Anyone else curious why there are numbering gaps in the core set card decks?

Also, the chapter packs are generally not packaged in numerical card order. I wonder what the significance of the chosen ordering is.

JackT said:

The core set isn't missing any numbers that I can tell. It just jumps around a bit. Be sure to look at the cards themselves as many locations and a couple characters (Robert Baratheon) are numbered differently even though they are the same card.

As Jack said, there aren't any missing card numbers in the core set - it's just that the in-house characters are numbered first, then the locations, then the events, then the neutrals, and finally the plots.

I don't remember older Chapter packs, but in more recent chapter packs, it goes Attachments in front, Followed by characters, followed by locations and then events, with the neutrals, and the plot/agenda in the back. It's also always Stark-Lann-Bara-Targ-Grey-Mart.

On a similar note why does the chapter packs and large expansions use "F" after the cycle symbol where the core uses the starting deck symbol (starter Stark uses "S" while Lanni uses "L".

I do understand why the core uses the letters it does but not why the expansions do not follow suit.

The S, L, T, B in the core set was to indicate which deck each card belonged in. The F in the chapter packs denote a Fixed rarity I think.

If it is "F"ixed rarity then shouldnt the singles in earlier chapter packs use a different letter than the triples?

I wouldn't think so. They're still fixed in rarity. You get 1 per pack.

Darksbane said:

This is why I mistakenly thought there were numbering gaps. If you make one big deck out of the core cards, there are no gaps if you do not treat the S, L, T, B as separate number designators. (The core set also seems to be unique in that duplicate cards are numbered as different cards.)

I was also wondering what "F" referred to in the chapter packs.