Zest

Zest is a food TCG by Effy and Ruby. The TCG opened for prejoin April 1, 2013.

It went on hiatus on June 2014 and later adopted by Jessica. As of March 2016, Effy is in the process of bringing it back.

Site Information

Owner: Effy
URL: http://zest.6birds.net
Category: Food
Lifetime: 2013 - 2014
Prejoin: April 1, 2013
Grand Opening: April 8, 2013

Staff

Current Staff

Effy - Owner

Former Staff

Ruby - Co-Owner
Suza - Forum Helper, Card Maker
lollie - Forum Helper
Sujini - Forum Helper
Danielle - Forum Helper
Jenny - Card Maker
Shawnna - Chief Forum Helper

Background

Zest started out as a common want while Effy and Sheva discussed ideas for future TCGs. The two originally agreed to co-own the TCG, and Sheva came up with the template. Due to time constraints due to University, Sheva could not start on the project until the summer. Sheva backed out of the project and gave full reign to Effy, and Ruby stepped in as co-owner.

Prejoin began April 1, 2013 and was incredibly successful with 43 prejoiners in less than a week. The TCG's popularity far exceeded both Effy and Sheva's expectations.

Cards

There are two types of decks on Zest: Normal and Special.

Normal Decks

Normal decks feature dishes from various food groups.

Special Decks

The Special decks are worth 2, and are typically member created or relate to website events.

Member Cards

Member cards are worth 0 and may be traded freely between members. For every 15 member cards collected a player may claim a mini mastery. Member cards containing an orange in the bottom right-hand corner mean that said member is a Prejoiner.

Leveling

Levels are based on card worth. To level, a member must have the correct amount of cards. The levels are named after different kinds of chefs. The level names were decided by Shawnna.

Patissier: 001-100 cards
Tournant: 101-200 cards
Grillardin: 201-300 cards
Rotisseur: 301-400 cards
Poissonnier: 401-550 cards
Saucier: 551-700 cards
Sushi Chef: 701-900 cards
Senior Chef: 901-1100 cards
Sous Chef: 1101-1500 cards
Executive Chef: 1501-2000 cards

Mastering Decks

When a player has collected all 15 cards in a deck, they obtain the mastery badge. Mastered cards cannot be traded off.

Currency

Former currency

Zest used lemons and limes for currency, which could be exchanged on the forums for either cards or ingredients. The Wild Ingredient coupon could be exchanged for a choice ingredient.

Stories

Because of the complications caused by recipes, Zest brought stories, or portals, to the table. Members could unlock stories and complete the missions the stories required as they wished. Recipes were completed and introduced in the stories.

Participating in the stories was completely optional, but offered a more chellenging side of Zest to players who wanted to enhance their game. The stories were run using Portalish by Effy.

Ingredients

In Zest's original run, players could obtain ingredients from various games and other website activities. Ingredients were used for recipes, which were required to complete levels; when stories were introduced, mastering recipes was required to complete a story.

Recipes

Mastering recipes was a requirement to level up in Zest's original run. There were several different recipes to choose from, and members had collect all the cards and ingredients listed on each recipe card to complete it.

Rewards were given based on the number of items used to create the recipe. When a player mastered a recipe, they received the corresponding recipe badge.