Can we have a thread where the OP edits its post to include all the news and previews in one place ? That would be awesome !
LCG News and Previews
2 hours ago, Katsutoshi said:Can we have a thread where the OP edits its post to include all the news and previews in one place ? That would be awesome !
oh, yeah. thats what i meant to do with this thread, but the news coming out of GAMA was pretty quick and i got distracted. i'll edit the OP here with everything we know. i've already got it all collected over on the subreddit.
DONE. OP updated.
Edited by cielagoOn 3/17/2017 at 7:51 PM, cielago said:no kidding? an IA vote? FASCINATING! i had no idea that they did that. thats super interesting. i wouldn't have guessed theyd put a mechanical change that dramatic in the hands of the players. thanks for the history lesson!
I don't recall it going to IA vote, but I do remember it being discussed at length on forum and mailing lists, with people breaking down into two camps:
- 40/40 is fine and good and brilliant, and if speed decks ramp up again, the game should just add 10/10 as needed.
- 40/40 works in the short term, but the underlying problem cards are still there, with more coming all the time.
Admittedly, we're talking 20 years ago, but I don't recall much in the way of argument in favor of keeping 30/30 beyond outside logistics like card box sizes, number of sleeves available, etc.
Ultimately, the issue wasn't whether speed decks should be the mainstay, it was whether the ad campaign "0 Banned, 0 Restricted" was sustainable. 40/40 was implemented alongside the Open/Jade/Extended Jade environments, and devs chose to keep 40/40 and begin limiting cards.
12 hours ago, cielago said:oh, yeah. thats what i meant to do with this thread, but the news coming out of GAMA was pretty quick and i got distracted. i'll edit the OP here with everything we know. i've already got it all collected over on the subreddit.
DONE. OP updated.
Awesome summary, thanks for making this!
bump, apparently? your periodic reminder that there has been no news, but when there is, this is where we'll put it.
No news you say, Jude? This was over on the Kolat Information Network Facebook page:
QuoteOne of our informants found the following information after the end of the Weekend in Rokugan event:
"I made an announcement before the interactive but I will repeat it here, and again later on our gencon thread when we get one. Our usual event schedule has shifted a little for this year at the request of FFG, to allow you all to attend an event they are hosting at noon Thursday."
Sounds like this might be the start time for FFG's Opening Ceremonies perhaps?
https://twitter.com/ffgfiction/status/846358600910077953
Can’t wait for the #L5Rlcg news to drop on 4/19? We’ve got a whole shelf full of L5R-esque fiction to keep you busy: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51403981?shelf=l5r-inspiration …
31 minutes ago, Coyote Walks said:https://twitter.com/ffgfiction/status/846358600910077953
Can’t wait for the
#L5Rlcg news to drop on 4/19? We’ve got a whole shelf full of L5R-esque fiction to keep you busy: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51403981?shelf=l5r-inspiration …
now THERES an interesting bit of promotion. very promising, i would say, for the FFGfiction account to be pimping l5r. i think we all hoped that they'd keep the fiction element alive but this is probably our best indication yet that they're doing something to that effect.
i haven't read most of the stuff on there. some of the classics, and tales of the otori is it, but the rest looks interesting. theres definitely some supernatural emphasis, which is good. demon fighting is promising, as a spider fan.
That's a good list. I would also recommend "Daughter of the Empire" and its sequels, by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts. See https://www.goodreads.com/series/44298-the-empire-trilogy. Extremely well-written and VERY L5R-esque.
Am I the only one going "That's the seal of Toturi's Army!"?
Just now, sndwurks said:Am I the only one going "That's the seal of Toturi's Army!"?
2 minutes ago, kempy said:
I recognized the card, I'm just amused / intrigued by its inclusion.
Of course, I am also very intrigued that they included the Tale of Genji in the Reading List.
12 minutes ago, sndwurks said:Of course, I am also very intrigued that they included the Tale of Genji in the Reading List.
Tale of the Genji nothing. That is in many ways to be expected with Book of the 5 Rings. Number 24: Inuyasha is what I didn't expect.
Edited by Ultimatecalibur21 minutes ago, Ultimatecalibur said:Tale of the Genji nothing. That is in many ways to be expected with Book of the 5 Rings. Number 24: Inuyasha is what I didn't expect.
One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong.
That being said, I am relieved to not see too much manga/Anime as inspiration.
1 minute ago, Mirith said:One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong.
Inuyasha makes sense if they are focusing on a "Feudal Fairy Tale" setting.
3 minutes ago, Mirith said:That being said, I am relieved to not see too much manga/Anime as inspiration.
Oh the Manga/Anime stuff is there besides Inuyasha. Moribito is better know for the 2007 Anime than the light novel series. Same for Twelve Kingdoms and its 2002 anime.
I'm a bit sad that Kouga Ninja Scrolls (the book Basalisk was based on) didn't make the list.
I'm not entirely sure how to file this bit, as its not information about the game is, so much as information about what the game isn't. while via negativa is useful for theology, maybe not for game design speculation. ANYWAY Damon Stone, the former lead designer of netrunner up until last month, recently commented in the Netrunner Dorks facebook ground about the lcg:
given how frequently we have seen AGoT used as a potential point of comparison, i think this is very interesting to know, even if it doesn't tell us anything about what the game will actually look like.
edit: i should add that per Horvath, the game only hit beta days before GAMA, which was roughly a month after Stone left FFG. so barring continuing information leaked to him by friends int he company, theres a monthish gap between his last information and the game hitting its the state that its currently in, ostensibly its close to final state.
Edited by cielagoBut how much interaction has Damon Stone had with the pre-production game? Is he just relaying office scuttlebutt?
2 minutes ago, Kakita Shiro said:But how much interaction has Damon Stone had with the pre-production game? Is he just relaying office scuttlebutt?
yeah. it should also be pointed out, and i'll edit my post above, that he left the company a month or so before the game went beta, so no matter how informed he was unless he was continuing to get information from friends at the company (which isn't outside the realm of possibility) theres room for the game to change.
that said, i think its interesting information nonetheless.
Just now, cielago said:yeah. it should also be pointed out, and i'll edit my post above, that he left the company a month or so before the game went beta, so no matter how informed he was unless he was continuing to get information from friends at the company (which isn't outside the realm of possibility) theres room for the game to change.
that said, i think its interesting information nonetheless.
On the contrary, until we know what his level of involvement in L5R is it's just another dude's opinion and wholly irrelevant.
1 minute ago, Kakita Shiro said:On the contrary, until we know what his level of involvement in L5R is it's just another dude's opinion and wholly irrelevant.
thats one interpretation. his position at FFG and his involvement in another of their lcgs however makes his statement noteworthy. people can speculate for themselves exactly how much weight to give the comment.
I would argue he is probably the best/most reputable/most well informed source of information available on the game outside of the design team itself. He is *far* from being just some dude.
31 minutes ago, YasukiKaito said:I would argue he is probably the best/most reputable/most well informed source of information available on the game outside of the design team itself. He is *far* from being just some dude.
I get that he's "connected" but it's still just a rumor.
Edited by Kakita Shiro7 minutes ago, Kakita Shiro said:It's like people want to ignore the definition of a rumor in favor of knowing this dude's name.
i don't think rumor is accurate. i think its somewhere between an opinion and heresay. rumor would be unsourced or if someone was quoting him in an unverifiable way.