}'', the BeastieBoys and so on.