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I love Mars because of Squwaker. So versatile!
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Well, this thread got me. I ordered a bunch of decks with my closeout netrunner stuff to get my order to $100 at miniaturesmarket. Cores are impossible to get, but I figure I've got enough FFG tokens lying around to wing it. C'mon absurd names!
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Nov 21, 2018 06:30
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Grabbed 4 decks today, opened one to learn how to play the game. Presenting Metalittle, the Chemist of Earthlings Don't know how one Chemists an Earthling, but I'm seeing some potential combos in there already. One of my local FLGS is running an event on Sunday where the top people can win ANOTHER DECK, so I guess that might be my first learning experience if I can't find anyone else to convince to buy a deck and play with me before then 
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Nov 21, 2018 07:08
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Quidthulhu posted:Grabbed 4 decks today, opened one to learn how to play the game. Presenting Metalittle, the Chemist of Earthlings If you or any other goons want to test their decks out online, apparently https://www.thecrucible.online allows for playing online and now allows you to import registered decks. It's on the honor system to use your own decks, but that could be fun! Edit: There's currently a visual bug where if you add a deck, it doesn't show that you've added it until you refresh, and I'm not sure mavericks are supported. CuddlyZombie fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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Nov 21, 2018 10:18
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Decided to buy in and got 4 decks. I like the idea behind the game. Hopefully I can find some organized play.
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Nov 22, 2018 18:07
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LifeLynx posted:I don't know what my favorite house is, but I can tell you I hate Mars and will probably trade away any deck with Mars in it unless the synergies are amazing. "Comes in stunned" is too big of a drawback when all creatures already come in tapped. By FAR the best Mars creatures don't come in Stunned. Blypyp, Megamouth, John Smyth, etc. People really ened to break themselves of the idea that big beefy critters areautomatically good in this game. Also, pair ti with Sanctum and Clear Mind it's delish.
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Nov 22, 2018 18:31
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In the few places that carry it, this thing is sold out. Wtf
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Nov 22, 2018 18:53
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UltraRed posted:In the few places that carry it, this thing is sold out. Wtf F F G
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Nov 22, 2018 18:54
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So my release event is this weekend. Sounds like there's about 16 people preregistered. From what I was able to gather, as the event is being run in Chinese, they're going to explain how to play and then we'll break off into groups of 8, 2 rounds of swiss and then the people who won both games get prizes. My store has said they weren't able to get kits from the people running this thing so I don't know if that means that they aren't using a kit or if they only run events on their own but I certainly wouldn't mind getting some of those metal keys or the promo house cards(although I'm looking at making a custom dial for that using one of the acrylic L5R dial bases I have laying around.) No matter what I'm super into checking this game out and seeing how it plays. One thing I'm really into is how the mulligan/first player deal works.
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Nov 22, 2018 18:55
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Yeah, I like the first player/mulligan thing a lot. Mulliganing hurts a lto less as first player, and mulliganing is never a HUGE penalty becase you're rarely playing more than 3 cards in the first round anyway, and you draw to full rather than just the one so getting card locked is almost impossible. It's good.
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Nov 22, 2018 18:58
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On the plus side, it appears that FFG can turnaround the decks pretty quickly, it's the Starter boxes that are going to be sold out for a while. That's fine, I'll make my own tokens. (Now to see if there's a way to get a bunch of tiny 1, 3, and 5 stickers...)
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Nov 22, 2018 19:09
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You should be able to pick some up later next week. The full restock of Archon decks is coming very shortly. If anyone really wants to purchase some decks without using Ebay or a major retailer, let me know and I can sell some. I'd prefer to sell 3-4 at a time in order to save on shipping.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:31
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ShowTime posted:You should be able to pick some up later next week. The full restock of Archon decks is coming very shortly. If anyone really wants to purchase some decks without using Ebay or a major retailer, let me know and I can sell some. I'd prefer to sell 3-4 at a time in order to save on shipping. Guy on ebay was selling a case of 12 packs with the metal keys as a BIN for what would have been around $150usd shipped out here. I didn't want to get that many decks until I was comfortable I'd have the players but I really should have jumped on that. Seems like I'm going to be able to co-organize a women's board game event to get them into Keyforge and 12 packs would have been the perfect number to order.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:42
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CuddlyZombie posted:If you or any other goons want to test their decks out online, apparently https://www.thecrucible.online allows for playing online and now allows you to import registered decks. It's on the honor system to use your own decks, but that could be fun! I'm using it now. It works good but it does make everything play slowly.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:53
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UltraRed posted:In the few places that carry it, this thing is sold out. Wtf The shop I work at has gone through like 200 decks in a week A week I'm still waiting to buy my second one
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Nov 22, 2018 19:55
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Only bought one deck to give this game a shot, was pretty fun. Especially when you forge 2 keys in the same turn to close out the game. One disappointment I had was my very boring deck name Yoren "Arc" Terio
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Nov 22, 2018 21:31
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Managed to snatch up 3 decks. The store also gives out bags of free 3D printed tokens too.
