Shadow Era - 'Magic' style trading card game [Releasing 24/Feb]

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  1. followtheRain

    followtheRain New Member

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    #621 followtheRain, Jan 8, 2011
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    Aeon Rocks!

    Hi,
    I've discovered this game only about a week ago and had a lot of fun in the beta up to now. Since I'm a former Magic player I picked up the rules quite fast. Like the sacrificing mechanic a lot!
    Heres My favorite card:[​IMG]
    The main reason is his huge survivability. Many allies get wiped out really fast by cards like lightning strike (maybe combined with one attack). Aeon has a good chance to survive a round and since he's a protector the opponent is forced to focus him even if he can't kill him right away. This gives you one effective combo in the late game: when hes down to four or less hitpoints use Retreat and bring him back right away. (portal would help ;)) I use him in my Nishaven deck that follows this strategy:
    second turn: play a Research if you have one.
    third turn: use either clinging webs if a strong attacker is on the board or hit the enemy hero with a fireball.
    fourth turn: Play Portal
    fifth turn: Play Supernova if several enemy allies are out if not Sandra Trueblade to slow him down or Death trap vs a single strong ally.
    sixth turn-end:play as many Aeons as possible. Maybe a Retreat!/Hero ability or Supernova combo.
    The weakness of this Deck are Cards like Death Trap and Mind Control. Against a Deck with many Death traps a Priest Hero with Resurrection/Holy Shield would probably be better havent tested it yet.
     
  2. Kyle Poole

    Kyle Poole Well-Known Member

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    A special thanks to everyone who entered in the beta contest! Pms have gone out to the lucky winners and the beta will start asap
     
  3. Nanker

    Nanker New Member

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    Beta

    Ugh! Finally got a chance to sit down and submit my favorite card for iPhone beta contest and missed it by less than 30 minutes...CRAP! Oh well, never mind I guess... :(
     
  4. Regenwolke

    Regenwolke New Member

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    Yipppppiiiiiieee! The beta is about to start!

    I am really looking forward to see Shadow Era rock the card gaming industry!!!


    Cheers


    Jens

    PS @Kyle: ...don't forget the physical print run of the initial card set we talked about sometime earlier ;-) on the Shadow Era forums for interrested customers as well!
     
  5. kaboom132

    kaboom132 Well-Known Member

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    Got in! Hooray! This will be a very fun game to test and I'm looking forward to it!
     
  6. Loganaustin

    Loganaustin Well-Known Member

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    is this game going to be released January or February?
     
  7. Kyle Poole

    Kyle Poole Well-Known Member

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    It should be out for iPhone around the end of February...
     
  8. eev

    eev Well-Known Member

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    #628 eev, Jan 13, 2011
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    some cards have same names and similar abilities with mtg cards, is it's really needed. there are only several so it's ok, but overall names of the cards are not really impressive.
     
  9. adamphetamine

    adamphetamine Well-Known Member

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    if we got in the iphone beta, does anyone know when it starts?
     
  10. dubmdell

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    When is the iphone beta actually going to start? I've been anxiously awaiting ever since the PMs went out.
     
  11. Kyle Poole

    Kyle Poole Well-Known Member

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    Still have 7 slowpokes that haven't submitted their device IDs yet, so probably it will go out on Monday
     
  12. dubmdell

    dubmdell Member

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    Is there any chance you could let those of up that were more prompt start the iPhone beta sooner? =D
     
  13. currymutton

    currymutton Well-Known Member

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    Is there any way to get into the beta this late? (Guess not)
     
  14. Loganaustin

    Loganaustin Well-Known Member

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    So how many cards are there atm.
     
  15. ipadlips

    ipadlips Well-Known Member

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    @Kyle Poole... i sent you back the message ;)
     
  16. aoisora

    aoisora Well-Known Member

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    Really hope this is true. Definitely cant wait
     
  17. Martin JF

    Martin JF Well-Known Member

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    Kyle said there will be 200 cards at the first release.
     
  18. Squarta

    Squarta Member

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    Ahhh i cant waaait!Come on slowPokes!
    It's my first time with an iphone beta.Can you explain me what i will have to do,apart from sending you the device number?
    Thank you Poole!
     
  19. Notthevictim

    Notthevictim Well-Known Member

    Oh shoot!! I actually tried to send it to you when I got the message, but my email account was on the fritz, so the email didn't go through. I just remembered, so I sent the email just now.
     
  20. dubmdell

    dubmdell Member

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    @Squarta - this is my first iPhone beta also, and seeing as nobody is answering you, I did some snooping around the ol' interwebs to learn the ropes. Here's what I learned:

    Kyle will email all of us a zip file. We'll open it and drag the contents into iTunes. We connect our iPhones and the computer does the rest. Seems easy enough, right?

    I hope this helps and is correct, but I'm sure Kyle will provide instructions when he emails out the build. Oh, yeah, every update he does is called a "build," meaning that he is recompiling the code. I've read conflicting sources on whether we will be able to update with the new builds while on the go or if we'll have to do the zip file all over again. But I'm sure that will be made clear when the time comes. =)
     

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