Android: Netrunner Randomized

Fantasy Flight Games’ Android: Netrunner card game (Amazon.com search*) is known for using the Living Card Game model — build decks, but card sets are fixed and not randomized — which makes it popular with players more focused on gameplay than the value of individual cards. Awesome and all, but as Fantasy Flight Games tell us, this fixed format doesn’t lend itself to the “draft” style play seen in a lot of collectible card games.

Well, that’s where the new draft starters and packs come into the picture.

This format was introduced recently at the FFG World Championship Weekend and, according to the announcement, the packs will be offered soon online and through stores. A great idea, and I’ll be watching this closely to see how FFG continues to use their card print-on-demand technology. Should make for some really special cards and events in the future.

The Cyber War draft set for Android: Netrunner consists of a twelve-card starter and two forty-card draft packs, one each for Corp and Runner. Alternatively, if you have an even number of players (and at least 8 participants), you can run a half-draft event for Android: Netrunner in which each player needs just one starter and either the Corp or Runner draft pack.

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