1.A game where players take turns drawing cards and using their hands against each other in the first stage to build DND- like characters and sabotage their opponent, who will be trying to do the same. The second half of the game sees these characters face off in a simple rpg turn- based combat game to determine the winner.
2. A game where players draw cards with different quirks on them, like, “one legged,” or, “soft spoken” that require each player to do something like stand on one leg or only speak through whispers. The players must then complete tasks while slowly accumulating more quirks and the last person standing, so to speak, is the winner.
3. A game that’s played much like blackjack, but some cards have negative values. The first to 21 or the closer of the two when the deck is gone is the winner.
4. A card game for multiple players where each player starts with a recipe card. Their recipe card is their goal for the game, and the first person to cook their recipe wins. They take turns drawing a card and playing up to two cards. If they play all the cards needed for their recipe, they have cooked it. Other cards can change other players’ recipes and even their own, or can mess with players in another way.
5. A game played a lot like war, but the catch is that after each turn, players will pass their hand to the player to the left.
I think your first idea is very interesting. The splitting of the game into a make-your-character stage and a battle stage could make the gameplay feel fresh throughout. You’d probably need to have some kind of time limit or turn limit in stage one to stop it from going on forever.
Quirks is an interesting concept for a party game as it will require players to act. Given the nature of the example quirks I’d like to see examples of the tasks players would complete to better picture how being one legged or soft spoken will effect players ability to complete tasks.