scoop: 4e gamma world

[Jhaelen]

I notice a tendency to put out 'tokens' rather than minis...

 

[WalterKovacs]

I notice a tendency to put out 'tokens' rather than minis...

It's mostly a combination of being cheaper, and being smaller. The various box sets are mostly flat objects, so the tokens are just another sheet to include. And, the idea would be, in part, to create a market for miniatures, instead of just giving minis away in the main sets.

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On the random booster packs, the main reason for them seems to be the concept of the game night usage (your mutations are based on the booster you open that night). Hopefully that means they don't have rarities, or at least ones that scale to the point where collecting a set requires getting tons of copies of the same common cards.

 

[Dragonhelm]

Will Gamma World use Character Builder? I'd assume so, if this is a D&D setting like the description says, yet some of the other descriptions make it out to be something that isn't D&D.

Color me confused.

 

[Scribble]

I notice a tendency to put out 'tokens' rather than minis...

Fine with me... Monster tokens are awesome.

 

[arscott]

The absence of any random Gamma World booster packs in the WotC catalog is telling. I wonder if Dave might have misinterpreted the speaker when he tweeted about randomized card packs.

 

[Knightfall]

The absence of any random Gamma World booster packs in the WotC catalog is telling. I wonder if Dave might have misinterpreted the speaker when he tweeted about randomized card packs.

Or perhaps the first set of booster cards won't be available until Q1 of 2011.

 

[Obryn]

I'll be thrilled if that turns out to be an error of some kind.

Otherwise, it'll just be another game I don't want to buy. Nothing wrong with that.

-O

 

[fanboy2000]

Or perhaps the first set of booster cards won't be available until Q1 of 2011.

Maybe, but then why are they putting out two $30 expansions? A $40 set followed immediately by two $30 expansions doesn't sound like a CCG to me. But then, those two expansions don't include cards.

 

[Scribble]

I'm hoping the "card packs" aren't something you need to play the game, and instead are just something you can buy to add on to it... Like buying Martial Power, isn't really essential, but cool if you want more martial powers and stuff.

 

[Dannager]

I'm hoping the "card packs" aren't something you need to play the game, and instead are just something you can buy to add on to it... Like buying Martial Power, isn't really essential, but cool if you want more martial powers and stuff.

I am almost positive that this will turn out to be the case.