ITS (itstheseason)on MegaETH; Beginner Guide

ITS is a real-time, multiplayer onchain card game where players mint packs, use cards, and compete for a shared reward pool. you can find a raw version of this guide on X here.

What Is ITS?

itstheseason.xyzis a card-based game by megatruther(on X) on MegaETH where:

• Players mint booster packs (NFTs)
• Open(burn) them to receive cards (also NFTs)
• Use play(burn) cards to affect the game
• Compete for a epoch(an epoch is usually 20hrs previously used to last for a week) reward pool

Everything happens onchain:

• Packs = NFTs
• Cards = NFTs
• Actions = transactions

The Goal

Every “epoch” usually 20hrs(team has experimented with 1week and hour epoch in the past) : The Top 20 players on the leaderboard split majority of the reward pool and a portion also goes to koth(King of the Hill, thats whoever spends most time at #1). The pool(including koth) is funded mainly by booster pack mints.

How Booster Packs Work

1 pack = 1 NFT

When you:

• Mint a pack(price starts at ~0.001eth) → price increases slightly(~$0.01) for the next buyer
• Open a pack → it is burned
• You receive 5 random cards(random rarity, random card types)

Important:

• as per current game mechanics pack prices are “up only” during minting

Cards Explained

Cards come in 4 rarity levels:

• Common
• Rare
• Epic
• Legendary

Cards also come in 6 card types:

• Growth
• Redistribution
• Aggression
• Destruction or Chaos
• Heal
• Reflect

see images below

card has an effect, for example:

• Add points to yourself
• Steal points from others
• Redistribute points
• Chaos/random effects

Card Types (Simple Guide)

1. Growth: Gives you points (e.g. +2).

How to use it: Use anytime. It’s the safest way to steadily build your score.

2. Aggression

What it does: Takes points from last player and gives them to you.

How to use it: Best used late in the game to steal points and overtake players.

3. Chaos

What it does: 50/50 chance:

• You lose some points
• OR you steal points from the last player.

4. Redistribution

What it does: Takes points from the top player (#1) and gives them to the bottom player.

5. Heal

What it does: Adds point to both you and the last player

6. Reflect(autoplayed)

What it does: Sends an incoming attack(aggression and redistribution) back to the attacker. chaos/destruction attacks can't be reflected.

The points you get or steal or reflect increases by rarity

Getting started

1. sign up on https://itstheseason.xyz/ you can use my ref code D2RR4Z
2. deposit eth on mega and send to your ITS embedded wallet.
3. mint booster packs see videos below
4. play cards to get points( more explanation on what cards do below). need gas to play(You’ll need a small amount of ETH in your embedded wallet to play cards. Keep around 0.006 ETH as a buffer for gas; this won't be used btw actual costs are infinitely lower, but this ensures your transactions go through smoothly)
5. try to top the leaderboard as top 20 win pot or go more aggressive and try to say on top of the leaderboard for longest to win King of the Hill.
6. rinse repeat for the subsequent epoch

How to Earn Points and Win (Leaderboard & Epochs)

Your goal is to earn points and secure a spot on the leaderboard.

• Points: You earn points by using (playing) the cards you have opened.
• Leaderboard: Your points total is displayed at the top left of the game interface.
• Top 20 + KOTH → split the reward pool at epoch end.
• Cards Carry Over: Any unused cards you have at the end of an Epoch will carry over to the next one.

sources and links

• megatruther twitter https://x.com/megatruther
• ITS: https://itstheseason.xyz/ referral code: D2RR4Z
• older article I wrote on ITS: https://x.com/compose/articles/edit/2027699388324143104
• ITS tg; https://t.me/+UQIoB7pviIxjYjFk
• Dune dashboard(WIP): https://dune.com/miracle7/its
• my ref link: https://itstheseason.xyz/?ref=D2RR4Z