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Today we’re releasing Danmaku!! 1.1 Digital Version!!

Overview

This version is mostly an update to the syntax of Danmaku!! Your physical Danmaku!! cards are still good, but those of you who play online the majority of the time will want to switch to the 1.1 version. We will still support 1.0 for the base game and Lunatic Extra, but future expansions, including Mutiny of Belittled Spirits, will use this new syntax. Any reprints will also use the new syntax.

Most of the changes were made for additional clarity and to smooth out rough edges in the game. There are a handful of functional changes but most cards work the same in 99% of cases. Literally every card had its text changed.

You can download the Tabletop Simulator save here. We are working on a universal rulebook and official release from the Mystery Parfait steam account. Please wait warmly.

Choosing

The rules now refer to making choices, and cards can modify what happens when you choose, particularly in MoBS. Choices are extremely common, so things that are not a choice are easier to list:

• Counter attacks don’t choose players to attack
• AOE attacks often generate 1 choice attack but you do not choose for other attacks(Flandre)
• Target as a verb has been removed from the game, target as a noun still exists but has no special rules

On Behalf Rules Removed

Playing on behalf of others has been completely removed from the game. This rule was found to be too confusing when mixed with timing rules. Cards that used the on behalf rules have functional changes that are roughly equivalent.

• Eirin may gift cards as an Instant
• Doremy makes another player play an Action card but she makes all choices for it

Copying Rules Removed

Copying cards has been replaced by playing the same card again.

• Melee keeps getting replayed and doesn’t resolve until people stop participating
• Kyouko plays cards a second time after they finish resolving
• Letty puts cards back into her hand instead of the discard

Timing Rules Updates

Timing is more explicit now.

• Instants now have explicit timing in all cases
• Many Abilities have “as an Action” or “as an Instant”, these still do not count as playing a card
• Spell Cards now say “Only activate this…” to imply you still need an Invocation card for them

Role Card Player Requirements

Role cards have been updated, the advanced roles now require a larger number of players before they come into the picture.

Hand Size Modifiers

Hand size modifiers now all stack. Discovering the largest hand size is an exercise left to the reader.

Destroy Keyword

Destroy is a new keyword that means to put an item in its discard pile. Destroy always refers to Items, while discard now only refers to cards in hand.

Manifest Keyword

When an Incident is revealed and takes effect it manifests.

Functional Changes

• Clownpiece’s Ability is once each turn. Being salty is still an Instant
• Eirin has a new Ability of gifting cards as an Instant
• Flandre’s Ability changes so that players can’t choose to discard a Powerup after all (No Season Release)
• Futo’s Spell Card has had the “other” removed. Please give us playtested feedback on this change
• Graze is now a split card and you can discard any card to play it on others
• Raiko’s Ability had “her” removed, it implied she could be canceled if she used Capture Spell Card. This removes that
• Reimu’s homing shot now works against Supernatural Border, but does not require 2 cards in hand. Also triggers after the player avoids the attack
• Reisen’s Do-over attacks must be in range, she gets multiple do-overs with cards like Twin Shot. Explicitly refers to Spell Cards. Reisen’s Spell Card now only works against Action Spell Cards
• Scarlet Mist has been rewritten, is now the EVERYBODY FIGHT incident
• Seiran’s draw limit of 2 refreshes each turn. (Previously it was only on her turn)
• Shoot is now a split card and you can discard any card to make it rangeless
• Spirit Camera has been rewritten
• Utsuho’s Ability had the words “on her turn” removed. This allows her to activate Reaction Spell Cards if she gets access to one

Syntax Notes for Fanworks

• Avoid “in play”
• Play conditions move to the top of cards.
• “Only play this…” wording for play conditions
• Items that referred to themselves by name now say “this Item”
• Items and cards that affect Items use control & destroy language.
• Flipping loses the “from the top of the deck” language.
• “You can…” – This clause gives you a new thing you can do.
• “You may…” – Creates a choice about something that’s already happening. Still exists but the above replaces it when you’re gaining a new thing you can do. (Ex Seal Away)
• “When…” – A trigger that happens once.
• “Whenever…” – A trigger that happens multiple times.
• “Whenever…” + “You may…” + “You can only use this effect once each…” creates a trigger with a cooldown after you choose to go through with it. (Ex Spirit Camera)
• “Only play/activate…” – A restriction on when you can play a Reaction or Instant.
• “Then, …” – Finish the above steps before you do this one.
• “cannot” -> “can’t” – A break in formal writing to save card space.
• “per” -> “each”
• “all players” -> “each player”
• “place” -> “put”
• “Item card” -> “Item” when that Item is under someone’s control (not in hand, etc). Same for all Item subtypes.
• Whitespace should be manipulated as needed to maximize readability

This update brings a couple of changes to characters and a few changes to Mob deck cards. For the character changes, we were most concerned with simplifying the rules text of character abilities and spell cards. Where possible we removed conditions that didn’t seem meaningful in most cases, and removed effects that had to be tracked across one or more turns. In some cases, we’re trying different wording that should read more intuitively. We are also aware specifically that Kyouko is too strong, even after the last nerf. We changed her ability to only work once per round (was once per turn). If she remains problematic we can explore other changes to her ability, but we wanted to keep her unique flavor for now. As for changes to the Mob deck, we felt that there were too many Assist Actions that generated an attack. Because these are free attacks each round that don’t consume cards or count against the danmaku limit, we think that characters that have these effects should feel different and special. We tried to mix up which assist actions can attack Mobs and which can attack non-Mobs. Current Beta version can be found in Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/byrq7uzqqjhbnoh/AADA3cSiEIKOxdzA3ZdwPF1ia?dl=0