Reply To: More unnecessary tech in gaming?

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With the latest Conquest releases, anything that was not in the starter box only has a QR code on the stat card. There’s no actual stats. Now personally I wish they’d just put the stats on the card and then they can have the code as an optional extra. However, since the cards are used for the game’s initiative system there’s not too much point needing to dig out a card from the deck for reference if it gets attacked (thus revealing it’s place in the initiative order to your foe).

 

The game’s profiles are relatively simple. After you’ve played  a few games with the new figures you’ll know what their stats are. But having the stats on the card is a good mental shorthand and it’s really helpful for teaching the game to new players. You can look at a card and see most of the relative information at a glance.

 

When all you’ve got on the card is the unit name, some artwork and a bloody QR code then it involves the extra effort of reaching across to pick up something to scan the code with (or, if you’re like me, going and looking it up in the book because you compartmentalise and have good spatial memory as opposed to being lazy), scanning, waiting while it processes etc. It’s a whole load of unnecessary bother and nuisance.

 

This just feels like a really bad business model.