RIP Warlord CCG
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matgbSo, the inevitable has eventually happened, and Todd's announced the end of the game at the Temple.
I effectively stopped playing when I moved to London, just never got back into it. While it's not my favourite game, I definitely have to say that the community (not least the Temple itself which I invested a huge amount of effort in for awhile) is one of the best I'd encountered. I got my first adult passport to attend a tournament (and made a chunk of friends there *waves at Arne*). The Greek expedition was linked as well. My only trip to the US? With![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_prince, to play Warlord. Sure, I stayed on for another three weeks and wandered around California, but still, wouldn't have gone over if that game hadn't existed. Travelling for events and cons and bracketing a holiday around it is a great way to travel. Sure, I missed the most recent KoHIT (as initially planned, that post now unlocked), but memories of the first will be with me, and I think the friends are keepers
In the CCG world, good games start, they build, they plateau and unless they're really lucky, they run out of steam and die. Some of them keep going for years (my default icon? From a dead CCG that I still love). That Warlord survived as long as it did surprised everyone that knew the industy. That it's finally dead doesn't surprise me at all, I thought it was going to die early last year.
Ah well. At least my choice for what CCG to buy into if I ever go back that way is easy now.
ETA: There are some comments from other players on the imported Facebook note as well, including Arne, the KoHIT organiser.
I effectively stopped playing when I moved to London, just never got back into it. While it's not my favourite game, I definitely have to say that the community (not least the Temple itself which I invested a huge amount of effort in for awhile) is one of the best I'd encountered. I got my first adult passport to attend a tournament (and made a chunk of friends there *waves at Arne*). The Greek expedition was linked as well. My only trip to the US? With
the_prince, to play Warlord. Sure, I stayed on for another three weeks and wandered around California, but still, wouldn't have gone over if that game hadn't existed. Travelling for events and cons and bracketing a holiday around it is a great way to travel. Sure, I missed the most recent KoHIT (as initially planned, that post now unlocked), but memories of the first will be with me, and I think the friends are keepersIn the CCG world, good games start, they build, they plateau and unless they're really lucky, they run out of steam and die. Some of them keep going for years (my default icon? From a dead CCG that I still love). That Warlord survived as long as it did surprised everyone that knew the industy. That it's finally dead doesn't surprise me at all, I thought it was going to die early last year.
Ah well. At least my choice for what CCG to buy into if I ever go back that way is easy now.
ETA: There are some comments from other players on the imported Facebook note as well, including Arne, the KoHIT organiser.
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Date: 2008-Jan-24, Thursday 20:01 (UTC)Poor Warlord.
* plays the Last Post for it *
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Date: 2008-Jan-25, Friday 11:03 (UTC)But yeah, ManCon was always good—been talking to Adam on Facebook a bit recently, still a loon, but a good bloke at heart.