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JuniperTheory
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THE GREATEST CARD GAME EVER MADE: A QUICK GUIDE TO NETRUNNER

Every time i post about netrunner I get a bunch of people being like "Oh wow is the game still alive?" or "What's this game, how can I play?" or such, so I decided to write a brief intro! I'll put everything after the intro under a readmore, but please check it out! this is my favorite card game, maybe favorite game ever made, and right now it's extremely queer and awesome in the best ways.

WHAT IS NETRUNNER?

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Netrunner is a really fantastic cyberpunk card game! You play as a cool cyberpunk hacker of some sort fighting against an evil corporation of some sort! The game is asymmetrical, so both players play different decks with different ways of interacting; the evil corporation wants to slowly advance it's evil plans while preventing the runner from finding out, while the runner must choose the perfect moment to hack into the corp's servers and steal their precious data. It's fun, but more then that it's flavorful; every game feels like your own little cyberpunk story in the best possible way.

It's my favorite card game ever made. And it could be yours to!

SPNKr
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100% cosigned, Netrunner fucking rules

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JuniperTheory
@JuniperTheory

hmmmm

pretty much the only big one is that they stopped using the term Brain Damage and use Core Damage instead, because brain damage is a real thing that actually affects people but also because core damage allows them to explore a lot more interesting design space with cybernetics and stuff.

aside from that things are about the same? they've codified the rules tho, there's an actual full ruleset you can read online https://nullsignal.games/rules/comp-rules/

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Jama
@Jama

Wow, Jinteki.net has added a huge pronoun dropdown since I last used it. Very cool.

Really comprehensive settings menu too. Seems way snappier than it was in like, 2017.

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stabworth
@stabworth

My friends and I recently picked Netrunner back up after playing from release to 2016 at the nadir of the mumbad cycle's bullshit, and the game still kicks ass. We've been playing the Startup format (currently comprised of System Gateway, System Update, Ashes (Uprising/Downfall) and Midnight Sun) and having an outstanding time with a relatively limited card pool. I think we're planning on just adding new sets as they come out until we're playing standard.

I'm glad people kept the game alive and are working to make it better, it's certainly given me a ton of joy.

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JuniperTheory
@JuniperTheory

hell yeah! great choice honestly, it's what i recommend people do.

although if you ever Do want to journey into standard, do note that there are community-run reprints of kitara, reign and reverie, and (soon) red sands! made by a bunch of random people to let people play standard without needing to spend 500 bucks on ffg cards.

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notaghost
@notaghost

I'm a dev with Null Signal and even amidst basking in all the spoiler reactions, it's things like this where people outside the org evangelize the game and the work we're putting into it that's the most invigorating. Thank you.

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