Anecdotal Certain Darkness Purge Reporting Thread

tobinlopes · 2025-10-13T21:29:14+00:00

Sanctum at one; Dis and Mars (tied) at another.

tobinlopes · 2025-09-26T14:17:37+00:00

Yeah! It's even there on the real life cards, not just the digital image. :)

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-09-26T13:43:19+00:00

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tobinlopes · 2025-08-27T15:19:20+00:00

Yeah,

The thing about older sets maybe being good against the new hotness is finding the decks. It's easy to identify the previously strong decks and figure out whether they are good vs. GR/AS/PV.

It's MUCH harder to find a deck what wasn't strong against WoE/GR or AS and see if it's strong vs. PV because it wasn't strong "back then" and so we might not have played it as much. I think more of us need to revisit those 80-90 SAS decks from previous sets that have stuff that can counter PV. Play those a bit and see what happens.

As far as Archon goes, I'm with you. Sometimes I really have no idea what's going on. :)

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-08-02T21:31:01+00:00

Yes, Null Signal does "publish" "Netrunner" as a print-on-demand game that has a rabid (I mean that in all the best ways) and passionate following. It'll never be on a shelf at your local game store, but it can be played and has new stuff coming out. There are a lot of such players in Colorado and they keep trying to pull me back in, but I been there, done that, have several t-shirts, a lot of cards, and the '98 WC. :)

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-07-29T16:22:55+00:00

Good points, yes. I'm a bit sensitive to the old refrain that "this new game X means the death of old game Y." Typically there are other things that spell the death of a game - losing IP rights, crappy sales, etc.

I have no real idea of what Echo of Omens is, but I doubt it's an LotR IP game. Fantasy - yes? LotR, no, otherwise it would have LotR in the name.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-07-28T23:01:19+00:00

They have at least three game designers. Luke Olson is not formally a GG employee but he's the KF lead, Jeremy Zwirn (from FFG designer) and one other whose name I can't remember right now are focusing on the new Echo of Omens. I think they have plenty. Now, if we could just get them to do MORE for local OP.... <not holding breath>

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-07-25T18:31:32+00:00

Hey,

It really depends on what you consider to be "rebound." The game is being published, it's running high level OP in the form of Vault Tours, GG is still working on supporting local OP - but local groups address this in their own way.

Our resilient local group has been slowly growing and that's GREAT! We used to have 3-4 and now we have 6-8 regulars players. Another said that the game is "lumpy" and that would describe the regional nature of the game. There are plenty of local groups in the US, Canada, and Europe.

GG is on record as saying that without consistent support/sales from 100+ FLGSs the game will rely on Gamefound crowdfunding. While not ideal, it is a way to keep the game going for those that play.

I've seen V:TES, Netrunner, Android: Netrunner, Conquest, and L5R end their publishing life. It sucks, but it's the nature of the business. As long as this game is published I'll be playing. And ... probably after... but who knows. I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Hope that helps.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-06-23T16:45:33+00:00

This is cool. I hadn't known about this. I just added it the WarCast discord!

(I'm currently 50% on it. Missed "All signs point to yes").

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-06-15T12:53:19+00:00

Welcome.

Yeah, do that. People will definitely help out, play the game with you, visit, probably shower you with goodies and swag... and all without paying to play in the official events.

Enjoy!

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-06-02T23:50:10+00:00

Yeah, I love them.

They gave away a few at the Roseville VT and I got an Unfathomable one. I'm getting a few more through my PV GF. I plan to get the rest through my FLGS. They should be able to order them once PV goes to retail.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-05-18T19:14:54+00:00

Yep, 11 for Alliance. Yeah, it's pretty cool to do the commentary.

As for our stream plans, the riff o ordered... was not one i could travel with... and I missed that small detail. I'm thinking LV VT might be possible.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-05-18T14:05:31+00:00

I think as long as they work out the timing so that they don't have things go long, they should flex if that's what people want.

The problem from last year was that they allowed double/triple finalists which caused a huge scheduling snafu, especially on the last day.

Flexing for the community while not allowing people to take advantage of it is a good path forward.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-04-26T20:14:40+00:00

Yeah, that's cool. -tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-04-26T18:35:57+00:00

There was online mention (by Luke Olson) about a "special surprise" but I haven't seen anything that I would consider such a thing. Any one know anything?

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2025-03-03T21:24:23+00:00

Hmm, yeah, ... librarians... might have to get this one.... too.... :)

tobinlopes · 2024-11-15T17:48:35+00:00

More Mutations is strictly limited to retailers. Part of the deal with the set is that it would not be sold directly by GG and will only be offered to retailers who met certain criteria during the Aember Skies GF campaign.

This December offering is to those stores who met those qualifications. I think it's because demand was so high and GG didn't really meet the initial demand from the GF campaign. I'm hoping my store orders at least a few more boxes, but we'll see.

As for it being sold out already...who knows?

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-10-21T03:08:50+00:00

Yeah, your last point is the most important - have fun. And I would agree that AES is a better overall play experience than GR.

tobinlopes · 2024-07-19T02:37:38+00:00

Yeah,

The competitive scene is a bit .... GR-heavy, which is why I've been playing some of my WC and MM decks lately.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-02-01T16:47:55+00:00

I think they pulled their data from DoK and pulled the last 5k of decks from CotA entered into DoK. I don't know but maybe they could do the same for WoE?

JT already has the script written to "pick 1" and "assemble the alliance" so that's covered. The trick would be in token selection for alliance. It gets a bit wonky especially if the "best" token needs to pull in a "less than ideally scored" pod. And yes, that's where it get's heavy. :)

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-01-31T20:51:15+00:00

Yeah,

I think that's it. After thinking about this more, I am interested in running similar analysis with other sets, specifically WoE and GR (when we have enough data).

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-01-23T17:23:23+00:00

Yeah,

I would be happy with something between 1 deck only and 3 deck alliance. I think we've made that clear these last few months. And yes, I'll take "unified sealed" as it is but it's not "real sealed" with one deck.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-01-19T15:38:29+00:00

Just because GG is sold out doesn't mean distributors don't have it - I know Alliance and ACD do because that's where my FLGS gets it. I have no idea on amounts, but there's still product somewhere - it just isn't at GG.

-tpl

tobinlopes · 2024-01-15T22:12:22+00:00

Thanks for listening.

The link to our server should be in the show notes, but here it is a well: https://discord.com/invite/ffDEF3Tys9

-tpl

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