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Nov 23, 2018 00:50
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thespaceinvader posted:By FAR the best Mars creatures don't come in Stunned. Blypyp, Megamouth, John Smyth, etc. People really ened to break themselves of the idea that big beefy critters areautomatically good in this game. Excuse me, I think you mean "John Smyth" Cracked 2 decks for me and a relative to play at Thanksgiving. He was kicking my rear end all night, just couldn't get any creatures out to deal with his board. I finally drew a cool board clear combo: Mars - Deal 3 Damage to everything Untamed - Destroy all damaged creatures But he had a Sanctum creature that has Destroyed: Fully heal all friendly creatures So there was just nothing I could do  But oh well. Game is fun.
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Nov 23, 2018 02:38
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I had the Mars dude who Archives your opponents creatures when he Reaps and managed to get 5 uses out of him in a single turn against my wife. She was not pleased. Then I played the Logos card that gives you an Æmber for each card in your archive on my next turn. I've never been so excited about sleeping alone.
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Nov 23, 2018 02:42
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Benson Cunningham posted:I had the Mars dude who Archives your opponents creatures when he Reaps and managed to get 5 uses out of him in a single turn against my wife. She was not pleased. Then I played the Logos card that gives you an Æmber for each card in your archive on my next turn. I've never been so excited about sleeping alone. Yah the Zookeeper is insanely horrible. Mars has a weird dichotomy between big bruisers and tiny squishy duders with HORRIBLE abilities that you have to kill RIGHT NOW or you lose hard.
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Nov 23, 2018 09:50
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So far I've found opening/playing new decks and replaying the same deck to be more or less equal joys, which is great. Each deck feels like it has a good amount of nuance to sort out which is really what this game needs.
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Nov 24, 2018 00:35
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Pvt. Parts posted:So far I've found opening/playing new decks and replaying the same deck to be more or less equal joys, which is great. Each deck feels like it has a good amount of nuance to sort out which is really what this game needs. This is exactly how I feel. I have a bunch of decks because I'm in need stores all the time, but playing the same deck several times really opens it up in a way I don't see in a lot of games. Does Grommid's passive to gain an æmber work if the Grommid initiates the fight? It's worded kind of strangely.
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Nov 24, 2018 00:48
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food court bailiff posted:This is exactly how I feel. I have a bunch of decks because I'm in need stores all the time, but playing the same deck several times really opens it up in a way I don't see in a lot of games. I'm like 99% sure it works either way, yeah. "Fighting" just means "participated in the fight". How is Organized Play shaping up in everyone's locals? Has been pretty quiet in my large city so far from what I've seen.
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Nov 24, 2018 01:00
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Pvt. Parts posted:So far I've found opening/playing new decks and replaying the same deck to be more or less equal joys, which is great. Each deck feels like it has a good amount of nuance to sort out which is really what this game needs. Depends on the deck imo, I definitely had a better time playing one blind that happened to fit with how I play card games than I did with the ones I owned that Well Didnt
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Nov 24, 2018 01:53
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Pvt. Parts posted:So far I've found opening/playing new decks and replaying the same deck to be more or less equal joys, which is great. Each deck feels like it has a good amount of nuance to sort out which is really what this game needs. Agreed. I just had friends over to try the game/help me test out decks/open the rest of the my sealed product and it was a blast. Getting a chance to really see how a deck worked and determine what I'd like to take to "constructed" events out of my six decks has been a blast so far. Now to work out a gauntlet to see how we would want to test other decks as I acquire them... 
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Nov 24, 2018 03:15
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Is anyone interested in deck trading? I've got the following i'm wanting to trade: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/61699dd1-41cd-4451-85a8-cceae054935c https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/e437b1e9-c2b5-4b43-a211-c0af41f5596c https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/64301684-2f8d-41c8-acd0-370fbcc1d4dc https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/43fac541-f50f-44d3-a20e-91b1159f06e4 https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/77a457c6-1511-46b4-89e3-90bb030cefac https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/718efb66-94e7-4eb0-90c6-09ddb3e5484f All really good decks I basically planned on opening and playing at some point, but now that I have 3 solid decks i'm looking to trade them for very specific decks. I'm looking for decks with Help from Future Self/Timetraveller and decks with strong Logos/Shadow synergy. I'm also able to trade them for MTG cards or even out right sell them if you are interested.
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Nov 24, 2018 04:44
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I found out the hard way that when a Phosphorus Stars says stun each non-Mars creature, it really does mean EVERY. I just assumed it meant enemy creatures only, but I guess that's not the case. There's a few other cards with similar effects too as it turns out.
