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    cardboardghost got a reaction from harryb69 in Want to read about the Android Universe. Where to start?   
    Ok, nobody has responded, but just in case anyone finds this thread in the future and is curious of the same question --I did some further research and seem to have found my answer on a reddit subforum:
    1.) Strange Flesh and Free Fall are standalone novels that can be read whenever (they don't seem to mention anything about chronology within the universe and the characters contained in both of these books are not found in any other piece of Android fiction)
    2.) The following three books SHOULD be read in this order Golem >>Mimic >>Rebel (but when you decide to read this trilogy does not matter --the story contained within these three books does not affect the stories contained in either Strange Flesh or Free Fall)
    3.)The Android Novellas seem to be the most recent publications and should most likely be read in the order in which they were released, which would be: Monster Slayer >> Monitor >> Exodus....
     
    So if you wanted to put everything together, one potential timeline could be:
    The Worlds of Android >>Strange Flesh >> Free Fall >>Golem >> Mimic >>Rebel >> Monster Slayer >> Monitor >> Exodus
     
    As always, let me know if anyone comes up with a different interpretation...
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    cardboardghost got a reaction from themensch in Want to read about the Android Universe. Where to start?   
    Ok, nobody has responded, but just in case anyone finds this thread in the future and is curious of the same question --I did some further research and seem to have found my answer on a reddit subforum:
    1.) Strange Flesh and Free Fall are standalone novels that can be read whenever (they don't seem to mention anything about chronology within the universe and the characters contained in both of these books are not found in any other piece of Android fiction)
    2.) The following three books SHOULD be read in this order Golem >>Mimic >>Rebel (but when you decide to read this trilogy does not matter --the story contained within these three books does not affect the stories contained in either Strange Flesh or Free Fall)
    3.)The Android Novellas seem to be the most recent publications and should most likely be read in the order in which they were released, which would be: Monster Slayer >> Monitor >> Exodus....
     
    So if you wanted to put everything together, one potential timeline could be:
    The Worlds of Android >>Strange Flesh >> Free Fall >>Golem >> Mimic >>Rebel >> Monster Slayer >> Monitor >> Exodus
     
    As always, let me know if anyone comes up with a different interpretation...
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    cardboardghost got a reaction from Palpster in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Ok, first of all: WonderWAAAGH....Sorry I have to dox you but we all know you are Mark Rosewater.  You're in these forums trying to drive a wedge up in here.  Talking about how great Magic is and how much you hate FFG. Come on, man, this in not the place.
    Second of all: Why has no one brought up Archie Comics and Free Willy trading cards?  I remember seeing those booster boxes side by side with Magic booster boxes at the game store counter back in the day.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Whiz Canmaj in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Since Battle for Zendikar, I've been weaning myself off of Magic. Still hopelessly hooked, but trying to slim my collection and streamline my decks. When I started playing Keyforge, I realized that Keyforge decks are basically what I want my Magic collections to be: loose themes, not too powerful but still functional. M:TG still has the deckbuilding options down, and no new cardgame can ever beat M:TG in that regard. But for actual gameplay, Keyforge is a decent substitution where premade decks give me the playstyle I'd spend hours building M:TG decks to get.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Krashwire in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    I am fairly confident that a 2.0 was a big mistake. Does anyone remember Mage Knight? It was a great game and then they did a 2.0 but said "Don't worry you will still be able to use your old stuff."  Yeah that was the deathknell to an otherwise great game.
    But we are a bit off topic here.
    This is not a 2.0 of MTG. It will not 'eat magic alive' but it is one of the first games I can see that has the potential to have enough broad appeal and a good enough starting point to be a long time and significant contender. There is also more likelihood that people who play MTG would play both rather than throwing MTG to the curb.
    Personally I have not been participating in the paper version of MTG lately and recently sold off everything. I do still play Arena on a near daily basis. I still love MTG. Keyforge is a much better game in my opinion (plus my wife will play it!). I will be playing both for the foreseeable future, it just wont be paper MTG. 
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    cardboardghost reacted to 10Ten in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Didn't realize this forum had anything to do with either X-Wing or 40k or miniatures in any way at all?
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    cardboardghost reacted to 10Ten in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Amen!
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    cardboardghost reacted to Hinomura in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    As someone who proudly and passionately championed and played L5R for almost it's entire lifespan, as a player, a TO, and a content provider, I can speak from a position of considerable experience and knowledge and say at no point was L5R ever serious competition to Magic or any of the other big dogs. That's not necessarily a bad thing as size isn't an indication of quality, but we were definitely always a niche game.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Ishi Tonu in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    That and they haven't had a legitimate competitor.
    Ever since people got over the idea that Magic would be a fad and disappear (awesome pun) it has thrived and dominated the market.
    This is the first time that I can recall it having a legitimate contender, despite there having been dozens of games better than Mtg since its original launch.
    That we are even talking about magic surviving, and it will survive, demonstrates that it finally has something to keep it honest.
    That magic has been allowed to pull the crap that they have and then "fix it" in the laziest manner possible was because the playerbase was invested and had no other place to go.
    At the very least Keyforge is going to push magic to step its game up.  If they don't then Magic will still survive, but we both know that just surviving in a market you have dominated for over two decades is actually a loss
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    cardboardghost reacted to Ishi Tonu in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Until MtGArena is on android or ios it's a non-factor.....and it's still a decade late in arriving.  Mtgo is horrible and always has been but Word did nothing because they were getting paid.
    Sure their are some mistakes but even FE and Homelands can't touch the recent failures of 6 standard cycles in a row needing a banning until they finally just rotated out.
    If we're going to call the current standard format the best it's been in a long time it's only fair that we address why it was so bad until now.
    Still doesn't address the card stock being horrible.  I have beta and unlimited cards that I recently opened from a prize pack I won.  Clean and crisp after 25 years.
    I opened a pack of the return to the return to ravnica (even the set name is lazy) and my mythic is warped right out of the pack....and it's been this way for at leat the last 3 years. 
    The game itself is the same game it always was.  Anything that is good about the game is because of the foundation that Garfield laid, not what the squatters have done to the place after he left.
     
