On 9/13/2017 at 1:43 PM, Mep said:Plaid Hat offers their Ashes which has more cards and a bunch of dice at $50 and about $40 online. Far better value than Netrunner coming in at $120 for a full set.
This is obviously not a fair comparison. The Netrunner core box contains more than twice as many distinct cards as the Ashes one. In fact, as of now the Netrunner core box still contains more distinct cards than the entire Ashes card pool. I own everything for both Netrunner and Ashes, so I have the materials on hand to give a more complete picture of the real value proposition here.
3 Netrunner Core sets ($120) :
126
unique cards x 3 (or more) copies of each, plus identities
1 Ashes core set + 4 expansions ($110) :
100
unique cards x 3 copies of each, plus Phoenixborn & conjurations
AEG's Doomtown Reloaded was similarly priced, with 2 core sets required for a full play set (4 copies) of everything. FFG's pricing seems entirely consistent with their competitors under any reasonable analysis. You're just getting a lot of extra cards up front rather than being forced to wait a full cycle for your deck building options to open up.
Edited by Jasu Bakuhatsu