Dug them out. Don't know what I'm going to do with them, but there they are. Had to go through: Magic, Warlord Game of Thrones, and EVE cards to get there.
Also, I found this deck box. I'd completely forgotten these were even a thing.
What is this I don't even.
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Printed out lion and dragon demo decks. Took me most of the night to get them ready, so we didn't get to play, but I'm looking forward to trying them out.
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Tonight was good. I demo'ed the game using the learn to play decks for 5 different people, and everyone loved it. Some pre-ordered on the spot.
It's interesting watching people's different strategies.. like sitting back a turn and building up your fate for a big push, or sacrificing cards at tricky times.
Hmm. I'm still trying to find whether any places near me are doing a launch event for this.
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No wonder they required people to pick the roles before this came out. Holy shit. Like.. This cements that this will be a game of really powerful characters.
I'm wondering why we picked Keeper of the Void. Keeper in general doesn't seem as Dragony as Seeker.
The logic I've seen is that it is to set up for next time. You can't choose the same role you have currently, so a lot of people picked sub-optimal roles to prep for next year. There may also have been some hate drafting going on too.
My google-fu is failing me rather hard, so we have a release date for the game at this point?
I was wanting to get back into Netrunner but my local scene seems pretty dead, so, maybe this instead.
October 5th in the US.
Where'd you find it? My FLGS is still saying 4Q with no date.
Announced at GenCon. It would be subject to change, being as it is "on the boat" and this is FFG, but this is an enormously high profile release so they probably expect it to arrive in the next couple of weeks with plenty of time to get it shipped to distributors and into stores.
My google-fu is failing me rather hard, so we have a release date for the game at this point?
I was wanting to get back into Netrunner but my local scene seems pretty dead, so, maybe this instead.
October 5th in the US.
Where'd you find it? My FLGS is still saying 4Q with no date.
I was there when it was announced - first by the head of organized play as the 15th, then updated to the 5th a few moments later when they realized their mistake. Then at the in-flight report.
I had to fight back my first instincts when they seemed to not like the game. Though it makes sense - it sounds like they are more into quick play games, and L5R definitely can be overwhelming (When I teach the game, I only introduce concepts as they come up).
But.. yeah. I think they have some very valid concerns. If the game takes 90 minutes to play when teaching, and a single core doesn't represent the game well, it may lead to people not picking it up.
Is there a good way to tell Conflict and Dynasty cards apart from the front face, aside from the D and C?
The backs of the 3 types of cards (Conflict, Destiny, Province) are drastically different. Otherwise, no, as character cards can appear in either deck.
I had to fight back my first instincts when they seemed to not like the game. Though it makes sense - it sounds like they are more into quick play games, and L5R definitely can be overwhelming (When I teach the game, I only introduce concepts as they come up).
But.. yeah. I think they have some very valid concerns. If the game takes 90 minutes to play when teaching, and a single core doesn't represent the game well, it may lead to people not picking it up.
How long does a game take to play once you have it down?
Edit: Watching the team covenant how to play for L5R it looks pretty fiddly, but, maybe it will click with time. Two decks, provinces, rings, political, war, favor, honor, dishonor, fate.... It's a lot.
By round three in the Kiku Matsuri, our total play time was dropping pretty quickly. A big part of that was just getting down what each of the 5 ring effects were. Once you had those down you could get through conflict declaration faster.
Honestly, I could see play time going down once you're running a full 40/40 deck, since you'll be drawing your good Dynasty stuff more often and won't be clogged up with all the neutrals that you probably can't use your good tricks on. So battles will probably end with more provinces broken and you'll move into the end-game faster.
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Honestly, I could see play time going down once you're running a full 40/40 deck, since you'll be drawing your good Dynasty stuff more often and won't be clogged up with all the neutrals that you probably can't use your good tricks on. So battles will probably end with more provinces broken and you'll move into the end-game faster.
Yeah, though I do wonder about honor/dishonor decks. Honor particularly seems hard to climb towards (and we know that is by design in the core).
But.. in the end, we just don't know what the game will look like in its final form. I'm still excited to check it out, but more than anything I want this to succeed. As much as this looks like a sure thing, it is still a risk for FFG.
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Also, I really need to see if I can sell my old L5R cards.
Also, I found this deck box. I'd completely forgotten these were even a thing.
It's interesting watching people's different strategies.. like sitting back a turn and building up your fate for a big push, or sacrificing cards at tricky times.
I think the most popular ones going around are the Kolat decks, but they were created prior to the full card pool being known.
http://kolatinformant.com/2017/07/l5r-lcg-print-and-play-demo-decks/
http://kolatinformant.com/2017/07/l5r-lcg-print-and-play-demo-decks/
Under Support is the learn to play and rules reference.
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Notice the Goblin card as a neutral?
The logic I've seen is that it is to set up for next time. You can't choose the same role you have currently, so a lot of people picked sub-optimal roles to prep for next year. There may also have been some hate drafting going on too.
I was wanting to get back into Netrunner but my local scene seems pretty dead, so, maybe this instead.
October 5th in the US.
Where'd you find it? My FLGS is still saying 4Q with no date.
Announced at GenCon. It would be subject to change, being as it is "on the boat" and this is FFG, but this is an enormously high profile release so they probably expect it to arrive in the next couple of weeks with plenty of time to get it shipped to distributors and into stores.
Who made Ammy cry and why aren't they dead yet.
I was there when it was announced - first by the head of organized play as the 15th, then updated to the 5th a few moments later when they realized their mistake. Then at the in-flight report.
(I hope the Scorpions are cool at least, they are my favorite clan from the RPG and the novels.)
If I were to guess: her husband for the former and Hitomi's around working on the latter.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_cEaDvn1Y
I had to fight back my first instincts when they seemed to not like the game. Though it makes sense - it sounds like they are more into quick play games, and L5R definitely can be overwhelming (When I teach the game, I only introduce concepts as they come up).
But.. yeah. I think they have some very valid concerns. If the game takes 90 minutes to play when teaching, and a single core doesn't represent the game well, it may lead to people not picking it up.
There will be more reviews though.
Is there a good way to tell Conflict and Dynasty cards apart from the front face, aside from the D and C?
The backs of the 3 types of cards (Conflict, Destiny, Province) are drastically different. Otherwise, no, as character cards can appear in either deck.
How long does a game take to play once you have it down?
Edit: Watching the team covenant how to play for L5R it looks pretty fiddly, but, maybe it will click with time. Two decks, provinces, rings, political, war, favor, honor, dishonor, fate.... It's a lot.
In all the demos I've given, I've jumped straight to the fate phase before calculating imperial favor. I always forget it is there.
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Yeah, though I do wonder about honor/dishonor decks. Honor particularly seems hard to climb towards (and we know that is by design in the core).
But.. in the end, we just don't know what the game will look like in its final form. I'm still excited to check it out, but more than anything I want this to succeed. As much as this looks like a sure thing, it is still a risk for FFG.
Yeah, this plus the no new announcements for Netrunner at gencon is causing a lot of salt to be leveled (and not entirely fairly) at L5R.
Am I missing something? I thought this had been established a while ago.
It's pretty obvious you'll need 3 cores for a complete tourney legal set, but there will be very little overlap.
Three might be optimum, but I don't think it'll be necessary. Especially once packs start coming out.
EDIT: I just realized I forgot to spend my influence when I built this. Whoops.
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