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This should just release today.
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Wow. This is way above what I was expecting. Too bad I don't have a tablet.
I really wish those wildcard powers were available for the tabletop game.
It wouldn't take a great deal of work to add them in - just create a deck of cards, or a numbered list, and draw a card/ roll a dice to choose 1 (or 2 etc) at the start of each scenario.
If you're going to be playing the app version, you'll be able to see most of the wildcards over time, and if not, you can make your own up as you go along.
*grabby hands*
My Adowyn would like a copy of Stride for our Wrath run please.
I may be wrong in trying to anticipate its effect, but Night Approaches looks a bit absurd, to the point of making a game un-fun really quick. When you think about it, this make encountering a BOON much more dangerous than a MONSTER, which just ain't right in my book.
Oh, well, I guess, we'll be able to restart scenario until we roll decent wild cards at least...
I really wish those wildcard powers were available for the tabletop game.It wouldn't take a great deal of work to add them in ...
I wonder how fast we can build that list between us :-)
Or maybe if I very very nicely ask Nathan and/or Vic we can have it now and start using it on the table... They know we gonna buy the game day one anyway :-)
Pleaseeeeeeeeee
*grabby hands*
My Adowyn would like a copy of Stride for our Wrath run please.
Skitter (and one of the Scales)? Plus Stride is an Arcane card.
Still can't figure out why this is restricted to tablets and smartphones and does not have a PC version. The game is shapping up quite nice Id love ot play it on my big beautfull high res monitor instead of my small screen smart phone.
Obsidian was looking a game that would be playable in tablet, so They Are trying the ice with this. If everything goes well They may make more tablet games, if not, well then this will be unique.
They Are looking for new market Areas. They allready have PC games that Are doing quite well, if They can get tablet customers, the better to them. The PC version is not so important to them at this moment. When the multiplayer online version come out, the PC-version can be much more important... maybe.
At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game? It's shaping up to look like this is the superior version of the game in every way and if it delivers, I can see Mask of the Mummy being the physical game's last AP. Part of me is disturbed by the idea but the other half would be happy to convert. As I write this I'm sitting in a room lined with games from the modern consoles running back to the Atari, so I definitely can't say I wouldn't get behind a video game version.
Skitter (and one of the Scales)? Plus Stride is an Arcane card.*grabby hands*
My Adowyn would like a copy of Stride for our Wrath run please.
Whoops I didn't notice that. My brain just assumes most spells are both. We tried to get her a Skitter but failed that check pretty miserably.
At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game? It's shaping up to look like this is the superior version of the game in every way and if it delivers, I can see Mask of the Mummy being the physical game's last AP. Part of me is disturbed by the idea but the other half would be happy to convert. As I write this I'm sitting in a room lined with games from the modern consoles running back to the Atari, so I definitely can't say I wouldn't get behind a video game version.
I don't see what they have to gain by limitting their userbase, it is not like having this tablet only will make ppl crave for the next Obsidian tablet only release or will make the game sell better. Having this on both plataforms would make way much more sense. And there is presedent, Hearthstone could be compared to this game and Hearthstone is a smashing sucess and it isn't a tablet or PC only, its on both.
We are initially launching on tablet with single player and pass and play features. Online multiplayer and PC is scheduled for a future release. After that we plan to keep expanding our platforms and content. We intend this to be a living game just as the physical version is. Tablets are just our first step!
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At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game? It's shaping up to look like this is the superior version of the game in every way and if it delivers, I can see Mask of the Mummy being the physical game's last AP. Part of me is disturbed by the idea but the other half would be happy to convert. As I write this I'm sitting in a room lined with games from the modern consoles running back to the Atari, so I definitely can't say I wouldn't get behind a video game version.
I really doubt this will kill the physical game because they're not planning on "catching up" with the current adventure. There are already three base sets available in the physical game, and this digital version is starting off with the first one of those, several years after its release. If they stick with that general timeline, I can't imagine people saying "i'll just wait two years to play it!"
I actually think this will have the opposite effect.. people will try out this free-to-play digital version, get hooked, and go out and buy the other two physical sets.
At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game? ...
Zero risk as soon as you are not playing alone. Nothing beats the fun of a group of old RPG babes and grumpy old guys around a table, some beers and minis, and a real physical die that really only wants to roll "1s".
And there is nothing that the digital version creates that cannot be immediately used on the physical game. While the opposite may take a while.
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We are initially launching on tablet with single player and pass and play features. Online multiplayer and PC is scheduled for a future release. After that we plan to keep expanding our platforms and content. We intend this to be a living game just as the physical version is. Tablets are just our first step!
The day you come up with a Bluetooth version enabling us to play with 6 friends' tablets in a train or car (i. e. not needing Internet access or WiFi router), your game instantaneously becomes number one in my all time hall of fame.
You have a real opportunity : Ticket to Ride lost that spot recently by removing that feature.We are all with you.
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Can't wait for this game!
Just three weeks to go!
It's really awesome being able to smash through a dozen scenarios in rapid succession, then go back, up the difficulty, and do it all again as a very different play through.
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At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game? It's shaping up to look like this is the superior version of the game in every way and if it delivers, I can see Mask of the Mummy being the physical game's last AP. Part of me is disturbed by the idea but the other half would be happy to convert. As I write this I'm sitting in a room lined with games from the modern consoles running back to the Atari, so I definitely can't say I wouldn't get behind a video game version.I really don't see that happening. The digital release may be more convenient for solo play, but that's about it, even with new features. Board games lovers like the physical feel of their games, even if that means sorting their cards themselves. Websites like boardgamearena offer free online multiplayer board games for years, with little if no consequence in term of market.
