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FFG do not make it easy to get into their games after the first year or so. Trying to get core sets for lotr in the UK is a nightmare.
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Jedit posted:£30 direct from Amazon. Note they have no stock and are just letting people order with a stated 1-2 month dispatch time.
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Apr 11, 2014 15:41
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Epi Lepi posted:The core set will be in stores by the end of the month hopefully, they just reprinted it and its on the boat now from China. At least, it will be in the US. I have no idea if it will take longer for UK stores to stock it. Guess it depends if it has to ship to the US first and then to you. Hey, good to know, thanks. My flgs hasn't gotten back to me yet. This being solo is going to help, I have a pile of agot stuff that never gets played 
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Apr 11, 2014 17:43
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High Command was dull with just the starter set but it is a much, much better game now.
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Jan 3, 2015 16:31
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Exmond posted:I.. really dislike High Command. My buddy played khador and won just by buying units that give victory points, instead of fighting over territory. This was in a 3-4 player game though. With just the base sets? It's much, much harder to get anywhere now with Khador ignoring fights.
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Jan 4, 2015 16:28
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Azran posted:High Command seems to be "pick three color stacks and shuffle". No, it's pick three sets of cards from within your three chosen colours. You're still going to have to make decisions as to which cards to take in each detachment. The lcg that most interested me with its minimal pregame deck building was star wars but the buy in is typical ffg bullshit and I don't know if the game itself is actually any good. You're only deciding on ten cards though, which are the objectives and bring other cards with them. Pretty neat, especially as I'm terrible at creating decks normally.
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Jan 8, 2015 15:22
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omnibobb posted:Star Wars is a really fun game, but FFG has kind of shot themselves in the foot by having massive delays between product and the nature of the pod system meaning the meta changes very slowly. I don't mind a slow moving meta as I only really play with a small group of friends and we have so many games to play. It's whether you can reliably easily build multiple decks that can compete against each other on a regular basis without buying a bajillion copies that tends to affect purchasing decisions. I'm fairly sure it was the Shut Up And Sit Down review of the Star Wars LCG that turned me off it, they were hugely negative about it.
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Jan 9, 2015 13:58
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Lichtenstein posted:In SUSD case in particular, I think their reasoning was literally "it's cool enough I guess, but we're too busy binging on Netrunner to bother with other LCGs". No, it was something along the lines of each player's turn being so independent of everything else that it was very hard to build up any kind of flow or predict your opponent or something. Ah gently caress it, here's the link. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/review-star-wars-card-game/
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Jan 9, 2015 17:32
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Please tell me that 2x Core sets is going to give me a fun and varied and balance experience for me and my friend(s) and I don't need to pick up a 3rd
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Jan 12, 2015 13:08
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Azran posted:I THINK you should be fine, as long as you're not planning to do tournaments or anything like that for people outside your group of friends. Yeah, no tournaments or anything like that. I've been burned before but this was a Christmas present that I added a second set to just to make it reasonably playable for two non-newbies to LCGs.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:30
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tijag posted:This seems like the right thread for this? gently caress, it would be nice if the relaunch and clean up meant we didn't need to buy three cores for once.
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May 6, 2015 14:54
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MisterShine posted:But that requires it in hand I would assume? You play it as a sort of "armour" for that character. Any dupe uniques you draw after a character enters the dead pile is wasted though.
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Jul 23, 2015 11:52
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Every time people mention void pirates and rogue traders wrt Conquest it bugs the hell out of me that these cards are auto-include (at least one set of 3-of) and demand a 3x core and gently caress you if you're trying to ensure a good/fair selection of cards for 2 players to play against each other because even then 3x core isn't enough
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Aug 4, 2015 17:22
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GrandpaPants posted:The easy solution is to have one person have X Cores and the other just plays Tyranids Unironically already decided to do this!
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Aug 4, 2015 17:29
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DatonKallandor posted:Building 2 decks out of 3 cores is exactly the situation that works in conquest though, since you get 2 of the neutrals per core. Bah, lovely memory I guess. I have 2 cores as it is and for some reason thought those were 1-ofs.
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Aug 5, 2015 13:17
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What makes L5R good? What's the defining mechanic(s)?
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Sep 12, 2015 15:15
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Awesome posts, cheers guys. I'm not sure I have room in my life for another LCG beyond a core set, though. Will have to keep an eye on this.
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Sep 13, 2015 01:01
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Eric Lang isn't exactly a one trick pony either.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:47
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KidDynamite posted:That seems like a good step. FFG needs to step up getting orders out to LCGs. Owner was telling me he had no way to order new GoT core sets and has no idea when Taking the Black is coming in. Flgs you man?
