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Chazani posted:Because it's Asmodee and FFG, you should always be a bit worried about the continuity of anything. The game is old, but it has been decently popular because of the theme. With the Amazon series coming, it would be a bit silly to give up on a card game that shares the timeline with new tv series. Do you mean Amazon's gonna make a card game or what? Lots of things are often licensed for different purposes. Tbh I'd be more worried about the layoffs and the shutdown of SW: Destiny. That said if you enjoy the game I wouldn't worry too much because even if they do stop it, as it's a solo game that just means you should likely get discounts on finishing your collection.
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Does anyone know how much it costs to order off FFG's website to the UK? It's the only place I can find selling the Nightmare packs I'm after 
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Rarity posted:Does anyone know how much it costs to order off FFG's website to the UK? It's the only place I can find selling the Nightmare packs I'm after Their international shipping fees are pretty outrageous. We were looking into getting the L5R packs from them when they started offering the full art cards with them and the cost was hilariously bad. I'm talking the same thing I could have shipped for $25 through Mini Market was $65 through them.
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PaybackJack posted:Their international shipping fees are pretty outrageous. Yeah I know it's cheaper to ship from Amazon US which I've had to do for my last few purchases but this one's too obscure for even that apparently 
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alansmithee posted:Do you mean Amazon's gonna make a card game or what? Lots of things are often licensed for different purposes. I'm just joking. Although something like that did happen to Netrunner...
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Chazani posted:I'm just joking. The thing with netrunner iirc was that license was too expensive compared to how much money it was. Wotc isn’t doing anything with the ip and I think they would have by now if they wanted to.
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Chazani posted:Because it's Asmodee and FFG, you should always be a bit worried about the continuity of anything. The game is old, but it has been decently popular because of the theme. With the Amazon series coming, it would be a bit silly to give up on a card game that shares the timeline with new tv series. If amazon cared that much about being able to make LOTR games, they’d just buy Asmodee. And wasn’t the Netrunner stuff because WOTC realized they could make more money doing something themselves than licensing it back out. Truther Vandross fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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Jan 15, 2020 19:47
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sportsgenius86 posted:If amazon cared that much about being able to make LOTR games, they’d just buy Asmodee. I wonder if WotC noticed that a non Magic card game was semi popular, and just decided to swat it down into oblivion on a whim. How much could FFG have been paying them anyway?
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Lord_Hambrose posted:I wonder if WotC noticed that a non Magic card game was semi popular, and just decided to swat it down into oblivion on a whim. How much could FFG have been paying them anyway? This time I am actually serious. If I remember right, FFG lost the licence bit after Asmodee bought them. This might have influenced Hasbro. Because companies are the devil.
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Jan 15, 2020 20:34
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Picked up Marvel Champions on a whim, and man it's REALLY cool so far. It'll never dethrone LotR for me as far as co-ops go, but I played a bunch of it with my son and we both love it. My questions though, is "if you use a card that has an attack/thwart ability, does that take the place of your basic attack/thwart?" So could you in theory use one of Iron Man's tech cards to attack and then also thwart with him or does using Repulsor Blast or whatever tap him?
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Jan 15, 2020 20:48
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If the card doesn't exhaust your hero/alter ego, you can still use your basic ability.
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EdsTeioh posted:Picked up Marvel Champions on a whim, and man it's REALLY cool so far. It'll never dethrone LotR for me as far as co-ops go, but I played a bunch of it with my son and we both love it. My questions though, is "if you use a card that has an attack/thwart ability, does that take the place of your basic attack/thwart?" So could you in theory use one of Iron Man's tech cards to attack and then also thwart with him or does using Repulsor Blast or whatever tap him? Your basic ones exhaust your character. Anything else is just an added bonus attack/thwart you can also do in addition to your basics.
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LifeLynx posted:Your basic ones exhaust your character. Anything else is just an added bonus attack/thwart you can also do in addition to your basics. Unless that anything else specifically says that it exhausts you. I just got the Marvel Champions core box in the mail today after trying it out on Tabletop Simulator a few days ago. Just finished playing the intro together with my husband and he really liked it and definitely wants to play more. While I very much prefer LOTR thematically and narratively, Marvel Champions is just a joy to play. It borrows pretty heavily from LOTR (Nate French and all...) to a degree that makes me feel like it's almost a more streamlined, simpler, faster version of that game. Jury's still out for me on how deckbuilding will be for Marvel though. I havent read the tournament deckbuilding rules or whatever yet... but as, say, Spiderman, do I always 100% of the time have to have all of the Spiderman-specific cards in my deck? Captain America and the Green Goblin scenario pack are supposedly going to be in stock here in Germany sometime this month, might preorder them because I'm a responsible adult who totally makes great financial decisions. Drone fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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Jan 15, 2020 22:01
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Thanks for the answers; that's how we were playing it. And yes, Marvel Champs feels very much like "Arcade Mode LotR," which I'm 100% on board with. LotR is actually my favorite board/card game period but there are times where it can be a chore.