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    cardboardghost reacted to Ishi Tonu in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    They say that about every environment.  Schills got a job to do and that's keep the half full glass on the table at all times.
    Even if it's true, that doesn't address the facts that the card stock has declined, and there hasn't been much innovation in design unless you consider the rebreanding of existing design innovative.  I don't so a return of convoke, an altered scry effect, an altered flashback effect, and whatever +1/+1 mechanic they want to add this time is lazy IMO.
    The game has a good foundation, probably because the original designer is great at what he does. There may be times where the current design team gets a solid hit, but, I haven't seen a homerun from them in a long long time.
    Fortunately for me I don't have to pay to play magic. It's the only reason why I'm still playing the game.  When they finally get MtGArena to the masses, I'm doubtful that their paper product will be better.  More accessible sure, but, why would someone pay for a crappy paper product when they can get it free online?
    Wotc continues to be horrible to the local game stores while simutaneously trying to get caught up in the online market.  This is not a positive signal about the future of their paper product.  
    Magic will probably be fine as long as they have major money like Hasbro backing them. If they do tank, they will only have themselves to blame. 
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    cardboardghost reacted to WonderWAAAGH in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    I'm not so sure about that. Ixalan (or Zendikar 2: Electric Boogaloo) + Dominaria + M19 + Return to Return to Ravnica is probably the best standard environment they've had in quite some time.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Ishi Tonu in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Magic is going to eat itself alive.  Keyforge will just be at the table ready to lock the plate clean.
    A decline in card quality, lazy design, and the 10 year too late push to online play is what is going to hurt magic.  Will it be enough to kill it?  Probably not, but I think Keyforge is probably the first real threat to magic's mostly I go tested reign.
    There have been a bunch of better games than magic that have come and gone but magic's marketing and accessibility have kept it on top.  Now you have another game that is far more accessible to the masses........
    Uncertain the future is.....but exciting to watch it will be 
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    cardboardghost reacted to 10Ten in Is keyforge going to eat Magic alive.?   
    Yes this is going to stomp M:tG. 👍
     
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    cardboardghost reacted to CommissarFeesh in End of Netrunner   
    Because for many of us, we don't want a complete game. We want a LIVING game - one that continually grows and evolves, with a shifting metagame and a dynamic card pool (plus ongoing Organised Play support).
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    cardboardghost reacted to Mixxathon in End of Netrunner   
    How is this even an issue? NR has always been my favorite game since it was released bu WoTC. A:NR had a fantastic run and we have gotten cards that will last for a lifetime. The game is not dead, we still have our collections. I will continue to play this and so will my friends. Why do some people act like this game is dead just because they are no longer able to pay more money for it? Is that the main reason for playing?
    Now I can treat this as - finally -  a completed game. I will build 20 decks that are ready to go and that will be it - just grab a couple and play.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Mep in End of Netrunner   
    It is an odd relationship but Netrunner wasn't threatening anything Hasbro is doing and businesses typically don't throw away perfectly good money. Chances are the sells weren't there and FFG decided to not throw perfectly good money away on a license. Anyways, they seem to be very happy with L5R these days.
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    cardboardghost reacted to Randito in End of Netrunner   
    My Darth Maul underwear, BB-8 electric toothbrush and Boba Fett trashcan disagree.  I don't think Star Wars would "revoke" a license from anything.  
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    cardboardghost got a reaction from Milk_Jester in [Podcast] Run Last Click   
    I started listening to your podcast a few weeks ago.  Thanks for providing content and opinions that someone new to the game (like me) can learn from.
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