Board 8 > Anyone play Faeria aside from me?

(+) Yeah! (+)

For anyone who doesn't, it's a card game with a hex board that's pretty unique.

For those who do, any thoughts on the cards that have been teased for the expansion? The most recent two:

https://www.faeria.com/news/announcements/173-faeria-friday-a-lot-to-swallow

Swallow seems like an interesting mechanic-- I've always liked Journey to Nowhere/Oblivion Ring in MTG, so I want to see how that effect translates to Faeria.
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I was playing for a bit and then just kinda stopped. Keep meaning to start again.
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You should! I feel like now is a pretty good time to start again, since the expansion is coming soon-ish.

Also, happy to help with tips and stuff since I have played for a while.
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card game people
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bleh
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no I already play too many card games I can't handle more
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You started to lose me at card game.

Then you lost me with hex board
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SantaRPidgey posted...

You started to lose me at card game.

Then you lost me with hex board

I mean

if card games aren't your thing, then this probably won't change your mind

do you just not like gridded boards in general or have hexagons in particular wronged you in some way
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Typically theres a layer of complexity with a hex board that makes it hard to account for from both the player's and game designer's perspective. The net result usually ends up with a game that cant reach its true potential as well as a square grid.

Oddly enough, the same thing cant be said about a distance based design that has a circular type range (phantom brave, valkaria chronicles) so its really only games with hex grids that have this problem
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sounds like santa's just bad at hex games
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SantaRPidgey posted...

Typically theres a layer of complexity with a hex board that makes it hard to account for from both the player's and game designer's perspective. The net result usually ends up with a game that cant reach its true potential as well as a square grid.

Oddly enough, the same thing cant be said about a distance based design that has a circular type range (phantom brave, valkaria chronicles) so its really only games with hex grids that have this problem

Hmm, not sure I've ever encountered this issue with hex boards. What games do you think are examples of this? Faeria honestly wouldn't work with a square grid, and circle-distance would make things too messy.
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Wild Arms XF, resonance of fate (this pulled off hex the best), Settlers of Catan are a few off the top of my head.

but I know there's more.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

Wild Arms XF, resonance of fate (this pulled off hex the best), Settlers of Catan are a few off the top of my head.

but I know there's more.

Wait, so you think Settlers of Catan would be better with a square grid? That's the first time I've heard that
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oh no! Absolutely not. Settlers of Catan is just a bad game with a hex. I guess it's the best grid for the gameplay
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Oh! Well I agree with that. Settlers is not very good, regardless of grid type.
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Two new cards revealed for the expansion:

https://www.faeria.com/news/announcements/175-faeria-friday-meet-the-rakoa

All the other cards revealed so far:

https://www.faeria.com/news/announcements/174-treasures-of-the-oversky

Kobold Barracks on a creature with dash could actually be pretty good, but I think the land requirement is pretty limiting.
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