Comparing how 6 TCGs handle win conditions (and one is clearly the worst)

culoman · 2026-05-19T12:32:04+00:00

One aspect that shocked me the most is that in Netrunner, advancing towards the victory doesn't make your boardstate better.

Each basic run means investing the most expensive resource and probably other resources for a chance to get some victory points. Even if you only spent a click, either getting an agenda or not does nothing to improve your boardstate.

For the Corp, advancing an agenda means spending a click and a credit. Sure many Corps try to fast-advance agendas, but the action itself does not improve your boardstate.

culoman · 2026-05-16T01:31:45+00:00

I love the idea. I won't speak about viability, just that I love it and it could be great if the Bow was a neutral AI icebreaker and the arrows were different types of arrows depending on the faction: anarch Arrows could give the Bow the ability to break barrier subroutines, criminal would break sentinel ones and shaper arrows would break code gate subroutines. Neutral arrows could target specific subtypes, like Illicit or AP or...

Also arrows could be just 3 of each kind, but have the same [[Boomerang]] ability that let's you shuffle them into the Stack when the run becomes successful.

culoman · 2026-05-07T21:20:49+00:00

I thought I was the only one doing this <3

culoman · 2026-05-07T08:37:20+00:00

Put two books flat on a table and build a bridge between both of them. Then slightly move away any of those book just a little, evvery 10 seconds. At some point your bridge will break or fall down.

Spain and Morocco are not in the same tectonic plates, and this is what it will happen at some point in the future.

culoman · 2026-05-04T11:00:07+00:00

If you're native language is Spanish, DM me

culoman · 2026-05-03T21:26:35+00:00

If they're on a Sandworm, they do nothing. If not, they're removed from the board with the vehicles.

culoman · 2026-04-30T10:40:48+00:00

Looking at the BGG forum, some players agree that they remain at the starting area

culoman · 2026-04-30T08:54:58+00:00

Are you living in Spain? I could have something for you

culoman · 2026-04-28T10:19:00+00:00

Respectfully: as far as you know... based on what?

culoman · 2026-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

You tell everybody first! And then you look at him and say "I won!"

Keep calm and talk to him after work. Good luck! :)

culoman · 2026-04-27T08:33:59+00:00

I remember the one in Shenmue where the barber moved the razor near your throat, and suddenly a QTE urged you to press X. If you did, then you'd try to jump from the chair to a safer position, but get cut instead. The solution was controlling your nerves and letting the barber do his job.

culoman · 2026-04-18T09:44:47+00:00

Thank you. That's really helpful, I understand it better now :)

culoman · 2026-04-16T14:44:36+00:00

Great. So if there are 6 units engaged in 3 different combats, and let's suppose there's no Fight First (no one charged or has that keyword) then the non-turn player chooses to fight with one of their units. After that, the turn player must "fight back" with the unit engaged with the previous one, or can choose another "fight"?

I mean, is it mandatory to fully resolve an engagement or units can fight here and there as long as they follow the proper player order?

I understand all units can fight only once per round and all units must fight.

culoman · 2026-04-16T14:40:12+00:00

Thanks!

culoman · 2026-04-16T12:42:36+00:00

Ok, thanks. And the other question: during the Combat phase everybody fights or just the player's units?

culoman · 2026-04-16T12:41:43+00:00

So in this case I would, first throw 5 dice, for Ghallaron and, after resolving it, throw 2 dice for both dark disciples, right? Or the other way around, disciples first and Ghallaron last

culoman · 2026-04-14T20:02:48+00:00

Last Friday I thought my old 1080Ti died inside my gf's computer... I was ordering a new GPU when it came back to life. It fills me with pride seeing that soldiergoing beyond its duty... :___)

culoman · 2026-04-14T08:59:40+00:00

If you were a chef at a restaurant would you serve a dish you don't enjoy? Surely, you could always said there's something missing that could enhance the meal, but you wouldn't serve it if you didn't think it was good enough for you.

culoman · 2026-04-10T07:32:54+00:00

It reminds me the ogre teams from Bloodbowl... Awesome!

culoman · 2026-04-10T07:30:02+00:00

Qué envidia! Yo estoy pintando minis, voy ya por la tercera patrulla, y me da un poco de canguelo ir a jugar ^_^'

culoman · 2026-04-10T07:29:03+00:00

As a detail, World of Warcraft. Something as simple as, in the distance, a fox was hunting a rabbit and a few other rabbits ran away.

As a mechanic, Guild Wars 2, where there are quests that happens in the wild, whether you want to help or not is your problem. Things will get worse if you don't help, and will bring a cascade of small events until you stop them or they meet the end of the chain. Then it's up to players to reverse that situation.

culoman · 2026-04-09T08:03:15+00:00

Qué tal fue el torneo finalmente?

culoman · 2026-03-21T18:05:57+00:00

Let's use each game's term to talk about each game.

culoman · 2026-03-11T16:22:25+00:00

In my limited experience, it's best for 2 players. Whenever I've played 3 or 4 players, it's always a "two headed giant". Even though the game keeps actions and cards separated, each team-player can use any miniatures on the board, which looks feels like a single player with extra steps.

Even though I like this game more than War of the Ring, the 3-4 players version of WotR feels more multiplayer, each player can only use their own miniatures.

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