{"id":514,"date":"2023-05-29T06:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T10:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.fabrec.gg\/articles\/?p=514"},"modified":"2023-12-04T22:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T02:02:05","slug":"the-genius-of-flesh-and-bloods-pitch-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabrec.gg\/articles\/the-genius-of-flesh-and-bloods-pitch-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genius of Flesh and Blood’s Pitch System"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a now-famous anecdote of when James White, the creator of <\/span>Flesh and Blood<\/span><\/i>, developed the pitch system that serves as the game’s resource mechanic. He was working in his Auckland office on New Year’s Eve — the uproar of cheers and raucous, inebriated laughter formed a backdrop for a pivotal moment in the game’s initial design. As he told Flake in this <\/span>February 2022 interview<\/span><\/a>, James was playing around with Fai and realized that the cards in <\/span>Flesh and Blood<\/span><\/i> needed to come in a cycle of red, yellow, and blue pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

This moment sealed Fai into James’ heart and gave him greater excitement than the partygoers on the streets below. So how does this resource management system compare to other card and tabletop games, and how does it make FAB unique? Let’s explore together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resource Management<\/h2>\n

Think of a card game as an analog machine. Every action your machine makes takes an amount of energy. Many early card games used resource-specific cards to generate this energy.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t