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Dec 2, 2015 17:52
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Double sleeving anything sounds like masochism.
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Dec 8, 2015 15:46
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These articles are fantastic. Thanks!
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Dec 10, 2015 11:24
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ChiTownEddie posted:I didn't think the next cycle in LOTR could get more hyped. My first thought was that it's going to take up a ridiculous amount of space now.
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Jan 6, 2016 18:22
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If you want something a bit lighter than the Lord of the rings, then the Warhammer quest card game removes the deck building aspect and makes it a much smoother experience. I have both and thoroughly enjoyed playing both, but WHQ is much more likely to get played
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Jan 9, 2016 20:59
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Baron Porkface posted:Can anyone recommend a good guide/article series on Conquest deckbuilding/strategy? Someone in this thread did a series of posts on CardgameDB I believe. Can't search for them right now but you might have more luck.
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Jan 26, 2016 13:39
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Merauder posted:Mainly the mana system is the major complaint, and ability to be screwed/flooded and in turn randomly not be able to even take part in the game you're playing. Epic uses a simple system of being able to play one card each turn if memory serves, and doesn't use any kind of mana or resource system. It's nowhere near as complex as MTG and this is a good thing because that game is loving impenetrable for normal people. Epic boils the mana system down to stuff costing 0 and stuff costing 1 and it works a charm. It's a quick and easy card game to play with 2+ people that has a ton of familiar formats but skips everything that sucks about LCG/CCG games. It's not meant to be a competitor to MTG, but a light alternative.
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Mar 10, 2016 14:45
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Yeah, the recommendation is to buy a second core. It's quite a cheap box and so worth it. AGOT2 clicked with me better than any other card game (I'm just a casual lcg player, I've dabbled in netrunner, conquest, invasion, agot1) and I'm really impressed with the design.
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Mar 27, 2016 23:34
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I think I'd quite like the Star Wars LCG system if it wasn't tied to an existing franchise. A modern / future war version of it would interest me majorly.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:10
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CaptainRightful posted:Sticking with each quest until you defeat it is probably not the most enjoyable way to play this game--be prepared to hit some brick walls immediately followed by cakewalks. It's a great way to play it, particularly with a regular partner.
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May 13, 2016 17:09
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Jonas Albrecht posted:I love that it's co-op, and I love that it has campaign rules. For some reason, I'm getting an X-Files CCG vibe from it. Now I want an X-COM co-op LCG.
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Aug 4, 2016 12:32
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It's like every recent FFG release. Armada had it, WHQ card game had it, plenty of others. It's not ideal because in most cases the learn to play book actively teaches you the wrong rules or skips super important stuff.
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Oct 12, 2016 13:54
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I've made my peace with the core sets now. My real problem is that monthly packs are way too frequent for someone who plays multiple games.
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Oct 19, 2016 23:28
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It might just be because I've played some LOTR and the Warhammer card game but this was by far the smoothest learning experience I've had with FFG. Although I haven't yet read the rules reference to discover where the learn to play book lies to you like it does in so many other FFG releases...
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Nov 14, 2016 11:24
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BJPaskoff posted:What other FFG games lie to you in the tutorial, and how? From memory both Star wars Armada and the Warhammer Quest card game both had major discrepancies between the two books. I don't remember specifics any more.
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Nov 15, 2016 02:03
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Zerf posted:I also think that her unique amulet is somewhat lackluster - if you get it in your starting hand you really can't play it since none of your events will end up in the discard pile. Ehhh.. No. Start using your event cards to boost skill tests. Then they'll be in your discard pile. Wendy is good and her dodge shenanigans (which exhausts enemies) can be amazing.
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Nov 20, 2016 16:18
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Max posted:To be fair, it can suck drawing that amulet right out of the gate and knowing you have to hold on to it until enough events have been played. That doesn't make any sense. Any events in your discard pile beneath a card that isn't an event are dead to you. The amulet lets you use events as skill boosters then play them. That's strong at every point in the game but especially early on when you don't have a lot of assets in play and need the help.
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Nov 20, 2016 16:44
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Not to spoil things but there's a way to keep her for the campaign.
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Nov 22, 2016 14:57
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FFG overseas shipping is obscene
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Nov 23, 2016 14:13
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For their recent sale, shipping to the UK for a $40 order was something like $70.
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Nov 23, 2016 21:10
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Yeah, very few cards in the core set require you to exhaust them.
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Drawing a -3 sucks but did you not use her special ability to re draw? And how were you cycling your deck? I also think most people are playing two characters.
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