From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: SRTCG and rec.games.trading-cards.misc
Date:	Tue, 9 Sep 1997 02:35:45 -0700

Andrew Payne III wrote:

> I was reading some posts on this USENET group and noticed that most of
> the posts were of a negative nature.

That's the Usenet for you (g) Largest outlet for negative vibes in the
entire world.

> One of the main topics is that there is nothing new in SRTCG, everything is taken
> from other card games and that SRTCG does not offer any inovations in the way it is
> played. Another grip is that the flavor text is bland.

Well, the flavor text *is* bland. I'm rather glad, however, not to see
paragraphs on cards:
I'm one of those guys who just can't read a 6-point font.

Looking at it from a CCG point of view, though, the Shadowrun card-game
isn't very innovative -
though I think the CCG market as a whole is stepping out of the
innovation phase (how many ways can you turn a card, anyway?) There
*are* a lot of possibilities out there, and when I have 150 'new' cards
put together I'm sending them to FASA as a submission. (Actually, I've
emailed Mike, asking them if they are accepting subs, with no response
yet.)

From another point of view -- I like SRTCG a lot more than the White
Wolf-inspired games (*far* too many attributes on cards, those) and more
than what MtG became (rules lawyerism at its bestest!). SRTCG is bloody
-simplistic-, and to me, that's one of its best selling points. You
actually can play with just a starter and two boosters (try *that* with
Rage of Jyhad!)

> Personally I think that alot of the stuff mimics that in other card
> games but who cares? What the designers did with it, makes the SRTCG
> as close as you can get to a game of the RPG within the CCG format.

Right now there really aren't a lot of "weird" cards out there in
SRTCG. I would be careful, however, to *not* stress the RPG when you're
talking about the cardgame. One should (at least formally) exist
without the other.

> Just wanted to pass this along and let you know how this game is
> looking out of the mailing list.

I'll have to stop by rgtc.misc sometime....