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Drone posted:
Yes: PLAYER DECKS The deck customization rules for player decks are: • A player must choose exactly one identity card. • A player’s deck consists of a minimum of 40 cards and a maximum of 50 cards. The identity card is not counted as part of this number. • A player’s deck must include each of the hero cards associated with their chosen identity card. The exact quantity of each card included in that hero set must be included in the deck. • A player may choose exactly one aspect (Justice, Aggression, Protection, or Leadership) to use for customization. The remainder of their deck is then customized with cards that belong to that aspect and/ or basic cards. • No more than three copies (by title) of each nonunique card may be included in the deck. • No more than one copy (by title) of each unique card may be included among the cards in the deck and the identity card. If two unique cards share the same title, but their subtitles/alter-egos differ, they may coexist in the deck. • Any “deckbuilding requirements” on the player’s identity card must be followed.
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Rarity posted:Does anyone know how much it costs to order off FFG's website to the UK? It's the only place I can find selling the Nightmare packs I'm after I got the last five Netrunner packs direct from them when it died (so mid 2018) and paid $25.85 on that. Made em about £15 each which is just paying RRP. What I can't remember is if Royal Mail held them and charged me for it, if they did it would have added another £20+
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Jan 16, 2020 00:07
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According to Amazon the Ms. Marvel pack will be shipping to me sometime between... mid-February and April. It's the only one that's popped as becoming available again as far as I know, although I am tempted to pre-order the Wrecking Crew.
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Jan 16, 2020 13:50
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Black Widow got an official reveal and they’re showing off new preparation mechanic. Which seems to be more about being able to pop off stuff during villains turn, at the cost of sacrificing a card. I like it. Black Widow seems pretty good, with the low hit point cost gonna be a bit of a glass cannon and will definitely have to form shift a lot. Overall, I’m pretty happy with what they showed off. Game is gonna be in a good place. I just really wanna see a reveal on the big box expansion cause I want a lot more villain variety. Glad that Wrecking Crew is next.
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Drone posted:As someone just now getting into LOTR (since last week I bought all of the Mirkwood cycle, so I've got Core + a complete Mirkwood at the moment), should I be worried about FFG halting LOTR and not doing any more reprints, given all the fluctuation that's happening over there with the layoffs and cancelling Star Wars: Destiny? It is definitely circling the drain, FFG is pretty openly axing things left and right right now and it seems like even their immensely popular stuff is getting a reprint "sometime, maybe?". When Netrunner died you could pick up a full set of cards for a couple hundred, which seems like a ton but was way less than buying them all piecemeal as they were released. I'm not sure how a co-op game would handle a similar fate, though.
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Black Widow looks slick, and I'm glad that they're using heroes to introduce mechanics without gating them behind the hero. It'll be interesting to see how keywords like "Tech" and "Preparation" grow as the card pool starts getting deep enough to really think about. I was building a deck last night, and I was running Concussive Blow, and I was making judgment calls on cards I wouldn't have played before because I really wanted reliable "Fist" cards.
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Just played the core set of Arkham Horror. I’m enjoying it a decent amount. Anyone have a large collection of Arkham Horror they’re looking to get rid of? I figure folks won’t be selling all the time so I’ll probably slowly buy up some sets here and there while keeping an eye out on eBay or whatever.
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Do you all keep your original packaging after moving your LCG collections to a different type of storage? I've upgraded my LOTR collection over the past weeks and now have the Core set + all of Shadows of Mirkwood; Khazad-Dum + all of Dwarrowdelf; Heirs of Numenor + half of Against the Shadow; The Black Riders + The Road Darkens. I've been slowly packing them into a 4000-card sized cardboard storage box, which is more than big enough for everything, and the boxes for all of my Deluxe/Saga expansions are sitting around empty. I can't really think of a reason to keep them aside from maybe, someday when/if I want to sell the collection, the potential buyer maybe wanting them for whatever reason?
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I've been keeping the paper insert covers for all the Arkham packs I have, and cutting off the front of the deluxe boxes and storing them in the two core set boxes I have. I recycle the plastic boxes and the rest of the cardboard deluxe boxes. Should I ever want to sell the collection on eBay or something, that gives me an easy way to visually show what's in the collection without having to splay out a bunch of cards or photograph boring storage boxes that don't tell you much about the contents of the collection. It's a little dorky keeping all that around, but my job is running an eBay store for a brick-and-mortar board game store. Being able to show all the expansions at a glance in one image consistently helps LCG lots, and game lots in general, sell much faster and at a higher price.
