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 Welcome to Poxnora, a weird hybrid between a CCG and a Turn Based Strategy. There are 8 factions to play (which can be played pure or mixed with any other faction), and the game is primarily played 1v1 PvP. There are options for 2v2 and player vs computer, but they are played substantially less. I find Poxnora to be a pretty fun game, and hopefully I can capture the excitement of a close game for you guys properly. Without any further ado, a brief primer:  If that was enough to get you interested in playing, we have a SA Thread for the game already! This is actually the second LP I've done of Poxnora. I've taken some advice and input from people after the first one and hopefully this will be a little easier to follow and a little more entertaining. That being said, still looking for any crazy combos anybody would like to see or any suggestions on how to improve the flow. The first thread has long since fallen into the archrives, but if you want to hear Agent and I talk about the videos the playlist for the previous LP is here Videos so far:  Deck list Deck list Deck list Deck List Deck List Deck List Deck List
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Poxnora Factions Factions are divided by "good" and "evil" (Protectorate and Wrath). Each faction has its own unique bonus that is active in game and these bonuses are halved when playing a split faction BG. Full Faction (FF) is 30 runes of one faction, Split Faction (SF) is 15 runes from one faction and 15 runes from another. You don't have to play a theme when playing a faction. Some themes have more synergy then others, while some of the strongest battle groups are just a collection of good runes from multiple themes in a faction. But some themes work so well together or are so much fun it's hard not to run them as pure themes.  Forglar Swamp (FS) is a pretty straight forward water based faction. Thier faction bonus is extra nora generation every turn. Some common themes in the faction are:
 Forsaken Waste (FW) is your standard necromancy faction. They also have the best global damage/attrition options in the game to annoy the poo poo out of your opponent. Thier faction bonus is faster cooldown on thier runes (when guys die, you can play them again faster). Common themes include:
 Ironfist Stronghold (IS) is a pretty straight foward good guy fantasy faction. They tend to all group together and slowly grind through thier opponents. Thier faction bonus is reduced damage from spells. Themes:
 K'thir Forest (KF) is the main hippy faction. It has all sorts foresty creatures. Thier faction bonus is increased speed. Themes:
 Savage Tundra (ST) is home to all of your ice related needs. They have some of the best and most damaging spells in the game, as well as the faction bonus giving extra HP to make thier champs better. Themes:
 Shattered Peaks (SP) is a really weird amalgamation of different things going on. Overall, they tend to have better synergy than most within the themes as well as some of the best utility relics/equips/spells in the game. Thier faction bonus gives you a small refund when you deploy a champ and when it dies. Themes:
 Sundered Lands (SL) is a faction composed almost entirely of different sorts of dragons or dragon people. Thier faction bonus is damage reduction from champ attacks. Themes:
 The Underdepths (UD) is your quintestial high fantasy demons. They've got elf chicks with cleavage, big scary monsters, and lots of lava. Their faction bonus provides a bonus to champions' damage. Themes:
These are all just the big standard themes for these factions, you can end up with some crazy stuff if you start looking hard into ways to make gimmicks. I know my last few games I've run up against a couple decks that were designed to make one champion crazy good to try and just use it to steamroll everything else on the board. I've seen trick stealth decks where you suddenly show up next to your opponents base and blow it up before he can do anything about it. What I'm saying here is give me some challenges/ideas and I'll see what fun I can come up with to make it work.
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Mar 9, 2015 23:41
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Deck list So I started off with the Ironfist Stronghold Paladin deck this time because it was my most watched of the previous LP. It has actually chagned quite a bit since then because of the revamp to the game, but the basic playstyle remains the same. Send your dudes forward in a big phalanx and don't let any of them die.
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Mar 9, 2015 23:42
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Alright, I was a big fan of the last Poxnora LP so I'll be following this one with interest. I'd be interested in seeing some of the more interesting split faction decks, especially weird ones with really conflicting themes like Undead/Paladin if any of those are possible.
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Mar 10, 2015 00:55
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I genuinely enjoyed the last LP and I'm looking forward to seeing what's been changed. I'm glad you went with paladins! I'm a sucker for their gimmick, although I wouldn't mind seeing some of Ironfist's other gimmicks are.
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Mar 10, 2015 04:07
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Awesome - now I'm going to have to check this out again. Put together a Stitched deck, they're pretty fun and cool?
