I’ve started thinking about the next version of this. I think the current version has two main problems:
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Rotation
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The most common advice to new players seems to be to buy the deluxes first. The current plan conflicts with this advice pretty hard.
With that in mind, here’s my current draft outline for the stages for in the next version:
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A single core set (no change here)
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Maybe Terminal Directive, depending on timing and how good it turns out to be.
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Single-deluxe stages. These will each require only one deluxe and one core set (and TD if that goes in). Players can use these in any order.
Data & Destiny might be left out of these, just because of the difficulty of building core + D&D runner decks.
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An all deluxes stage. This would have decks that use multiple deluxes. If D&D doesn’t get a single deluxe stage, it will be the recommended purchase for this stage.
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There’s a few options I’m considering from here:
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Stages that build up like in the current version of the plan. This allows for building up to stronger decks that draw from more of the cardpool, like the Run the Net beginner decks.
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A stage with a bunch of decks that each only need two data packs and the stuff from the previous stages. Most of the Run Last Click beginner decks and virtually all onesies decks could fit here.
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Some kind of hybrid or mix of the above.
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I think the main challenge here would be building the core + single deluxe decks and core + all deluxes decks, because there aren’t many existing published decks that fit those categories.
Questions for anyone reading:
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What do you think of this draft plan?
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Would you be interested in building decks to contribute?
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Would you be more interested if there was some kind of prize or competition, like a core + deluxe online tournament of some kind?