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Nov 24, 2018 05:02
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Roommate has a strong board out of 9 creatures, 5 logos and 4 Mars. I have no creatures out. He opens his turn with Wild Wormhole and flips Gate to Dis. So yeah I won.
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Nov 24, 2018 05:48
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Had my days wrong and am now on my way to the Taipei Keyforge release event. Looking forward to finally getting to play this thing.
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Nov 24, 2018 06:20
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Got some decks to try it out with my partner. Cobbled together tokens from various other buy 3 core FFG games since KeyForge cores are non-existent. First deck opened... horsemen. So that's on ebay now. I figure if people are throwing out 75-200 on these I might as well just cash it out and get a bunch of decks. We'll try again for actual decks to play later. It's a shame though because Q. Browning, the Crucible Reaver is a pretty cool name.
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Nov 24, 2018 06:21
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Karnegal posted:Got some decks to try it out with my partner. Cobbled together tokens from various other buy 3 core FFG games since KeyForge cores are non-existent. First deck opened... horsemen. So that's on ebay now. I figure if people are throwing out 75-200 on these I might as well just cash it out and get a bunch of decks. We'll try again for actual decks to play later. It's a shame though because Q. Browning, the Crucible Reaver is a pretty cool name. It's a great idea at this point imo. A lot of people are drawn to "omg the four horseman that's so cool" (myself included at first) but I've honestly yet to see a deck with them that's really successful. I know the potential is there but selling it now while the hype is maximum (and the supply is low) is definitely the right move.
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Nov 24, 2018 06:38
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My assumption is that 1: they're probably not as good as people think unless you have 2 sets in the same deck. And 2: they're not as rare as people think. Other deck also had the excellent name of: Mighty "Shakalaka" Stig
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Nov 24, 2018 06:40
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Karnegal posted:My assumption is that 1: they're probably not as good as people think unless you have 2 sets in the same deck. And 2: they're not as rare as people think. I've played against a few different Horsemen decks now and I've not been impressed at all. Maybe the decks with double sets have some teeth but it's at all worth the hype.
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Nov 24, 2018 06:42
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Gorefiend posted:I've played against a few different Horsemen decks now and I've not been impressed at all. Maybe the decks with double sets have some teeth but it's at all worth the hype. I think all these people paying out for them think KeyForge is much more like MTG than it is.
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Nov 24, 2018 07:21
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Ya 4 Horsemen really seems like a bogeyman right now. One of the guys in my playgroup has em and they’re honestly not great without a lot of support too. I’ll take my 4 Niffel Ape, 2 Niffle Queen deck any time.
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Nov 24, 2018 07:29
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Here's what I'm playing today Stefamatch, the Inventor of the Pub Has quite a bit of removal, big hitters and the Bad Penny/Seeker Needle combo. First opponent I played had 3 seeker needles in his deck which was crazy but not really enough other good shadows stuff to let him activate shadows enough. I won, 3 keys to 1. If I win one more game I win a pack which would be great since they aren't actually selling them in Taiwan yet. Edit: Won my second game and got a free pack. Second game was expecting a tough matchup but ended up rolling him hard 3 keys to 1 as well and ended the game with like 3-4 extra amber while he had none. He had some good cards including quite a few board wipes but he seemed to really lack ways of getting amber. Game is good and fun. PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Nov 24, 2018 |
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Nov 24, 2018 08:06
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Balon posted:Ya 4 Horsemen really seems like a bogeyman right now. One of the guys in my playgroup has em and they’re honestly not great without a lot of support too. I’ll take my 4 Niffel Ape, 2 Niffle Queen deck any time. They're not. People have gone nuts over them because they're relatively rare and because they're big and buff, but I'd far prefer and aember rush. Or just Timetraveller/futureself. Double horsemen are harder, especially if the deck they come in has wipes, but they're still not all that challenging. I'd prefer a double time traveller over a double horsemen any day. And an Untamed full of Dust Pixies over both.
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Nov 24, 2018 10:37
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thespaceinvader posted:They're not. People have gone nuts over them because they're relatively rare and because they're big and buff, but I'd far prefer and aember rush. Or just Timetraveller/futureself. Are they though? They're all five power but they've got no armor and are in a house full of four, five, and six power cards with armor.
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Nov 24, 2018 19:14
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150,000 decks have been registered so far on the online database. No way to gauge actually sales by that number but I'd say the game has probably topped a million in sales by this point. Cracked my second deck to play with a friend and beat the one I played in release event. Williams, Bexwyke's Brass Sentinel I'm not in love with the Mars stuff in this set but the bright side of that is that the Mars stuff is best hoarded so it did make turns easier. Overall I don't like this deck as much, but I do want to make it my mission now to track down a deck with multiple copies of Key to Dis because I used to love playing Larry's Disk in Magic and this is everything I loved out of that. The Guilty Hearts here really didn't seem very good. PaybackJack fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Nov 24, 2018 |
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