Talk:Expandable card game

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@BOZ, @Guinness323, @Leitmotiv, @Mindmatrix, @Masem: Here is the article I promised to write a while back about what I think we probably should call expandable card games (LCGs are perhaps more common but technically limited to FFGs games only, and the term customizable card games is often used a synonym to collectible card games). Anyway, I have exhausted reliable sources I could find. Feel free to expand - otherwise I'll publish this in a little while in the current format. Side note: we should create Category:Expandable card games...). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:03, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Things that would be good to find sources for

Here are things I tried and failed at finding sources for:

Miller's claim that LCGs have less metagame than CCGs is likely dated, as he wrote it before the advent of the FFGs era LCGs. I could not find any RS discussing LCGs metagame, however.
Travis made a fair point that LCGs feature more coop mechanic than CCGs, on average, at least. I wanted to add that they are also more likely to be multiplayer games, but I could not find any RS for that, again.
I removed from our CCG article OR claiming that LCGs that stated that in LCGs "players select a pre-made deck that comes with the game or through expansions but will start the game using only a subset of these cards. As the game proceeds, the player will add, remove, and swap cards with those from the selected deck not in play, commonly representing character growth, equipment gains, or other "permanent" changes, hence the "living" factor in these games." I could not find any RS for this, and anyway, Android: Netrunner was an LCG and obviously it had no such feature. Now, I know other games do have it, but I am not aware they are known under any specific name (arguably, they should be). On the final note here, such a definition of course encompasses a bunch of modern board games, including Pathfinder Adventure Card Game ([1]), which are a hybrid deckbuilder. More on relationship between LCGs and deckbuilders would be good to write, again, if RS can be found...

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that compared to collectible card games, expandable card games focus more on storytelling and cooperation? Source: https://www.playthepast.org/?p=6913 and its subsequent parts linked in the article as refs
- ALT1: ... that expandable card games are sometimes known as "living card games", but the latter term, while popular, is trademarked by a single company, preventing its use by competitors? Source: http://www.pairofdiceparadise.com/expandable-card-games-ecg-trademarks-patents-3-of-3-a167.php
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_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]