Hey hey! I work here at Obsidian on Pathfinder, I just don't have them cool tags that Nathan has.
Anyway, I don't think this will affect the physical game in anything other than a positive way.
Our tablet version has quite a few cool things going for it, being a digital version. You don't have to shuffle, fast setup and break new, tons of new content, etc.
However this doesn't replace the physical version at all. Solo players may prefer the digital version for ease of use. But when your gaming group gets together the physical game is going to hit the table. In my opinion you just cannot replace a good physical gaming session. Sure you can use pass and play and pass around a tablet. But I think the physical game is going to win out. There is a charm and a bit of magic to holding your cards and rolling your dice.
Before I started here at Obsidian I was a HUGE PACG fan and a huge board game fan in general I think I own somewhere around 300+ board games and I used to go to my local shop weekly.
From what I have seen, board games coming to a digital form has been a good thing and a boon to the hobby. We had people come into our local store and ask about Sentinels of the Multiverse or Catan after they played it digitally. That way they could have a physical copy to play with their friends and family.
TLDR: I wouldn't worry. I think this is going to do good things and raise awareness and interest for the physical hobby that we all so love. :)
It really looked fantastic on the Twitch livestream a couple weeks ago.
Looks good, can't wait for it to make me unproductive.
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At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game?
Nope.
There allready Are really good Computer games, and still I like board games better, because the other peoples Are there. So no.... Computer games does not kill tabletop games yet. Maybe never.
But when friends Are far a way, a Computer game can be reasonable good substitute. If there is online chat, voisi chat and so on...
At the risk of being a total downer... does it concern anyone that this releasing may be the death of the physical card game?Nope.
Best classic one-word Not-this-Mike answer to date.
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This looks great.
What is the twitch schedule?
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Can't wait for this game!Just three weeks to go!
It's really awesome being able to smash through a dozen scenarios in rapid succession, then go back, up the difficulty, and do it all again as a very different play through.
Weeeks or years?
Anticipated release date seems to be the year 2019 to me...
This looks great.
What is the twitch schedule?
Friday at 4 Pacific, I believe.
Can't wait for this game!Just three weeks to go!
It's really awesome being able to smash through a dozen scenarios in rapid succession, then go back, up the difficulty, and do it all again as a very different play through.
Weeeks or years?
Anticipated release date seems to be the year 2019 to me...
Three weeks from now. The game is fantastic.
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Sadly my wife and I will have to wait for the launch when it releases for the PC. :(
There are actually some very decent Android emulators that should work for those people who just can't get ahold of an Android tablet. I recommend Droid4X. You'll need to search for a mini-tutorial on how to enable tablet mode on it, but it works flawlessly for Android games similar in scope to Pathfinder Adventures.
Fun question - when the Night Approaches condition is out, does that also trigger on choosing not to attempt a boon, or only when you choose to attempt the check for one and fail?
The wording in the screencap is 'fail to acquire', and one hopes they were as precise with the terms as the physical game is (see all the cards with 'is not defeated' [evade will trigger] rather than 'is undefeated' [evade at no penalty]).
As to the physical game concerns, I certainly have none. No game that I know of that has a digital companion (from Ticket to Ride to MtG to Sentinels) has seen that companion do anything but boost sales.
As to the game itself, man, does it look good.
Caught a whiff about Dave Williams being involved from either a previous post or the last twitch episode. In any case, I'm a bit of a fan, so I'll call his involvement a good thing. Especially if it gives us more/better replayability via the difficulty levels and wildcard effects.
-Vic
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Sadly my wife and I will have to wait for the launch when it releases for the PC. :(
I'm also waiting for a Windows version; there's no point in buying it twice.
Re: Digital obsoleting physical: I had a Commodore 64 version of Risk back in the 80s, and that doesn't seem to have slowed down physical sales at all. :)
I love digital versions of board games because they save setup time, but I prefer to play in a group in person without screens. Maybe that'll change in the future; who knows?
Caught a whiff about Dave Williams being involved from either a previous post or the last twitch episode. In any case, I'm a bit of a fan, so I'll call his involvement a good thing. Especially if it gives us more/better replayability via the difficulty levels and wildcard effects.
I am a huge Dave Williams fan. He's one of my favorite designers, and when he came over to help on PA, I was delighted beyond measure.
Sadly my wife and I will have to wait for the launch when it releases for the PC. :(There are actually some very decent Android emulators that should work for those people who just can't get ahold of an Android tablet. I recommend Droid4X. You'll need to search for a mini-tutorial on how to enable tablet mode on it, but it works flawlessly for Android games similar in scope to Pathfinder Adventures.
Also try Android remix!
http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc
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Some things to note from my questions on the stream:
Initially, only a few characters are available for play. From the hands-on previews a few weeks ago, I believe Kyra and Merisiel are the only two to select.
You can unlock additional characters with gold that you earn from killing monsters and winning scenarios. However, if you purchase the season pass, not only do you unlock all the Adventure Decks as they become available, but all of the characters as well.
Also, when you begin a new Adventure Deck, it doesn't look like all the boons get added to the mix right away. There are treasure chests that you will unlock that have new cards in them, which then get added to "the Vault", which is their term for the game box. So you have to unlock new boons into the Vault first before you'll see them pop up in play.
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Cards from Treasure Chests are added to your box, yes. However, if you have bought or unlocked Burnt Offerings, all deck 1 cards will be in the box as well. Think of Treasure Chests as mini-Deck Cs.