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Mar 10, 2015 14:06
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Zore posted:Alright, I was a big fan of the last Poxnora LP so I'll be following this one with interest. I looked at undead options, and they only have like 5 champions that benefit from the glowy ground, so that's probably a no go. I'll look into putting some stitches together, and I've already got plans for another IS gimmick.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:12
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Still want to see giant owls slaughter everything.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:17
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Blackmage Yapo posted:I looked at undead options, and they only have like 5 champions that benefit from the glowy ground, so that's probably a no go. Ah well, are Voil still a goon deck of choice? They were pretty cool in the last LP and I'd like to see some more of them as well.
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Mar 10, 2015 18:19
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I play voils and i got soundly trounced by yapo's paladins last week.
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Mar 10, 2015 19:44
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Charles Bukowski posted:I play voils badly and i got soundly trounced by yapo's paladins last week. FTFY. I've got a bat deck put together but I'm still trying to fine tune it how I want it. The revamp has shaken everything up and I'm not quite as proficient at making good decks as I once was. The like 6 month layoff isn't helping any, either. Got another video with Agent done, gonna put it up tomorrow afternoon if everything goes to plan.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:11
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Ah, its not enough that you beat me, but that both you beat me and I beat myself. Thanks yapo. Maybe I'll fiddle around with my moga's.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:14
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I've been so burned by poxnora dev(s) for so long I've lost hope that the community will ever grow, or that the game will ever draw me back in. None of my station cash can be used to buy new runes. A bleak day in terms of me hoping to have much fun playing poxnora again, myself. So thank you again for keeping interest in this game alive, living vicariously through your series takes me back to the days where I used to spectate matches late at night in bed before falling asleep. Poxnora is a very deep, complicated, fun game that blends a lot of the best aspects of cards and strategy. Every single part of the game that isn't the game though has been fairly bad (patches/businessmodel/clientcode/companyownershipchangeyhandsies...etc). If you can get a good game of poxnora played you'll have a ton of fun though!
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Mar 11, 2015 03:44
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Deck list The video where Agent finally breaks down, we all knew it was coming. This video shows off some of the cool new stuff they've added with the revamp. The cool new water effects are pretty, but they absolutely murder the video size. Pox makes my life terrible in every possible way.
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Mar 12, 2015 00:29
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Frogs are always better than dwarfmen
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Mar 12, 2015 00:58
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Huh, looks like the revamp might actually make this more viable to a casual like me. I might try this again as I always enjoyed the basics, but hated not being able to compete.
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Mar 12, 2015 01:25
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Where's our video Yapo? The one where you made me cry!
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Mar 12, 2015 02:24
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If possible I'd like to see some new themes, as in theme's for battlegroups that you didn't cover in last year's let's play. I agree it is nice to see several games from each deck though. I think maybe 3-5 games would be about the right number? Perhaps including games from last year? So when you bring back an old favorite from last year, maybe run it 3-4 games? and when you come up with something new maybe 4-5? Alternatively just play what you want when you want, that way you don't get sick of it!
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Mar 12, 2015 05:13
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Charles Bukowski posted:Where's our video Yapo? The one where you made me cry! I actually ended up deleting it because it didn't make for very good watching. If you feel like you missed out, just imagine a face running in to a fist forever. And if it makes you feel better that deck is surprisingly good, we'll be seeing it later in the thread.
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Mar 12, 2015 07:33
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Ugh you jerks makin' me double post in my own thread Deck list We finally play against someone whos got a pretty good idea of what they're doing. That being said this deck is super weird and I have no idea what the synergy/overall point is supposed to be. This will be the last of the Paladins for this round, but we might come back to them later. Also this is what the game ends up looking like when two players are too afraid to engage each other when there is no center font involved: 
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Mar 14, 2015 17:58
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Sleipnir had eight legs you idiot.
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Mar 14, 2015 20:19
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Do we get to vote on future theme's? I think I'd like to see zombies or skeletons or draksar if any of those are still viable at all!
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Mar 17, 2015 00:52
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Oh, missed this update. Frog-dudes are pretty cool. I'd be interested in seeing you play them in the future. Actually, a video where you go over, or go in depth on a deck and how you built it could be pretty interesting.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:57
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A rune manager video would be really informative, I'd like to see one, I'm not sure if it would be possible to make it "entertaining" or not though. Some sort of  screenshot explanation of deck building might work better, but even more work to do.
