The Plaza is like PAD Campaign with a “tag
shield”.
Design
Design-wise, for rashing installed/rezzed assets/upgrades, I like adding intrinsic non-credit costs (like Daniela Jorge Inácio) or non-cost punishment (like Nanoetching Matrix/Calvin B4L3Y). These provide a different texture to horizontal interaction (CF. how against PE, the bottleneck becomes cards-in-grip more than credits-in-pool).
For example, post–Threat 2
, if the Runner immediately basic-detags after basic-running and trashing it, then (even if spammed/uniced), they've spent [click], 4[$]
(exactly one click more than PAD, modulo the card itself).
Templating-wise, the trashes this (when rezzed)
reminder-text is necessary in a core set like Elevation, and would be appreciated in any set. (IIRC, at first, I had to Google whether Marilyn Campaign still got shuffled back if it were installed but not rezzed yet.)
Custom
We could also print assets whose “pseudo-trash-costs” are helping the Corp, rather than hurting the Runner; and which trigger if installed, whether rezzed or unrezzed (IE. When the Runner trashes this asset while installed even unrezzed, …
), or that get a bonus For having rezzed it (IE. If this asset was rezzed, instead …
). Thus, pseudo-defending themselves while still driving the game forwards. For example (the rez cost being 2[$]
and the printed trash cost being 1[$]
.):
[$2]
ASSET [-$1]
: Academic [🟥 2/5]
When your turn begins, gain 1[$] or draw 1 card.
When the Runner trashes this asset while installed even unrezzed, you may install 1 card from HQ into the root of another server.
[$2]
ASSET [-$2]
: Academic [🟩 2/5]
When your turn begins, gain 1[$] or draw 1 card.
When the Runner trashes this asset while installed even unrezzed, you may install 1 piece of ice from HQ, ignoring all costs. If this asset was rezzed, you may rez that ice, paying 2[$] less.
[$2]
ASSET [-$1]
: Academic [🟨 2/5]
When your turn begins, gain 1[$] or draw 1 card.
When the Runner trashes this asset while installed even unrezzed, you may place a total of 2 advancement counters on installed cards you can advance.
[$2]
ASSET [-$0]
: Academic [🟪 2/5]
When your turn begins, gain 1[$] or draw 1 card.
When the Runner trashes this asset while installed even unrezzed, you may add 1 non-asset card from Archives to the top of R&D. If this asset was rezzed, you may add that card to HQ instead.
Have you read The Tusks of Extinction?
— D4v1d-Gr43b3r