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Drone posted:Do you all keep your original packaging after moving your LCG collections to a different type of storage? https://paniccoffee.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/arkham-horror-lcg-storage-solutions/ For LOTR, I've put the player cards in separate colored binders and the encounter/scenario cards in the crafted boxes.
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I kept all my AGOT and Netrunner boxes. I'm loving Champions, but their new clamshells aren't the same and don't feel worth keeping.
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Drone posted:Do you all keep your original packaging after moving your LCG collections to a different type of storage? I keep every cycle in their respective deluxe box. Each quest goes into a baseball card team pack. Each deluxe box is perfectly sized for the full cycle worth of quests and their respective rules pamphlets. Player cards go into binders sorted by sphere and card number. The core set and the Shadows of Mirkwood cycle are a little awkward, since there's a lot of wasted space but I have some of the extra print on demand quests and I think I keep them in there. I actually need to double check how I store those as I started buying the team packs well into my collecting of this game.
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CitizenKeen posted:I kept all my AGOT and Netrunner boxes. AGOT has done the clamshells for quite a while. It got introduced during the 2.0 cycle. If Champions is anything like GoT packaging the only cardboard will be for big box expansions.
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LotR has been clamshells for a while too, even for things that were originally in cardboard.
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The Black Stones posted:AGOT has done the clamshells for quite a while. It got introduced during the 2.0 cycle. If Champions is anything like GoT packaging the only cardboard will be for big box expansions. I stopped AGOT at the end of 1st Edition and took up Netrunner.
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My brother and I bit the bullet on Marvel Champions and are having a blast with it. Unfortunately, I’ve been finding She-Hulk to be a little sluggish in play. I’m hoping to make a non-aggression aspect work, but haven’t found anything that really seems to click. Any suggestions?
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Yellow is Justice, right? It's been a while but I recall some really fun hero-card-flipping shenanigans you could get up to with a yellow She-Hulk deck out of the box.
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She-Hulk is best with justice and when you’re flipping between hero and alter ego nearly every turn. I’ve tried everything but leadership with She-Hulk and you almost have to use justice, honestly. The key to any of these heroes is maximizing free poo poo and when you can get that free 2 damage for flipping into She-Hulk, it helps things flow much better. Truther Vandross fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Feb 2, 2020 |
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Thanks for the advice. I tried doing something with justice and ended up with a pretty enjoyable game. It certainly felt like I was getting more done. Next up will be getting the balance right between which aspect cards and which basic cards to use. I figure it’s like Magic in that you’re aiming for consistency over having cool one-offs?
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Minus1Minus1 posted:Thanks for the advice. I tried doing something with justice and ended up with a pretty enjoyable game. It certainly felt like I was getting more done. Unlike magic you are going to cycle through your deck multiple times and you can use situational cards as resources if they aren't useful the turn you draw them.
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I've noticed something odd about Rhino - he's actuall in a way the hardest villain for big games because he's only got one scheme unless everybody is on the stick with the rhythm of 'thwart/attack.' And in the game I played Shadow of the Past popped twice and boy howdy that was fun.
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Dawgstar posted:I've noticed something odd about Rhino - he's actuall in a way the hardest villain for big games because he's only got one scheme unless everybody is on the stick with the rhythm of 'thwart/attack.' I’d have someone play Ms. Marvel justice and just thwart. If they can get Shrink out quick, they should be able to easily take care of stuff with Sneak By and For Justice and use her hero ability to put events back in their hand. Truther Vandross fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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I missed that the main scheme gets an acceleration token each time the villain goes through their deck. Any other easily overlooked rules in Marvel Champions?
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KPC_Mammon posted:I missed that the main scheme gets an acceleration token each time the villain goes through their deck. Any other easily overlooked rules in Marvel Champions? KPC_Mammon posted:Unlike magic you are going to cycle through your deck multiple times and you can use situational cards as resources if they aren't useful the turn you draw them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you might be missing that you get dealt an encounter card if you cycle through your own deck?
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LifeLynx posted:Correct me if I'm wrong, but you might be missing that you get dealt an encounter card if you cycle through your own deck? I've not missed that one, thankfully. I did miss earlier tonight that things that target heroes don't target you while flipped to your alter-ego. Would have beaten hard mode Klaw otherwise, assuming I didn't get anything else wrong.
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I think based on my experience with other co-op games, I really overestimated the danger of running through your deck and drawing that extra penalty card. The wrong encounter can really ruin your day, but if you’re playing your other hands well, you should be prepared for the extra hurt. Played a couple of fun games with both Ms Marvel and got a chance to try Spidey since the first couple of learning games. Aunt May is awesome. I’m really enjoying what we’ve got so far, and we haven’t even really tried all that many combos yet. Good fun.
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