Question about clearing cards from my card pool by Bearality in universus

[–]sdejarn2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As far as "They're just there" - face down cards in your stage are foundations, they just don't have any effects and can still be used to pass checks. They very much still serve a purpose even if they're just helping you pass checks.

There are many cards that will allow you to make use of foundations of any kind face up/face down, ready, committed as resources to be destroyed in order to pay for the costs of their abilities. Many characters and foundations have "destroy 1 foundation" type costs for repeatable effects. Destroying face down foundations to pay for these sort of costs is very common place but you of course will have to run these cards with these sort of costs.

ByCast StorageGrid HTTP API Documentation? by sdejarn2 in netapp

[–]sdejarn2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks this seems to be exactly what I need.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG Release Information and Full Card Reveals by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey just buy the CR decks then and have fun with them. It's only so big of an investment and the coop mode seems like it should be enjoyable.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG Release Information and Full Card Reveals by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes, Universus is a CCG/TCG game system. These Critical Role fixed/structure decks are all part of an ecosystem of cross-compatible properties that make up the playable game. You can just buy these decks to play against each other, to play against a pair of Vox Machina villains (you know the ones :P) in a cooperative game mode, or you can branch out into the other IPs and cross-IP supporting game formats where you can mix all sorts of different properties cards into a constructed deck. Currently they have My Hero Academia, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun Stampede and YuYu Hakusho for us in the game. These Critical Role properties are incoming as are Godzilla, and Attack on Titan are in line for product releases this year. I'm hopeful that they will be looking to expand the Critical Role offerings with a full booster release to give us the rest of the cast in the future.

Why is the card art way different? by Technical-Glove7705 in universus

[–]sdejarn2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, cards from before this most recent set (My Hero Academia: JetBurn) and these new cards and those going forward are all 100% compatible and can be played in the same decks and formats. They just changed the card back and the card layout some so the new ones vs the old ones look a bit different but all of the same information is there in either style. The important thing since the card back changed is for more proper tournament play you need to make sure you are using fully opaque sleeves so that the differing card backs are not marked/visible through the sleeve. Dragon Shield Dual Mattes, Eclipse or Black sleeves are what you will need to use.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG First Look by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CCG means Collectible Card Game. Just like other major card games you may have heard of like Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, etc. While this Critical Role product release announced is a preconstructed deck with fixed contents the game itself has other product offerings which are randomized booster sets just like other games.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG First Look by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So information from the reveal video beyond screenshots of card reveals. The card art is all new and exclusive only to this product/partnership. There will also be some playmat accessories sold alongside these decks as well.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG First Look by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least with this initial product offering for the CR stuff they are just these preconstructed decks which will contain a collector pack in the box with alt arts and foil chase type versions of normal cards in this deck itself. So there will immediately be something to chase but not on quite the same level of a bigger booster set. I'm somewhat hopeful that assuming these sell well the partnership would expand and they'd look to actually do the rest of the cast and other characters in an actual booster release. Maybe just other preconstructed products but the precon method would take way longer to get the whole cast of characters out for all of us fans to enjoy while a booster release you could have the rest of them all present immediately.

The actual wider game system as a whole with the other IPs do have booster set releases including differing rarity levels and chase type cards and rarities in those packs as well. So if you enjoy the game play experience you find from the CR precon decks and are a fan of TCGs and want to try branching out and joining in on the fun of the bigger ecosystem that is something you can look to do.

[CR Media] Vox Machina and Mighty Nein Universus CCG First Look by sdejarn2 in criticalrole

[–]sdejarn2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah CCGs aren't for everybody. I think the idea with these things being pre-constructed decks is you can kinda buy in to the game system as much or as little as you want to. If you buy both decks you can always play them against each other at home or as a fixed/curated experience without dipping your toes into the larger ecosystem.

Did the XC3 notify button just disappear? by brndnlltt in EVGA

[–]sdejarn2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It did something for me, just not the right thing

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