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Mar 17, 2015 03:28
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namad posted:Do we get to vote on future theme's? Well you're in luck! And yeah, taking votes on future stuff. Trying to get a stitched deck figured from a request earlier Deck List So another double header to start off a new race. I reall like the Draksars but they have been nerfed pretty severly from the past. On the bright side, most of them are stupid cheap now so you can put a lot of dudes out on the field. Zore posted:Oh, missed this update. I did a video of me just talking about overall strategy stuff last time, I'll see if I can do something similar with deck construction and my reasoning behind my choices. Only problem is my deck building skills have seemed really sub par lately, no so promises that it'll actually be good.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:37
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Can't believe i missed this lp this long, glad to see it continue from before.
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Mar 20, 2015 17:11
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I'm curious, is a witch theme playable yet?
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Mar 22, 2015 16:38
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numerrik posted:I'm curious, is a witch theme playable yet? It is, actually! One of the regulars is trying to get me to play it but won't loan me the poo poo to do so. Deck List So this guys deck is total dildos. I hate it so much but I thought you all might enjoy me getting completely wrecked by a well done gimmick deck. Sorry for the delays, but my second job has started up again. Videos will probably start coming out a bit slower.
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Mar 22, 2015 16:51
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I could get together the stuff to do it and would loan it to you if you gave me a list.
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Mar 22, 2015 17:38
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I remember when elder murkwurm came out with judgement, judgement was strong but overall the murkwurm was so overpriced as to not be OP. The draksar judge gets judgement for like free or something though and it's just nuts!
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Mar 22, 2015 17:59
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I can loan you my Stitched deck for a bit if you'd like. Havn't touched it since all these changes so may be setup in a dumb way but offers there if you want 'em.
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Mar 22, 2015 19:16
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I tried this because of the last thread. The revamp looks like it brought some nice improvements. Have they changed the matchmaking at all? I wasn't a fan of getting randomly matched with people who could just Augur of Tides me to death over and over. Last year they posted an April Fools deck in the free starters that was just 30 exploding manticores. If they do something like that this year you should show it off. If you're taking requests, do something that rushes really hard. Bonus points if it's an Underdepths deck.
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Mar 23, 2015 01:54
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fhawksawkward posted:I tried this because of the last thread. The revamp looks like it brought some nice improvements. Have they changed the matchmaking at all? I wasn't a fan of getting randomly matched with people who could just Augur of Tides me to death over and over. The problem is mostly that there are only like 100people playing at any time at most and so the odds of actually creating an evenly matched match are less than stellar. Splitting the playerbase in half with 2v2 mode doesn't help that, but it is fun. At least full faction and split faction aren't separate queues anymore like they were five years ago, that split things in fourths. The matchmaking isn't really broken, it works as is expected, it first tries to match you with someone near your skill level then a few minutes later gives up and just gives you anyone. They did redo the math on what it means to be a certain rank, and they made ranks update more frequently, so at least players will be a more accurate rank than before. Which was the only upgrade they could really do, to improve it further they just need to be more popular.
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Mar 23, 2015 02:49
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Deck List IT'S AN EASTER MIRACLE! So turns out that in addition to starting up more work I forgot how absolutely amazeballs Wasteland 2 is. Sorry about that. I'm going to try and get back in the groove of things and get some more videos made up for you guys.
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Apr 6, 2015 02:02
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That second guy was very bad for a person with a name like that.
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Apr 6, 2015 02:50
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Yapo only shows off matches he wins. Two out of two videos proves it! Keep up the good work.
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Apr 6, 2015 09:15
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Deck List So this is one of the most intense games I've had in a long time. I won't spoil the result for you, but you should definately watch it before you scroll down and see what anybody else has to say.
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Apr 13, 2015 23:37
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Wow, that was a shitload of dead kitties right there.  You should boot that owl from your deck though. All the other creatures are very sad when they start losing, but that dumb bird just falls asleep on the spot. Kind of a lovely work ethic. Does the fact that these games seem to be a lot closer than in the previous LP mean that we can look forward to some 1v1 statue wrassling in the future? Jostiband fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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Apr 15, 2015 21:30
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Could you not have used one of those free cats to threaten his "safe" font up top?
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goatface posted:Could you not have used one of those free cats to threaten his "safe" font up top? No, because Yapo is bad at video games. or maybe they're summons and can't contest. A better question is why Yapo keeps half his cats in the back field Veloxyll fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Apr 16, 2015 |
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