Netrunner 3 and Star Realms 24

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A colleague and I have been talking about getting some A:NR on the table for probably month, and we finally got it together and did it. Neither of us are any good at it. But that's not a problem, we both have the same mentality, just throw the cards on the table and get to it.

We played the decks suggested in the rules: Kate McCaffery and Jinteki, both stock, single core decks.

As it turned out, I won this game, closing it with a really high risk run (felt like high risk) after I knew two Junebugs were out of play.

The next game I intend on playing Jinteki, and focusing on trashing and damaging the runner as much as possible.

A bit of Star Realms

Colony Wars to be precise. I started off strong, but wasn't able to chew down enough hits to carry the day. JL was able to get a couple of outposts in play when he has very few hit points left, then grabbed back some authority while I followed with my losing hand: a Viper and 4 Scouts. I knew I'd lost the game then. But good game!

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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.