My first play of Spirit Island was a bloodbath. We were all new to the game, trying to wrangle these temperamental spirits while invaders poured in like water in a bath. No matter what we did we felt like we … Continued
The news that Netrunner is going to be cancelled was kind of a blow to me. Fantasy Flight had just released the new core set. We were getting a new deluxe expansion, and the Kitara cycle had resulted in the … Continued
I am truly blessed with a great group of friends to play games with. If you listen to The Thoughtful Gamer podcast, you’ve heard from pretty much all of them. Frequently after playing games we’ll have an informal debrief of … Continued
Writing a strategy guide for Dominion is hard. The modular nature of the game and the fact that there are now hundreds of different kingdom cards means that a strategy guide can quickly turn into a guide of how to … Continued
I drove over to Connecticut on Saturday to compete in my second and final Regionals for the season and had a great time as always. I say this a lot, but the people who play Netrunner, in my experience, are … Continued
If you’ve taken an economics 101 class you probably know the idea–the ‘homo economicus’ rational being that pursues their own self interest and makes economic models neat and tidy. It’s the frictionless flat surface of economics. It helps us understand … Continued
As I’ve mentioned before, I both love Netrunner and I am aggressively mediocre at it. But I do feel like I have a grasp of the basics, so I’d like to walk though my thought process for building a runner … Continued
Alright, you’ve got a spiffy deck, maybe one you constructed yourself using our handy guide, or maybe you’re using one of our Terminal Directive starter decks. Most likely it’s a deck you found online, which is great! But even if … Continued
Orion and I had a lot of fun writing out our advice on Netrunner Strategy. So much fun, in fact, that we wrote far more than we had anticipated! This is a good problem to have because it means that … Continued
Welcome to The Thoughful Gamer’s NETRUNNER WEEK! Get excited people, because we’re dedicating an entire week to the best 2-player asymmetric cyberpunk hacking card game ever made. Here’s what you have to look forward to: Monday: Netrunner Review. Never heard … Continued