B5CGS Deck validation.

Is anyone out there even passingly familiar with the Babylon 5 Component
Game System?


I now have a large chunk of the data file composed and I'm beginning to
look at validation.

In B5:CGS the number of copies of any card permitted in a deck is
controlled by the size of the deck:

10-19 = 1 copy
20-29 = 2 copies
30-39 = 3 copies
etc...

Minimum deck size is 10.

Each deck may contain a maximum of two Races.

If two Races are used, one of them MUST be "Generic".

Different versions of a personality count as the same card for duplication
purposes (eg. a copy of "Londo 2258" and a copy of "Londo 2259" are
considered to be 2 copies of "Londo").



The rules for the Reserve are less than clear. Effectively, your Reserve
automatically consists of every non-Generic card you own that does not
match the (other) Race chosen for your main deck. However, the cards that
may actually be used from your Reserve appear to be limited to 1 for every
10 cards in your deck.

Effectively the restrictions on Reserve cards are:
1) Not Generic
2) Not of the same Race as any card in your deck.
3) Number of copies of any card limited to 1 card for every 10 in the main
deck.
4) Number of cards limited to 1 card for every 10 in the main deck
SQUARED.
(eg. Maximum = 1 copy of 1 card, 2 copies of 2 cards, 3 copies of 3
cards)

Whilst it is not compulsory to include any Non-Generic cards in your main
deck you must omit at least one other Race from your Reserve. (You ARE
considered to be playing one Race even if you do not use any of that Race's
cards)

Essentially, I am here using Card Vault to determine the Reserve cards that
a player prefers (as technically their Reserve is almost unlimited) or
perhaps more usefully, to validate an actual deck in retrospect.




Any ideas how I go about setting all this up?

---Steven

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