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Although this is just a nit pick, but the limiting to N.T. Heroes seems a bit much...

We get that, but we were also designing the AoG set as a part of the more expansive Spiritual Warrior theme, which is definitely a N.T. concept.  So that is more the reason for the limitation than anything, to be more true to the source.

First Armor of God reprint is live! Plus a contest!

Quote from: YourMathTeacher on July 06, 2015, 09:34:24 AM

Quote from: Arrthoa on July 06, 2015, 08:36:12 AM

... the only strong N.T. offenses are Disciples, TGT, Clays few themes, and maybe N.T. prophets w/ silver.

I find it odd that you would use the word "only" then name a bunch of potent offenses. Don't forget the Deacons! 

That's because compared to the large amount of O.T. offenses tha are viable, the N.T. offenses that are viable are limited to what I listed, deacons being one. There is no N.T. offense for blue, gold has Luke/John but for it to really do good you need a Greek defense, and teal has only a handful of N.T. characters.

You're just looking at it from a perspective of brigades, instead of themes.  Clay has the highest density of distinct themes of any brigade, and more are coming in this set.  The other brigades you mentioned are low-density in terms of themes, and therefore in terms of options for deck construction.

In OT Gold you have...judges.  In OT Purple you have...kings.  In OT Silver you have...angels.  In OT Green you have...prophets.  And so on.

In NT Gold you have...John/Luke.  In NT Purple you have...disciples.  In NT Silver you have...angels.  In NT Green you have...prophets.  And so on.

But where you have 'missing' brigades for NT, where the OT themes are just as limited as above, you have Clay's diversity instead.   In Clay you have Missionaries, Deacons, Spiritual Warrior, and each of the churches as separate entities, with cards specifically written to benefit that one theme and built with enough characters to run alone or paired as you desire.

So it really isn't as limiting as you think, given the diversity of Clay generally.

But where you have 'missing' brigades for NT, where the OT themes are just as limited as above, you have Clay's diversity instead.   In Clay you have Missionaries, Deacons, Spiritual Warrior, and each of the churches as separate entities, with cards specifically written to benefit that one theme and built with enough characters to run alone or paired as you desire.

So it really isn't as limiting as you think, given the diversity of Clay generally.

This may be a little off topic, but when are the other brigades going to get the diversity that Clay has? Because that would be really cool if every brigade had that kind of diversity.

This may be a little off topic, but when are the other brigades going to get the diversity that Clay has? Because that would be really cool if every brigade had that kind of diversity.

To some degree they have it already. We will continue to work toward expanding that diversity as well.

For example:

O.T. green prophets can be built around - Isaiah or Ezekiel as a theme (using silver for support).
O.T. blue Genesis can be built around hand control, sons of Jacob or patriarchs. And don't forget about Job!
O.T. white can be built around Ruth, musicians or Daniel.
O.T. Teal has Z's Temple, Solomon's Temple, Tabernacle Priests and House of Eleazar Priests

We will continue strengthening, expanding and adding to the various themes with every set. If things go as planned a number of O.T. themes will receive a significant boost around this time in 2016.

Out of the two pieces so far, I can see breastplate getting more play, especially in TGT and clay FBTN decks

My guess is for the other pieces are purple for sword, blue helmet, gold shield, and teal shoes . I don't care about the contest since I already preordered the set.

Today's card has gotten no less than 4 songs about dancing stuck in my head....



Also, I'm still 100% on my brigade-guessing! How have everyone else's guesses been going?

Shoes of peace is a type two type card...

It's definitely more a T1 card.  Soul drought is much rarer in T2, particularly over the course of the entire game, but in T1 this allows you to BC and hope to pop out souls.  A very good multi card for that reason too, though the X is dependent on your use of AoG to get bigger.

At least the old Shoes of Peace has some playability if you can use it every turn (or attach it to the old Saint of Virtue, which is significantly easier with Christian Soldier and Soldier of God). That being said, Soul Drought does happen in T2, at the last tournament I had not 1 or 2, but 3 games that were, for the most part, determined by lack of Souls (although in one case there was some site usage), One of the games I would have won if my opponent had draw 1 more Lost Soul at any point during the game.

Hey so quick question... is there a limit to the number of territory class cards you can have on a single character? Is there any reason I couldn't just put ALL of these cards on a single character to make them protected from... well everything?

Hey so quick question... is there a limit to the number of territory class cards you can have on a single character? Is there any reason I couldn't just put ALL of these cards on a single character to make them protected from... well everything?

You can, but that is a lot of investment and set up into one character.

Can't paste new AoG enhancement. Could be pretty dang irritating.