Reply To: Have GW just killed Warhammer Undergrounds for the casual player?

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CCG’s tend to have periodic cycles for their cards. Android:Netrunner also has cards that are ‘legal’ for a limited amount of time.
M:TG has a gigantic list of cards that gets updated after every new release. It’s a bit like the ever changing point values in (‘competitive’) wargames.

Getting into any established tournament scene as a casual player is a hurdle that has always been there.
It depends on the community (and the company producing the game) whether or not they’re willing to help those players get up to speed … (and they’d better make an effort because it is in their best interest to grow the pool of opponents).

I also doubt that you can maintain more than one game at a competitive level without wasting a ton of money (and time) so you’re going to have to make sacrifices in time and money already.

Casual gamers are likely to just buy the latest version of the starter set (which will be the season 3 variant).
Never mind that certain teams area already unavailable (both Molog and Zarbag are web-only at best).