FFG Is it true?

[ImDoneItsOver 7]

That the reason your going back into the collectible blind pack market is because your new Parent company Asmodee wants you to? Im not against it, but the question has been asked.

[Toqtamish 3,643]

No one has said that other than some doom and gloomers. They didn't lose their autonomy they are still their own company.

[Sithborg 11,644]

I don't think it was a direct order. However, the LCG model cannot go to the kinds of stores that Asmodee is looking to break into. They aren't looking at the hobby stores with this product, they are looking at the big box stores. Different audience really. And hitting different audiences is a good thing for a growing company. 

[ImDoneItsOver 7]

Im all ok with it. I mean heck they have done this before with UFS and with Kingdom Hearts so Im sure with there exp in both this game will be handle right!

[john_nld 34]

Actually a recent interview from our Friends team covenant and FFG staten that they knowingly left that marketing on the blind side untill now. There is money to be made in that market and FFG states that they have strong présence in all the relevant markets ot there.... that wasn't true because they have zero présence in the tcg/ccg market and they wanted to change that

Edited October 24, 2016 by john_nld

[Harmonica 39]

Even if it is true, what does it matter?  LCGs will never have mass appeal.  CCGs will scare off some people, but has the chance to become huge.  This is a win for far more than it isn't.

 

Bring on the packs!

[TallTonyB 1,210]

I would worry if it seemed that this was a shift in policy across all FFG products. It's not. They are just jumping back into a different market type. They will still be p utting out LCGs for those of us that don't enjoy CCGS. It's all good.

[cleardave 741]

Also of note, 3 of their competitive Organized Play products; X-Wing, Imperial Assault, and Armada, are not likely to suddenly shift over into a blind-buys booster pack system, so even if somehow the LCG's all did, it would be still unlikely the games I mentioned would also switch over.

 

Of course, as card game players, this wouldn't matter to you, but it is worth noting that there will still be OP support for "fixed distribution" games regardless of what they do with their card games.

 

Lord of the Rings and Arkham would probably stay as LCG's, Conquest is done, so it just leaves Thrones, Star Wars and Netrunner.

[Amanal 2,557]

@cleardave: I do wish they would cast their LCG reboot talent over the Battletech card game.

[IsawaChuckles 104]

Battletech was definitely one of the first generation games that was "almost" there.  Richard Garfield does good ****, even if Battletech wasn't one of his hits.

[TylerTT 1,295]

They have the Star Wars license. To not make a collectable is bonkers. If anyone demanded it I would guess it was the license holders. Because if I was Disney I would start looking for a partner to do a Colectable game with if FFG was unwilling

[MarthWMaster 367]

Battletech was definitely one of the first generation games that was "almost" there.  Richard Garfield does good ****, even if Battletech wasn't one of his hits.

Sometimes I wonder where we would be today if the first CCG ever designed had been total crap.