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New expansion for Arena of the Planeswalkers: SOI
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"In the Magic: The Gathering - Arena of the Planeswalkers, players customize the battlefield by designing the map then placing terrain and powerful glyphs. Then players choose one of five different Planeswalkers and move their figure and unique creature squads around the map in a race to out-maneuver opponents and gain tactical advantages! Cast devastating spells, summon powerful squads, and tap into your unique Planeswalker abilities to defeat your opponents. Be the last Planeswalker standing to win!
Shadows Over Innistrad is a stand-alone expansion to Arena of the Planeswalkers."
CSI link: www.coolstuffinc.com/p/229205
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But, at least this expansion/standalone comes with totally brand new terrain.
www.inverse.com/article/17732-shadows-ov...of-the-planeswalkers
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[scans article]
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Oh. What's that on the cover? One of the minis looks like....
Yup. There's a chick that turns into a fucking werewolf!
Well, I guess I just bought this then.
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The game has gotten so much better now. In a huge way.
If you're not a fan to begin with though, this likely won't change your mind.
But wow, even if green got a bit snuffed in spells, Arlinn and the werewolves make up for that. Red and green is sweet in combination.
The multi colored planeswalkers alone upped the game from "good but we need more to taste the true potential" to "compelling game" when played with everything together.
Blue is still as annoying as hell though, but not quite as over the top as we saw in the base.
I'm lovin' dis shit.
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Base:
www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Arena-Pla...s-Game/dp/B00SDJGCRA
Zendikar:
www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Planeswal...nsion/dp/B015XXU5KS/
Innistrad:
www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Planeswal...strad/dp/B01ALHAFFQ/
Thats a ton of content for two players, and a decent amount for four players. Buy two of each and have enough options for years to come.
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Hasbro just never knew what to do with Heroscape, and Wizards doesn't know what to do with anything that's not MtG or D&D.. D&D and Magic are not really brands that extend very well. People who play those games want those _exact_ experiences, not the setting. If anything, D&D players will end up playing other RPGs or games that are kind of trashy and text filled, like Betrayal at House on the Hill. Magic players just want to buy more magic, until they get sick of it and reject it entirely.. or maybe go back and play some LCG that they think will recreate that feeling . Sure, they've got years of 'lore' but I think less than 10% of magic players actually give a crap about it. Lords of Waterdeep seems like the one notable exception, but it also nails the light worker placement thing down. The window dressing is just enough to get the "boo farming game" people to give it a shot.
Most cross-media licensed games that work are re-works based on exceptionally popular TV shows (right now it's stuff like Rick and Morty and Game of Thrones). Star Wars is huge, and people will buy anything with it on it. Marvel/DC stuff is still big, but comics and games used to be in the same shops, and even our movies are flooded with comic stuff now. But even Marvelscape didn't do so well. Certain video games can work, but even that's hit and miss. Bioshock Infinite didn't live up to expectations at all, but these recent Nintendo (Mario/zelda) games might.
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I still think a Star Wars set should have been a no brainer...or Lord of the Rings, at the time.
Arena of the Planeswalkers is really good, it had a lot of potential...but it was also oddly whiffy. Like, why weren't there booster packs of cards and heroes available day one? Why did they even bother with the 3-4 pieces of Heroscape terrain?
The expansions were really good too...I have all three and haven't sold them, I think they are worth hanging on to. And definitely worth $30.
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Michael Barnes wrote: ]I still think a Star Wars set should have been a no brainer...
I'd vastly prefer this to Legions. I'm not 100% sure what licensing stuff is going on, but it seems like ANA/FFG have star wars stuff locked down.
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Sagrilarus wrote: This is a hell of a pickup for $30.
Not making me feel better Sag.
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