Talk:Expandable card game

Latest comment: 1 day ago by Cloventt in topic Did you know nomination

Not much on this

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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

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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

Did you know nomination

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Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   I think there is an issue with the article, which is that going by the most of the sources in the article and the hook source, the WP:COMMONTERM appears to be "living card game", and therefore that should be the title of the article and the boldlink. For related reasons I think ALT1 is actually the more interesting hook, though it would benefit from rephrasing to make it punchier. I'm keen to hear other opinions. David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 23:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • @Cloventt and Z1720: This has been discussed a bit by card game editors, I also pinged them at Talk:Expandable_card_game#Not_much_on_this. It is not clear what is common term, and while LCG is a common term, as explained in the article, it is trademarked by one company, and could be considered not neutral - prioritizing that one company over others. I'd be happy to see this discussed on talk, but nobody seems to care, and I don't feel like deciding by myself to use a term specific to one company over what appears to be a perfectly fine and more neutral (not trademarked) term. As for the "punchier" wording, feel free to suggest an ALT1a and I can "adopt" it if it seems ok to me, so you could accept it... otherwise I am sorry, I don't know what your idea of "punchier" is. PS. Please WP:ECHO me when replying, if my response is needed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Piotrus and Cloventt: What else needs to be done here?--Launchballer 14:14, 17 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: I already replied extensively, with a ping. Maybe a new reviewer is needed? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:05, 18 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
  •   I'm not sure how to fix this because as I said initially I think it is something of a fundamental issue with the article. Happy for another reviewer to weigh in on it. In terms of a punchier hook, something like "... that 'expandable card games' is a generic alternative for the trademarked term 'living card games'?"David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 20:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)Reply