What if Fantasy Flight pay some royalties to get the right to use The Matrix series and make an expansion out of it?

Cards like Neo, Morpheus and Trinity and the whole thematic already known to a very large population would boost the popularity and awareness of the game.

Humans vs Machine (kinda not a corporations, but that could fit, right?)

Maybe they could do it with other Neuromancer 'sons' as well.

What if Fantasy Flight pay some royalties to get the right to use The Matrix series and make an expansion out of it?

Cards like Neo, Morpheus and Trinity and the whole thematic already known to a very large population would boost the popularity and awareness of the game.

Humans vs Machine (kinda not a corporations, but that could fit, right?)

Maybe they could do it with other Neuromancer 'sons' as well.

Android is it's own IP, which has a rich and diverse background if you choose to explore it. It really wouldn't mesh at all with the Matrix's setting. I'd much rather see that as a whole separate game if someone wanted to do it.

Novels about the Android universe are 5 novels, right? (3 in a series and 2 separate one)

by the way have any of you tried the other 2 android card games? How could you describe the differences and the play experiences? (If I can, possible I will expand Android: Netrunner, however I would be interested what the other 2 card games are like, matched with Android: Netrunner)

Edit: just checked, Infiltration isn't plays in Android universe, just have some similarity about hack..

Infiltration absolutely is in Android universe. Even shares characters.

Android is a hell of a game, but polarizing (people tend to feel very strongly about it). Personally I love it. Not really a card game; it's a big sprawling monster, a hybrid of board and role-playing game.

As for the novels; I've read Free Fall and Strange Flesh - I enjoyed both, but Free Fall reads like Android: The Board Game: The Novel

Free Fall is a huge example of http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShownTheirWork

"Android: The Board Game: The Novel" is hardly a bad thing, necessarily.

I disliked Strange Flesh in the end. It's a shaggy dog story, the involvement of framing sequence's viewpoint character with the story amounts to exactly zero, and the protagonist of the events retold has no real consequences or aftereffects of the events.

Could you please tell me more details about how did you like Android and Infiltration in case you've tried them? And "hell of a game" means really hard to win, or means something else? (Sorry, I'm not native speaker)

Infiltration I've not played. Android is quite an experience - it's unlike anything else I've played. When I call it a hell of a game, I mean it's a massive, sprawling, complicated beast (the rules maual is about 42 pages), but I love it anyway.

For me it marries up strategy board-gaming with co-operative storytelling like you'd get in a tabletop RPG. Winning the game becomes almost secondary to telling a good story (though I still play to win of course!), but that's just me.

There are a LOT of moving parts to the game; several different means to take victory, a lot of special rules to track (each player character has their own ability in addition to the standard actions), the PvP elements can feel incredibly harsh at times if you don't prepare yourself for it.

One of the most common criticisms you'll see levelled at the game is that it's a murder mystery but the players end up determining who's guilty as you play. Some people don't like the disconnect between player and character; they see this as you 'framing' the suspect instead of solving the case. For me though it's a case of the player is not the character; you (the player) decide where evidence belongs but your character is simply finding evidence.

Hope any of that helps; you're probably best to seek out reviews of both games on BoardGameGeek or other review sites.

Thanks a lot for the review! It made me interested also Maybe I will buy it in the future... (Right now Shadowrun: Crossfire also waiting for the discover on my shelf just I've jumped to Android: Netrunner first and trying to make clear the rules more and more)

If anyone else has experience about Infiltration, I'm looking forward to read about here, where people could compare some way with Android: Netrunner. I will check on BoardGameGeek also..

Thanks for the replies.

I am very new to this card game and just recently purchased the core set. Looking forward to get other expansions.

My opinion and suggestion as it is right now is from a brand new player, so dont bother too much about it.

I will take a look at that as well.