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Offline Bryon

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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2010, 05:57:29 PM »
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Nobody is using Syrians?  He never told me!

There is a player here who uses them combined with old school gray (Shadow, Nero, Menahem, Sabbath Breaker, Bal. Disobedience, etc.) in a capture deck with Raiders' Camp.  Syrians are not really big enough to stand alone, but they are not bad paired, blended, or shaken (but not stirred).

His offense is red, and he makes good use of Naaammmmaaann.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2010, 09:08:20 AM »
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I'd appreciate having the choice to only do one testament type, if this came about in tournaments.  In other words, have a separate event for each testament.  And OT would have no Son of God card, a thus pointless New Jerusalem dominant, and no Falling Away?  Sign me up!!!
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2010, 05:26:24 PM »
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Red and Syrians? And this isn't Isildur? O_o
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2010, 10:22:31 PM »
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The more I think about it, the more I like it.  I love Bryon's idea of switching decks at 5 LS combined total.  If this was a category, I'd play it! :)
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2010, 10:36:01 PM »
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Quote from: D-man on October 29, 2010, 10:22:31 PM
The more I think about it, the more I like it.  I love Bryon's idea of switching decks at 5 LS combined total.  If this was a category, I'd play it! :)
We should bug Ken and have him add this to January's tournament :P.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #30 on: October 29, 2010, 11:12:18 PM »
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i like it! i like it a lot!
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #31 on: November 02, 2010, 10:16:32 AM »
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I hate the idea of switching decks midgame, seems so clunky and gimmicky to me.  So what would stay during the transition?  Just the lost souls? Either way yuck.  I would rather alternate the Testament by round, or just have them enter a NT or OT deck. 
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #32 on: November 02, 2010, 10:47:19 AM »
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Round switching would be good. Transition would be lame. One or the other means people would use N.T. the whole time.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #33 on: November 02, 2010, 10:58:20 AM »
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Which one would be first, anyway?
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #34 on: November 02, 2010, 11:06:25 AM »
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I am thinking of offering this at a local soon.  Just to see what people like.  I will put up the prizes myself.  I will run it like this.  Each player must check in 2 decks.  One OT and one NT.  Each deck must follow Type 1 deck building rules.  The first round will be OT, The second round will be NT, third will be OT, etc.  Any thoughts, something I am missing, additional rules?

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One or the other means people would use N.T. the whole time.

This is what I would be afraid of. 
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #35 on: November 02, 2010, 11:15:48 AM »
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Perhaps best of three?
OT, NT, coin flip.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #36 on: November 02, 2010, 11:21:49 AM »
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Would take forever at a tournament to play best of three.  Since many games can't even end by 45 minutes that would make type testament an all day category.  I don't think I want that.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #37 on: November 02, 2010, 11:40:31 AM »
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Are you kidding?  I'd love to play all day, especially with this added challenge.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #38 on: November 02, 2010, 11:44:44 AM »
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I like to play other categories too.

Have an even amount of rounds. That way they have to play both NT and OT equally.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #39 on: November 02, 2010, 11:51:36 AM »
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Are you kidding?  I'd love to play all day, especially with this added challenge.

But many of my players might play this in addition to the normal categories but I don't think they would do this over the normal categories.  Plus any categort that would take all day has Zero chance at becoming an official category at Nats.  Something I would hope for this eventually.

Quote from: Ring Wraith on November 02, 2010, 11:44:44 AM
I like to play other categories too.

Have an even amount of rounds. That way they have to play both NT and OT equally.

I was thinking of that, but I might want to lower the round duration to make sure it doesn't take to long.  Maybe a 45 minute round for swiss.
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Re: Type Testament
« Reply #40 on: November 02, 2010, 08:20:15 PM »
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Quote from: Minister Polarius on July 23, 2010, 04:32:54 AM
Someone had an idea a while ago for a "Type Testament," where players would play with only N.T. decks, or only O.T. decks. Well I think that's just wonderful! I've built 5 Type Testament decks (2 N.T. and 3 O.T.), and I'm wondering if anyone else would like to play some games. I haven't played any TT games so far, but it seems that they can have incredible depth. For example, Divisions in the Church, a never-used card from Apostles, suddenly becomes a reliable battle-winner even against banding (since all characters in both decks are N.T., presenting an O.T. blocker is impossible!). New Jerusalem is useless in both Testaments, and Angel of the Lord is the only Dominant legal in both blocks. Speed suffers, because NT has SoG and TGT, but no Feast enhancements or Hur to abuse Gifts, while OT has no SoG or Grapes of Wrath and the 2-line Lost Soul is always a free block!

I am super excited about seeing how this type would actually play out. Any takers?

I originally brought that up: http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=21560.0
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