01-12-2014, 11:42 AM
Eh, why not another one? Regardless of the topic of one thread, I'm certain that a significant amount of the people who enjoy and/or make fantasy imagery have hobbies involving tabletop games of some kind.
So why not a thread about them?
I guess it's odd on my part, given the fact that I don't do fantasy imagery myself. At all.
Regardless, I'm a fan of card games, and have attempted to get into tabletop rpgs to some degree (mostly failing, but hey).
I think most people my age started off with the Pokemon card game, then "graduated" to more complex games like Magic. And I guess I fit that boat. I've also played games like VS System (which I still love) and Yugioh (which has disappointed me and made me leave for good).
Last year I finally returned to Magic: The Gathering after phasing out (heh) for about 5 years. I'm very much a Vorthos, and my interest in the game is based on the block settings and flavor more than anything else. But I still try to keep up with the current lead designer's articles on game design and theory, and the more I've read and learned, I'm honestly convinced that as a game concept, Magic was perfectly designed, and that's really amazing when you realize that it was the first of it's kind.
While I missed out on Innistrad (which I've discovered is REALLY fun in limited, like the most I've ever had) I'm definitely interested in Theros, and can't wait for the previews we'll be getting next week for Born of the Gods.
To some degree I tolerate it in Magic, but I've honestly grown sick and tired of the TCG business model and the secondary market that exists as a side effect of it. I hate the idea of a single piece of paper going for $40-80. It's a god damn piece of paper. And unless we're talking legitimate collection standards involving old out of print products, it should not exist, in my opinion. I could do a full rant on this topic, but I won't.
I've been looking into trying different games, and the current line of Fantasy Flight games have caught my attention. They're part of a new move to reject the random distribution model in favor of a clear fixed distribution. A core game has all of it's cards in the set, ready for two players to use right out of the box and customize as they like, and new cards are released in fixed packs if you want them.
The games they have under this model (trademarked as Living Card Games) are all licensed. Currently there's a remake of Netrunner (created by the person who created Magic), Star Wars, Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and Warhammer.
Of those, I find the Star Wars and Cthulhu games the most interesting. I might pick them up.
Each of the games listed have complete and concise tutorial videos on Fantasy Flight's youtube channel, so it's a good way to gauge if it's interesting to you or not.
Does anyone have opinions on them?
So why not a thread about them?
I guess it's odd on my part, given the fact that I don't do fantasy imagery myself. At all.
Regardless, I'm a fan of card games, and have attempted to get into tabletop rpgs to some degree (mostly failing, but hey).
I think most people my age started off with the Pokemon card game, then "graduated" to more complex games like Magic. And I guess I fit that boat. I've also played games like VS System (which I still love) and Yugioh (which has disappointed me and made me leave for good).
Last year I finally returned to Magic: The Gathering after phasing out (heh) for about 5 years. I'm very much a Vorthos, and my interest in the game is based on the block settings and flavor more than anything else. But I still try to keep up with the current lead designer's articles on game design and theory, and the more I've read and learned, I'm honestly convinced that as a game concept, Magic was perfectly designed, and that's really amazing when you realize that it was the first of it's kind.
While I missed out on Innistrad (which I've discovered is REALLY fun in limited, like the most I've ever had) I'm definitely interested in Theros, and can't wait for the previews we'll be getting next week for Born of the Gods.
To some degree I tolerate it in Magic, but I've honestly grown sick and tired of the TCG business model and the secondary market that exists as a side effect of it. I hate the idea of a single piece of paper going for $40-80. It's a god damn piece of paper. And unless we're talking legitimate collection standards involving old out of print products, it should not exist, in my opinion. I could do a full rant on this topic, but I won't.
I've been looking into trying different games, and the current line of Fantasy Flight games have caught my attention. They're part of a new move to reject the random distribution model in favor of a clear fixed distribution. A core game has all of it's cards in the set, ready for two players to use right out of the box and customize as they like, and new cards are released in fixed packs if you want them.
The games they have under this model (trademarked as Living Card Games) are all licensed. Currently there's a remake of Netrunner (created by the person who created Magic), Star Wars, Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and Warhammer.
Of those, I find the Star Wars and Cthulhu games the most interesting. I might pick them up.
Each of the games listed have complete and concise tutorial videos on Fantasy Flight's youtube channel, so it's a good way to gauge if it's interesting to you or not.
Does anyone have opinions on them?