Android: Netrunner Review - Starlit Citadel Reviews Season 2

Starlit Citadel reviews Android: Netrunner, with Kaja Sadowski and Joanna Gaskell. In Netrunner, 2 players face off as a megacorporation working to advance hidden agendas, and the netrunner trying to bring it crashing down. Each game lasts 45-60 minutes.

Video and title by Rob Hunt (Phasefire Films)

Hair and makeup by Devon Baker

Gameplay footage by Rob Hunt and Joanna Gaskell

[BojanBrankov]

My 2 cents: I love the terminology and in my opinion it is very well suited for the theme. It's logical and well known for people in IT (in case of runners) or corporate business (in case of corps). I am aware that not everybody knows what Heap, Rig or Stack are, but I just want to point out that it's not random and it's not something created for the purpose of this game.

[GDBStudiosHollywood]

I've been pouring through a ton of reviews on this game and yours has the most insight, charm, and polish! I got the game today and watched your review again. Your mini-tutorial was invaluable as we waded through the first turn of play. All your points, pros and cons, are spot on. Thanks!

[StarlitCitadel]

Not in the near future -- we've got our videos until the end of June planned out, and it's not on that list. Perhaps later in the year.

[BojanBrankov]

I love your reviews because they are short, precise and clear. While the objectivity is important here, the only thing I am missing is more emotion from you two.

[StarlitCitadel]

It'd definitely be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the time required and the production costs to do it our usual quality is prohibitive at the moment.

[StarlitCitadel]

We've been considering it -- it's just that new, shiny things tend to jump the priority sequence for us. It's certainly not out of the question, though.

[bluhgh]

you guys do the best reviews. keep up the good work!

[craigus]

Ha, I was just on the shop site this morning wishing you had a review of Netrunner... *closes eyes and wishes for all the games and a new motorbike*.

My wife and I are trying to decide between Netrunner, Race for the Galaxy and Warhammer Invasion for our next purchase :)

[StarlitCitadel]

Yes. Android, Infiltration, and Netrunner all take place in the same universe. Fantasy Flight Games has a habit of doing this with their board games -- the Twilight Imperium universe also includes Rex; and Descent, Runebound and Rune Wars all take place in the Terrinoth setting.

[Daremachina]

Thanks to Kaja for making the jargon the first thing she mentioned. I felt my mind glazing over during the rules overview trying to remember all the new terms. I'm glad to know its not just me, and that the game is easier to understand while playing.

[StarlitCitadel]

Sort of? Joanna is an actress, and so these kinds of presentations are very much up her alley. I run the warehouse/customer service end of an online board game retailer, so games are my day job. The reviews are part of our marketing work, and so writing and presenting them falls under my responsibilities here at work.

[Phasefirefilms]

If you look at the number of crew involved in tabletop I would guess that their budget for food is more then the cost of an entire review for Starlit. (looks to be over 20 people for Tabletop)

[rorirants]

Another great review, thank you for doing it!

[Rajin]

I have to disagree on the randomized carddraw part. In contrast to other card games, ANR has many cards that deal with drawing more cards, restructuring the order of your stack or searching your stack for a desired card. Which gives you some sort of control and lessens the impact of random carddraw.

[newangelesthefilm-to]

We just launched our trailer for a netrunner webseries!

[Notwilliamr]

What the heck are you doing riffle shuffling those cards?

[CurseTheCosmos]

Will we see a review for the Star Wars LCG in the near future?

[saintidoru]

Hi - out of those, I would vote Race as your best bet. It's a REALLY deep game for one small set of cards, and the first three expansions add to it significantly (they were "in mind" and planned for when the base set was made). It also can play with up to 4 (or more with exp.) in addition to a special 2-player.
I love Netrunner, but Race is a neater game IMNSHO!
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[fnord]

You are incorrect. You can normally only rez ice when it is approached. You're correct in that it IS important for advanceable ice... but most advanceable ice can be advanced prior to being rezzed. The few that can't well... they kind of suck, but if you ARE using them, well... consider using an Amazon Industrial Zone as well.

[Jamiemackie]

Is it possible we will see an older LCG like A Game of Thrones? (=