Netrunner: System Crash Draft!



“Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Whatever doesn’t stop your run is very likely going to kill you.”

–g00ru



Dial the tension of Android: Netrunner up to eleven with System Crash, the third pool of cards for Android: Netrunner Draft Play! System Crash Draft Starters, Corp Draft Packs, and Runner Draft Packs for Android: Netrunner Draft Play are available at The Wandering Dragon on Saturday, November 22nd!



Consisting of 199 randomized cards collated from across the whole network of Android: Netrunner products, System Crash incorporates more than forty cards downloaded from the upcoming Order and Chaos deluxe expansion and SanSan Cycle. When you play System Crash drafts, you’ll be able to add these cards to your rig or HQ before they’re even released in standard LCG products!



In addition to providing fans some sneak peeks at upcoming cards, System Crash introduces new draft play challenges for both Corps and Runners. Your servers are more porous, your rigs are less stable, and every run can result in disaster for one side or the other. Flooded with destructive effects, the System Crash card pool is all about bluffing, timing, and tension. You need to keep your opponent under pressure, but can you afford to keep pressing?



Constant Pressure



In System Crash, Corps and Runners both find themselves under constant pressure. Corps find fewer ice that end the run, but they benefit from a plethora of destructive effects that can trash the Runner’s rig… or simply trash the Runner. Meanwhile, Runners find plenty of ways to trash Corp cards, but fewer consistent breakers. The result is a uniquely harrowing Android: Netrunner experience.



No Safety.



With every run, Runners risk having their rigs blow up on them, or suffering massive bursts of net damage. On the other hand, Corporate servers are constantly under assault by programs and events that destroy ice or assets, or even entire servers. In System Crash, every run is full of danger for both parties, and nothing is safe.



Risk and Reward.



There are very few expose effects but many destructive ice, meaning that Runners assume a great deal of risk with every run. Every time, you have to ask yourself,



“Is that a three-point agenda, or a trap that will kill me?”



Targeted Recursion.



In System Crash, everything’s constantly at risk of exploding. But for each of your programs or ice that are destroyed, there is also a way to recover it.



For more about how System Crash Draft Starters and Draft Packs allow players to participate in an alternative and exciting draft play format for Android: Netrunner, visit our Android: Netrunner Draft Play description page.



What Do I Need to Play?



Each player participating in an System Crash draft will need to bring three items: a seventeen-card Draft starter and two forty-card Draft Packs, one each for Corp and Runner. Alternatively, groups with even numbers may split so that half the players draft only Corp cards while the other half drafts only Runner cards. In such drafts, each player only needs theSystem Crash Draft Starter and a single Draft Booster.



Draft Starters: The System Crash Draft Starter is a fixed collection of rules and fourteen utilitarian cards that include a draft-only Corporate identity, The Shadow, and a draft-only Runner identity, The Masque.



Many players associate “Draft” play with collectible (i.e. blind-purchase) card games rather than Living Card Games like Android: Netrunner. While playing a typical draft game, all players contribute an equal number of packs to a random pool. Once the random pool is compiled, players select the cards they’ll use to build their decks.



In a typical draft, players divide into groups and open packs of cards. Each player drafts one card from a pack, then passes the pack to another player. Every pack is passed around, with players selecting cards from what they are given. After everyone is done drafting cards, each player possesses a small collection of cards to build a deck, before competing against other players that are part of your draft.



Now, draft play can introduce its unique challenges to Android: Netrunner, forcing you to select cards one at a time without full knowledge of the available card pool. Accordingly, you’ll develop strategies for how to approach the draft. As you develop new deck-building strategies, you’ll stretch and adapt to the format’s challenges as you and your friends test your mettle against each other with draft-built decks.



$30.00 for Draft Starter, Runner Draft Pack and Corporation Draft Pack



Prizes dependant on player turnout