Android Netrunner
| Android Netrunner | |
|---|---|
| Game data | |
| author |
Richard Garfield , Lukas Litzsinger |
| publishing company |
Fantasy Flight Games (2012), Heidelberger Spieleverlag (2013) |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| Art | Card game (LCG) |
| Teammates | 2 |
| Duration | 30-60 minutes |
| Age | 14 years and older |
Android Netrunner is a card game for two people, released in 2012 by Fantasy Flight Games . The German edition was published by Heidelberger Spieleverlag in 2013 . The game is based on the trading card game Netrunner, developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast in 1996 . However, from October 2018 the sale and development of further products for Android Netrunner will be discontinued.
Plot and course of the game
In the dystopian future of the Android universe, mega-corporations and hackers, so-called runners , are in constant conflict. Runners use their resources in a constant arms race with the corporations to uncover their secrets (data). They work on the edge of the law for different reasons.
Like the original Netrunner , Android: Netrunner is an asymmetrical card game for two players, where one player takes on the role of the runner and the other plays the corporation . The aim of the runner is to steal agendas from the group's computer network, while the group's aim is to protect its agendas and develop them in the process. If a player can collect seven agenda points, he wins the game. The runner also loses if he is forced to discard more cards than he has in his hand. Conversely, the corporation loses if it is no longer able to draw any more cards.
Corporations have the option of protecting their computer systems with so-called ice ( firewalls ) and thus making it more difficult for runners to access their resources. For their part, runners use their hardware and attack programs to overcome Ice and temporarily deactivate its subroutines. During the direct confrontation (the run ) between the runner and the systems of a corporation, a runner can be tracked down and marked. This enables the group to destroy the runner's resources directly. In addition, there are operations carried out spontaneously by the group and events carried out by the runner during the game.
Extensions
There are various extensions. The regularly appearing data sets as well as the deluxe extensions.
Records
Each data set contains 20 new cards in triplicate (60 cards) and is part of a cycle comprising six packages.
Genesis cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Look ahead | July 2013 |
| Search for clues | July 2013 |
| Cyber exodus | July 2013 |
| A study in noise | July 2013 |
| In the shadow of humanity | July 2013 |
| A safe future | July 2013 |
Spin cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| opening | September 2013 |
| doubt | November 2013 |
| Mala tempora | December 2013 |
| Show your colors | January 2014 |
| Fear and Loathing | February 2014 |
| Special allowance | March 2014 |
Luna cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Upstalk | July 2014 |
| Gaps | July 2014 |
| First contact | August 2014 |
| More than enough | October 2014 |
| All that remains | November 2014 |
| The source | December 2014 |
SanSan cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| The valley | March 2015 |
| Breaker Bay | March 2015 |
| Chrome City | May 2015 |
| Underway | June 2015 |
| Old Hollywood | July 2015 |
| The world of tomorrow | August 2015 |
Mumbad cycle
The Mumbad cycle adds cards to the game that can be contained up to 6 times in a deck, so these records contain 19 different cards: 18 in triplicate and one in six.
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Kala Ghoda | January 2016 |
| Business comes first | February 2016 |
| Democracy and dogma | March 2016 |
| The Salsette Island | April 2016 |
| The liberated mind | May 2016 |
| Fear the masses | June 2016 |
Hotspot cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| 23 seconds | July 2016 |
| Blood money | August 2016 |
| escalation | October 2016 |
| intervention | October 2016 |
| Martial law | December 2016 |
| quorum | Announced |
Red sand cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Daedalus complex | March 2017 |
| Station One | March 2017 |
| Earth child | May 2017 |
| Blood and water | June 2017 |
| Freedom for mars | July 2017 |
| Bloody dust | August 2017 |
Kitara cycle
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Great prospects | January 2018 |
| Down the White Nile | February 2018 |
| Summit council | March 2018 |
| The devil and the dragon | April 2018 |
| Whispers in Nalubaale | May 2018 |
| Kampala's rise | May 2018 |
Deluxe extensions
Deluxe expansions include 55 new cards in triplicate (165 cards).
| Surname | Published | Expansion symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Control and creation | August 2013 | brain |
| Honor and profit | April 2014 | Helix |
| Order and chaos | March 2015 | eye |
| Dates and determination | November 2015 | tripod |
| Domination and dream | June 2018 | omega |
Draft packs
The sets, which must be purchased for the runner and the group, contain a selection of 40 randomly compiled cards.
| Surname | Published |
|---|---|
| Cyber war | Announced |
Awards
Android Netrunner received the “Golden Geek Award” for the best card game and the best game for two people from the BoardGameGeek website in 2012 . Also in 2012 it was nominated for the Portuguese “ Jogo do Ano ” game award. In 2013 the game was nominated for the International Gamers Award in the category “General Strategy: Two Players” as well as for the à la carte card game award; there it reached 10th place.
Web links
- Android: Netrunner in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Android: Netrunner in the Luding game database
- Comprehensive Android: Netrunner Rules (English)
- Deck builders
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ see web links
- ↑ List of nominated games 2013 (English)
- ↑ À la Carte Prize 2013: Hanabi from Abacusspiele. September 25, 2013.