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2017-06-04, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
So I've gotten to wondering, due to recent success in an online collectible card game called Hearthstone...
What if it is possible to create an Order of the Stick Collectible card game that can be played online?
Due to the vast amount of material to work with pertaining to the webcomic itself, I can really see a rich gameplay experience from collecting, trading ( don't know bout this item if it can be abused), and competing with other players with decks constructed with cards of notable characters, items, and scenes from The Order of the Stick...
Could it be possible? I for one, would love to see if it can be brought to reality...
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2017-06-04, 06:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
Do you mean like the Order of the Stick Adventure Game?
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2017-06-04, 06:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
Well, no, not really.
I am talking about a collectible card game with actual packs of randomized collectible cards to obtain, leading others to make a custom deck. Kinda like Magic, or Hearthstone!
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2017-06-05, 12:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
As a matter of principle, I dislike card games with rare and ultra rare cards when I am usually only getting the cards for the art.
Also, I tend to think Rich has a bit much on his plate, art wise.Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
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2017-06-05, 08:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
I'm not entirely sure that OOTS actually does have the settings and characters to make a full-on CCG, or at least not one that will grow anyway. And of course the Giant probably doesn't have the time to make one, fun as it might be.
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2017-06-05, 08:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
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2017-06-05, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
I'd agree that the Giant is unlikely to have any interest in making a CCG, but I do think there is enough content to draw upon to create a hypothetical card game. A cursory glance at the The character appearances thread seems to have somewhere around 100-200 usable characters (depending on how picky you are). Given that characters would only be part of your set, and there's plenty of unique places and magical things to pick from, that's a lot of potential for cards. Still not happening, but the amount of available content shouldn't be a problem.
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2017-06-05, 03:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
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2017-06-05, 06:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
it might be just the kind of CCGs I'm used to (Hearthstone, MTG), but I think the main problem there is a sort of "legendary" saturation with not enough for cards of lesser rarity, so to speak. So when I'm thinking of content, I meant more that I'm not sure it's a broad enough world to have more than the main characters as cards. Then again, if there are other CCGs that would do a better job with this setup, I take back what I said and admit I'm out of my depth.
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2017-06-06, 01:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
OOTS has an impressive roster of minor characters. Just going through the current (post art upgrade) book, you've got the crew of the Mechane, the gnomes of Tinkerton, the attendees of the godsmoot, and now the frost giants. Go back further and you could easily find material for hundreds of common cards. If you want to get picky I'm sure you could narrow things down, but in any event there's plenty of minor characters with distinctive visual appearances and characteristics in this story.
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2017-06-06, 02:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-07, 09:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
I'd think it would suffer from the same problem as the Star Wars CCGs, only even more so. No matter how theoretically viable a deck that relied solely on background characters would be, in practice winning would be all about deploying Xykon, the Order, maybe the Vector Legion, until everyone's deck looked the same and someone might wonder why the game ever had the "collectible" aspect to begin with.
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2017-06-07, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
Hmm... in that case, balancing must be in order for it to truly be enjoyable...
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2017-06-07, 12:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
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2017-06-07, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-09, 11:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-20, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
Developing a Trading Card Game is a lot harder then you people think.
However, this comic would be a great material to make a TCG. A lot of different setting, a nice plot, lots of charismatic character....
You don't need lots of cards to make a good TCG. Let's say we create 4 thematic decks, based on the Order, the Sapphire Guard, Team Evil and Linear Guild. You have enough story to create hundreds of cards, and tOotS have other theme to explore (like Vector Legion, Order of the Scribble, or Hel's Vampire team).
There is everything a game designer could ever want.
We all know this will never happen.
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2017-06-21, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What if... There can be an The Order of the Stick TCG?
There was a short-lived Harry Potter card game produced by WotC which actually worked out that issue - characters were an important class of cards, but so were spells, creatures, etc. Theoretically any character was viable, and provided benefits to the use of the cards that actually won you the game (spells and creatures), rather than doing the work for you. I suppose those rules could be tweaked and made to work for an OotS game, though I can't fathom why anyone would want to make a game with the rules the Harry Potter one had. It was a bit of a mess. The use of the characters not as the primary force behind winning and more as a kind of support card, though, would be crucial to having an actually functional game, I think.