Android: Netrunner Archives

Deconstructing: NBN

Welcome back to my Deconstructing series, looking at the cards for a faction in detail. We continue with a Corp faction, with NBN.

NBN are the most tag loving corporation in the game, based on their background of being in control of media and their networking connections.

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What Lies Ahead Card Reviews

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released data pack What Lies Ahead. We’ve used a one through five scale; five being the best. The cards are listed in numeric order. Our reviewers are listed in alphabetical order. Disagree with our assessment? Let us know!

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The Neuromancer Flatline - Tournament Scoring

Tournaments are downright bizzare for Netrunner. Aside from featuring some interesting rules and ways of determining places, it's also one of the most fluid and mobile structures in games now.

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Tech Talk - Splashable II: The Corporation Stri...

Last week, Tech Talk broke from the usual format to bring you a few cards you might think about splashing in your Runner deck when you find yourself with 1 free Influence. This week, we're doing the same for your Corp decks.

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Tech Talk - Splashable

Normally, Tech Talk focuses on one particular card, discussing it's strengths, weaknesses, and when and how to use it. This week, in anticipation of the release of the first Data Pack, we're doing something a little different – we're going to be discussing several cards that you might consider splashing one of in your Runner deck.

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Tech Talk - The Helpful AI

Tech Talk is excited to start discussing the strengths and weaknesses of cards from the first Data Pack. There's a lot of good in What Lies Ahead but this week, we take a look at one of the least-liked cards in the set, The Helpful AI (What Lies Ahead).

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Tech Talk - Experiential Data

Tech Talk is back after a short holiday break to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and overall oomph of a specific card. This week we take a look at Haas-Bioroid's Experiential Data (Core).

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Tech Talk - Data Dealer

Welcome back to Tech Talk where, each week, we take an in-depth look at one card, discussing its strengths, when to play it, and how to play against it. This week we go out on a limb and try to find some nice things to say about the widely reviled Data Dealer (Core).

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Tech Talk - Anonymous Tip

Hello and welcome back to Tech Talk! Each article in this series will take an in-depth look at a single card, analyzing its strengths, discussing when to include it out-of-faction, and hopefully providing tips on what to do when you find yourself on the other side from it. This week we take a look at Anonymous Tip (Core).

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Deconstructing: Shaper

Welcome back to the Deconstructing series, looking at the cards for a faction in detail. For the final article in the series, as I started with a Runner faction, I felt it best to end with a Runner faction, with the Shapers.

Shapers fondness for technology shows, with their Icebreakers keeping their strength boosts for an entire run, whilst also having the largest console in the game.

So, let us begin our foray into the Shapers.

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Tech Talk - Stimhack

Welcome back to Tech Talk! Each article in this series takes an in-depth look at a single card, discussing its strengths, when to play it out of faction, and how to deal with it when you find yourself playing against it. Anarch's go-for-broke Stimhack (Core) takes center stage this week.

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Deconstructing: Jinteki

Welcome back to my Deconstructing series, looking at the cards for a faction in detail. For this penultimate article in the Deconstructing series, we will be looking at the final Corp faction, with Jinteki.

Jinteki have more means to apply net damage than any other Corporation, keeping the Runner on their toes.

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Tech Talk - Archer

Hello and welcome back to Tech Talk! Each article in this series takes an in-depth look at a single card, discussing its strengths, when to play it out of faction, and how to deal with it when you find yourself playing against it. This week we turn our attention to that cold-hearted Destroyer, Archer (Core).

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FFG announces new LCG Android: Netrunner

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Android: Netrunner! Originally designed by Richard Garfield and released in 1996, Netrunner was widely hailed as one of the greatest customizable card games of its era.

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Tech Talk - Bankjob

Hello and welcome to Tech Talk! Each article in this series will take an in-depth look at a single card, analyzing its strengths, discussing when to include it out-of-faction, and hopefully providing tips on what to do when you find yourself on the other side from it. This week, the criminally good Bank Job (Core) takes center stage this week!

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Tech Talk - TMI

Each week,Tech Talk takes a look at a single card, analyzing its strengths, weaknesses, and how to play (and play against) it. This week, we focus on NBN's new Barrier ICE, TMI.

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Tech Talk - Tollbooth

Hello and welcome to the inaugural edition of Tech Talk! Each article in this series will take an in-depth look at a single Android: Netrunner card, analyzing its strengths, discussing when to include it out-of-faction, and hopefully providing tips on what to do when you find yourself on the other side from it. We kick things off with a look at NBN's colossal code gate Tollbooth (Core).

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Deconstructing: Haas-Bioroid

Welcome back to my Deconstructing series, looking at the cards for a faction in detail. This time, we will be moving from a Runner faction to a Corp faction, with Haas-Bioroid.

Haas-Bioroid are all about efficiency, squeezing as much out of their turn as they can. Considering their background in being one of the two leading corporations in "labour solutions", their cards suit them perfectly.

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Corporate Operations - Haas-Bioroid and Installing

Haas-Bioroid takes their bioroid work force and employs it to create large, well defended servers capable of not only draining time from the Runner, but also posesses the only Brain Damage effects in the core set. Haas-Bioroid is capable of building the biggest, most effective servers that the game has to offer, as well as numerous upgrades that make life difficult for the Runner.

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Tech Talk - Sherlock 1.0

Welcome to yet another Tech Talk, the weekly series that offers a look at the when, where, how, and why of using a specific (and usually disliked) Android: Netrunner card. This week, to prove that Tech Talk doesn't shy away from controversy, we're investigating how best to use HB's newest Bioroid ICE, Sherlock 1.0.

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Corporate Operations - Onboarding

Welcome to Corporate Operations an article series which focuses on the Corp side of the game in Android: Netrunner. This week for our first article we'll be starting at the beginning and looking at the basic actions available to the Corp player each turn.

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Android: Netrunner Video Review

In these 3 videos reviewer Tragic dives into Android: Netrunner

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Metaphysics - The Net 2.0

When it comes to gaming, I have traditionally been a card game guy. If it is or was a CCG, I’ve played it…. with one glaring exception: Netrunner. When I started paying CCGs in the late 90’s, Netrunner had already fallen off the radar into out-of-print land. I never found myself backtracking to check it out, and my love affair with Doomtown was taking up most of my extra card gaming time. Throughout the years I have always heard good things though, and every now and again someone would bring up the greatness of Netrunner with reverence, like a sports writer talking about the ’61 Yankees and how you “had to have been there.”

So, with the release FFG’s new Netrunner brand, complete with LCG formatting, I have finally decided to take the plunge. So, many games and multiple starters later, here is one man’s take on the game, as well as a preliminary deck design.

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Android: Netrunner Deck Builder is Live

Ok all you runners and corps out there, its time to start getting your offences and defenses in order. The Android: Netrunner Deck Builder is now live and ready for you to build, save, and show off your decks that you will use to crush your opponents.

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Android: Netrunner Full Spoilers Available

You want spoilers, we got spoilers

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