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Those are called "Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games", son.
Dungeons and Dragons is the most popular one. If it seems superficially similar to WoW, it is because it predates it for 30 years and many of the WoW concepts were inspired by it.

That reminds me, I must find a nice statue for my Eladrin Wizard. :)
My WoW minis Kael'thas Sunstrider model is perfect but it's a tad too large.
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The UDE reward points in the World of Warcraft TCG were intended to be a reward for players - not a reason to drive sales. They're simply a "bonus" that can be redeemed for not only items in the WoW online game, but also for physical items like deck boxes, playmats, token cards, etc. However, we understand that we didn't do the best job communicating our intent, so as of Monday morning we've announced that we're cutting the points required to obtain the trinkets in half, and eliminating the threshold for the tabard.

A pack of cards, containing 100 points, sells for $5.00, while an entire box, containing 24 packs or 2400 points, costs around $100.00. UDE lists the in-game fireworks trinket at 20,000 points and the ogre trinket at a whopping 50,000 points. The talbard, which sells for a "reasonable" 2,500 points, actually requires an account of points worth 25,000, placing it in the same price bracket as the other trinkets.

The article's math is a little off. The MSRP for a booster pack is $3.89, so a box of 24 packs retails for $93.36. Most game stores sell boxes at a discount, and if you poke around online or on eBay you can find them as low as $60. With the new costs announced today, you can accumulate enough points for the fireworks trinket by spending $389 at retail, or about $250 if you order online. The Ogre trinket will cost about $625 if you bought boxes just for the reward points.

The article glosses over the fact that alongside the UDE points, you're also getting cards to, you know, actually play the game. You end up with at least 250 Rare/Epic and 750 Uncommon cards which all have a value on the secondary market, and looking at prices one week out from release things are looking pretty good. If you just want the UDE points, then take your cards to a game store or put them on eBay, and you can recoup a large amount of the money you spent on cards originally.

Honestly though, you should just give the game a chance. It's the best TCG to be released in the last 10 years, and does a good job being honest to the online game. If anyone at a recognized website or print publication wants some product to review the actual gameplay, please send me a message and I'll get some out to you this week.

Cheers,
Ben
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Am I the only one wondering why the original article was posted with pictures from the board game instead of the CCG? Actually, I was more upset that the current list of redeemable items doesn't have anything usable for the CCG - currently t's just on-line game trinkets and wallpaper. Link to available items: http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/points/store/c- 11-new.aspx

If you expect to open a pack and get a fun trinket in game, what would stop every wow player to open just one pack and get it? Then it would not be special.

- You get 100 points per pack.
- You can get a nice amount of points in special tournaments (probably more than 100 points and less than 5000).
- You can get omg lucky! and open an special Legendary Loot card. It gives you a code for a special reward in game. Turtle mounts are reaching some high prices...

So this is more a problem of children crying GIEF NAO!

If you expect to open a pack and get a fun trinket in game, what would stop every wow player to open just one pack and get it? Then it would not be special.

- You get 100 points per pack.
- You can get a nice amount of points in special tournaments (probably more than 100 points and less than 5000).
- You can get omg lucky! and open an special Legendary Loot card. It gives you a code for a special reward in game. Turtle mounts are reaching some high prices...

So this is more a problem of children crying GIEF NAO!

The CCG was released 5 days ago from today. I'm not certain when the UDE exchange prices were listed but it hardly qualifies as a "long time" between in my opinion.

And also, the FAQ about UDE points, released October 2nd (weeks before the card game), uses 50,000 points as an example twice...that should have been some indication of the scope they were looking at.

I have a 9 year old (I know he's not a teenager) that would easily rather play Yugi-Oh or Vs than just about any game out there. I have been carting him to tournaments and events for the last six months or so to see crowds swelling from about 10 or 15 to 50 or 60 players. Not just kids either. By far the largest groups are 15-20 year olds, and not your stereotypical D&D or other tabletop type players either. The GenCon Yugi Oh event last year pulled in a few hundred players, and in Vs., you can win some big money playing the Pro Circuit.

I have a 9 year old (I know he's not a teenager) that would easily rather play Yugi-Oh or Vs than just about any game out there. I have been carting him to tournaments and events for the last six months or so to see crowds swelling from about 10 or 15 to 50 or 60 players. Not just kids either. By far the largest groups are 15-20 year olds, and not your stereotypical D&D or other tabletop type players either. The GenCon Yugi Oh event last year pulled in a few hundred players, and in Vs., you can win some big money playing the Pro Circuit.

I have a 9 year old (I know he's not a teenager) that would easily rather play Yugi-Oh or Vs than just about any game out there. I have been carting him to tournaments and events for the last six months or so to see crowds swelling from about 10 or 15 to 50 or 60 players. Not just kids either. By far the largest groups are 15-20 year olds, and not your stereotypical D&D or other tabletop type players either. The GenCon Yugi Oh event last year pulled in a few hundred players, and in Vs., you can win some big money playing the Pro Circuit.

I just found a WOW page on the Upper Deck Entertainment site. entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow

Upper Deck Entertainment has a press release available at http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/ude/en/articles .aspx?aid=748

I actually thought this was a parody but the Upperdeck logo in the corner made me wonder. Imagine my surprise when I actually found the press release.

... Or maybe I just didn't want to believe it...