Reply: DC Comics Deck-Building Game:: General:: Re: Theme Not-So Confused
by Paul G It actually has theme. It's just a bit convoluted - which is different from abstract.Ras al'Ghul (no idea how to spell that) is immortal. The Joker makes funky things happen. Green Arrow is...
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by Montag451 Paul G wrote:So, basically, it's gone from an "ew" to an "oh cool" for me, and should for anyone else who had the same genuine complaint and doesn't just want things to whine...
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by Paul G It's the theme of the game.Given two options, an A that makes no sense and a B that makes a lot of sense, you assume that B is correct. It's similar to Occam's Razor.You can scoff and say...
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by Montag451 You're making a lot of your own assumptions. But I'm not going to argue; you seem pretty sure that your way of thinking is the only correct way of thinking.
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by Paul G The only assumption is that the theme isn't broken.My way of thinking is approved by the designer of the game, and doesn't require other people to be significantly less intelligent than I am...
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by MattShinners Paul G wrote:So you can either continue with a mental model of a DC Comics DBG that has no theme, or accept a model that has a perfectly logical theme. Your choice... o.OI think you're...
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by Paul G It's not weak at all if your deck is a story. I will admit, they could have mentioned it that way right off the bat...But Dominion never explains why you can use the same copper coin over...
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by Luscious Willard Paul G wrote:I don't think that's the theme anymore, as that doesn't make any sense.Unfortunately, the fact that it doesn't make sense means it's a poor implementation of theme....
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by MattShinners Paul G wrote:But Dominion never explains why you can use the same copper coin over and over again. Ascension never tells you why you have to wait to draw constructs. Mage Knight never...
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by Paul G I never said that it told it particularly well, but it does tell it if you want it to.It sticks with theme by being about DC Comic characters doing what they do.Batman does not beat up Green...
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by Smoo You're becoming quite the apologist. I think all we're saying is that to get this story you're describing, the player has to do the lion's share of the imaginative work and that that should...
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by Paul G It could not have been, and what did is fine for a deck builder, and works quite well. There is no way to create a DC deck builder the way you guys want, and this one is quite simple and...
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by Smoo Paul G wrote:It could not have been, and what did is fine for a deck builder, and works quite well. There is no way to create a DC deck builder the way you guys want, and this one is quite...
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by Luscious Willard Paul G wrote:There is no way to create a DC deck builder the way you guys want...Oh no?
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by Smoo The original post was deleted. Guess he didn't like his idea after all.
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by Paul G Crapbags. This forum doesn't work the way I expected.Okay, no. The idea is still right, this is just not the sort of community I expected it to be.Legendary suffers from all the same flaws,...
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by Montag451 Paul G wrote:Legendary suffers from all the same flaws, it's just more dressed up.Wat :what:The games are VERY different, and Legendary does most of the things everyone thought DCDBG was...
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Thread: DC Comics Deck-Building Game:: General:: Is this Ascension?
by Mike1977 I just read through the game quickly, and yeah... Looks like Ascension, with a DC theme... Thats definately not a bad thing.
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by Falcons I don't understand why everyone is attacking the OP. Can't we offer different opinions without becoming belligerent?American politics has given up on compromise....and people on the...
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by Smoo Falcons wrote:Can't we offer different opinions without becoming belligerent?This is a question best directed to the OP. You must have missed the part where we offered different opinions and...
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