Anyone have a way to set up the table to physically play your own decks against themselves? I just don't have a lot of folks to play against and would like to enjoy the game even if I am just playing myself. I do this all the time on Lackey (but would like to change that), but there is just no substitute for the real cards. I just need a way to organize both decks and play areas on the table so that I don't have to get up and move around a table each turn. I don't know, maybe no one does this, but I thought I would ask. If this is just dumb, please ignore and let the thread sink into the depths of Mustafaar.

Thanks.

P.S. If you are wondering, I don't play against folks on Lackey (or Octagon) because my playing time is very intermittent.

When I play against myself, I usually end up keeping one side to my right and one side to the left. Units and such get played out in the middle... Gets crowds sometimes but is functional.

When I play with myself, I usually end up keeping one side to my right and one side to the left.

You change one word and it looks so horrible. Same with this topic thread.

Playing cards, like love making, is better with another person. Besides, playing games by yourself always has skewed results...

I test my MTG decks the same way dbmeboy does. I can't really test my Star Wars deck because it's hard to do edge battles when I know what both sides have.

I can't really test my Star Wars deck because it's hard to do edge battles when I know what both sides have.

Yeah, that's the hardest thing in my opinion and why you can't really play it by yourself. The only way to make it consistent is to have numbers you always have to 'beat' to get the edge or a number per card in their hand. And even then its not a good test to determine a winner of the edge.

I dunno, I find it's not too difficult to play edge battles against myself. I just try to do what I would think was best on both sides, taking into account how badly either side would want to win to trigger effects, etc. and play accordingly.

I will admit that edge battles are a problem. You have to try to be honest about what you would play into the edge battle in that situation. I can do it decently, but it's really not a substitute for playing against another person. Sometimes it's the only option though, and it's better than just looking at decks at guessing how they work.

I like playing with myself because I can go at the speed I want . When I do it with another person sometimes it's over too fast

When I play against myself, I usually end up keeping one side to my right and one side to the left. Units and such get played out in the middle... Gets crowds sometimes but is functional.

When I have tried it, I did it the traditional way and just flipped the cards so I could read them. It was a bit unwieldy, so I will give your suggestion a try.

I dunno, I find it's not too difficult to play edge battles against myself. I just try to do what I would think was best on both sides, taking into account how badly either side would want to win to trigger effects, etc. and play accordingly.

This.

I will admit that edge battles are a problem. You have to try to be honest about what you would play into the edge battle in that situation. I can do it decently, but it's really not a substitute for playing against another person. Sometimes it's the only option though, and it's better than just looking at decks at guessing how they work.

...and this.

You are right, it is no substitute for a real opponent, but it does allow me to enjoy the game.

I like playing with myself because I can go at the speed I want . When I do it with another person sometimes it's over too fast

And then you feel like you wasted your money.

I suck at the edge battle when playing vs. Myself. I tend to waaay overthink things, and when this LCG has so much invested in outthinking your opponent, it's hard to strike the right balance when said opponent is yourself.

Speaking of wasting money: that's why it's good to get some practice in online where it's free and you can experiment before going and doing it for real.

I just had an idea for edge battles. How about rolling a die (d6 or d4) after you (the attacker) place all cards in the stack? Then after the "reveal', look at the defender's cards and remove that many force icons from the hand. Just a thought.