I've been blown away by the activity on this board recently - something I haven't seen for months and months. And so, it was brought to my attention that it has been nearly 3 months since the last DC contest finished!
More to the point, that DC contest was mine!
And so, with all this revitalisation going on with the possibility of a PC, a magazine, a computer program and loads of other exciting awesome stuff, I thought it was time to bring back one of my favourite concepts - the Virtual DC contest!
Now you may or may not know that I have done 2 Virtual DC Contests in the past. The first one was based on cards from
The Fellowship of the Ring, the second one from
The Two Towers, and so this one is (you guessed it!)
The Return of the King! Hopefully this will both spark your interest in the future of this game which may well be virtual cards released by a proper player's committee, and give
inspiration to such a committee if it does indeed come to pass about what cards you guys the players want to see.
For some
inspiration and nostalgia, why don't you check out the first 2 contests here for
FotR and here for
TTT.
I welcome anyone to try it out, from beginners to experts - have your ideas known! To join, just let me know by either posting below or sending me a PM before
Wednesday 18th November. If you have any problems with the above deadline or any questions about the contest etc., don't hesitate to PM me.
Introduction to the ConceptThose who once played Star Wars CCG when it died a horrible death may remember that the Players' Committee continued making ‘Virtual' cards. This would involve taking old cards that nobody used (because they were totally useless – a big issue with the early SW and LOTR cards) and making alternate texts so that they'd be useful.
A classic example of this is the SW card ‘Tarkin'. The original version had a text like this:
That's right – it was totally blank!
The Virtual card, with the title ‘Tarkin (V)' had a text like this:
‘Adds one battle destiny with Vader (or against a Rebel at a mobile site). Spies and Jar Jar may not deploy to Death Star. May subtract 2 from the Force retrieved from On The Edge or Off The Edge. Once per game, may download Put All Sections On Alert, Hyperwave Scan, or an
ISB agent.'
Even if you don't know anything about the game itself, it's clear which of the two was more useful, and they also changed his stats, deploy cost and forfeit value, to make in the end, a pretty decent card, which I in fact use in one of my decks. They did this with a whole load of other cards, not just ones without game text.
As another example, the card ‘Stormtrooper' had this text:
‘Deploys free to same site as one of your Imperials with ability > 2.'
‘Stormtrooper (V)' had this text:
‘Destiny +2 when drawn for weapon or battle destiny. While armed with a Blaster Rifle, forfeit +2 and draws one battle destiny if not able to otherwise.'
These two cards do completely different things, and though it's clear the second is more useful, you could make an argument to use either.
What the SWCCGPC did was make printable versions of the bottom half of the cards covering up stats and game texts but leaving the picture, title and lore text the same. Imagine this is working in the same way, except because the lore is at the bottom it's being covered as well.
Tasks and RulesIn this contest, there will be a series of cards which nobody uses which will be from Towers Block. Your task will be to make a Virtual version of these cards which I will specify in each round. It should:
1) Have the
same title (with a (V) attached to the end)2) Have the
same twilight cost, culture, type and sub-type3) Have whatever
attributes or attribute modifiers you think appropriate
4) Have a
different text, maybe similar, but could also be on completely different lines
5) Have a lore which you want, it's really up to you - you can keep the same lore or put in your own, it doesn't really matter.
(Bad) ExampleSo, say I choose ‘
Legolas, Fearless Marksman'. Then your card might look like this:
•
Legolas, Fearless Marksman (V) 
Companion • Elf
Str: 13
Vit: 21
Res: 99
Archer. Hunter 3000. Damage +13.Maneuver: Make Legolas a god until the regroup phase.
The original version of this guy was just not broken enough!4 V 73
Obviously you'd lose because it's ridiculously unfair and totally unoriginal (Legolas is already a god
) but you get the general idea.
FormatThis will be a
cumulative contest without eliminations so that there is maximum participation and the widest possible range of cards. Voting is compulsory for participants.
The number of rounds depends on the amount of enthusiasm, but I'm hoping we can keep it going for
10 rounds.
There will also be some
prizes for the top 3 overall.
ContestantsThranduil
MR. Lurtzy
Sweet_Stuff
ket_the_jet
Ranofer
lem0nhead
legolas333
sickofpalantirs
Anvar
Sete
Beregond25
c10ckw0rk
Sweet_Stuff
TheJord
Sharkey
Sam, Great Elf Warrior