They spent a lot of time and effort updating the Starter Kit, which wasn’t something they’d planned on doing originally.
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True.
Do you see any sign that it’s accomplished much in terms of pulling in fresh players? I’ve noticed a slight uptick in reviews and the first new actual play in ages on youtube, but it’s nothing word-shaking. There’s still no resumed demand for demo games at my FLGS and the owner tells me his distributors have gotten unreliable about sticking any SCRPG product, even the kit. Even DE play is down dramatically for him compared to the older editions.
I don’t know if they had or hadn’t planned on it, but I think they definitely needed to update the Starter Kit. Once the Core book was out, there was a lot of questions around the discrepancies in both character sheets and rules, and they needed to do something about that.
But the fact it came so long after the Core book does make me think it wasn’t planned for.
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GTG’s problem with the RPG, and in general, is one they’ve mentioned before: They have trouble finding other partners to work with that are reliable, timely, and good for GTG, and also seem to have internal issues themselves working with outside groups.
Alright, time for some Rulebook Reactions!
Dammit, no back cover to tease the next expansion. Also no alt-reality critical events for the core game villains which is kind of a shame.
Unknown core hero variants confirmed: Shockwave Tempest, along with Eternal Haka, Horus Ra, and Redeemer Fanatic returning from EE. Also got some cool art of Redeemer Fanatic and on KNYFE art that kinda looks like a variant (KUNAI maybe?).
The Rulers of Aeternus seems to have been heavily iterated on since the preview: Now has an empty throne on the front and a prince taking it on the back, rather than demons holding the throne on the front and something on the back. Also only Princes can hold the throne now instead of any demon. Probably means Princes will be the only ones with AE effects.
We got Rambler’s nemesis icon. Can also see Abbados is Nightmist’s nemesis and Greezigrax is Rambler’s.
Ok, so if Iron Legacy is still just an 8 difficulty of the 1-10 scale, what villains will possibly be a 9 or 10. Just Progeny?
Wow, Principle of the Undead seems very cool, especially for Unity or Captain Cosmic since their minions can still act in their brief absence. Not sure what happens to your hand though. Can you still draw/discard cards while dead? Also Zombie KNYFE writer’s room when?
Wonder how hard it would be to use Dark Visionary’s power to get all 10 Dark Side cards in your hand, ensuring they can’t be played randomly by your main cards.
Fingers crossed for no more delays. Critical Multiplier and Principle of Magic seem extremely interesting from what’s in the FAQ.
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You follow the rules as written: Your hand doesn’t change because nothing says it does. You can’t draw cards because the incap rules say you can’t. You can discard them, though.
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Just in case anybody on here isn’t aware, Disparation is now for sale on the GTG website:
Edit: …And it’s already sold out.
Edit 2: …And now it seems to be back in stock again? I’m not gonna try to keep up with this roller coaster of events anymore, so just know that it might be for sale and check for yourself, okay?
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Thanks for the heads up, but I think I’ll forego giving FRG any more money at this point. Someone else will appreciate a copy far more than I will.
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