Episode 107: What Did You See?

2.1: A Netrunner Reboot Project Podcast

Data and Destiny concludes the Reboot Project portion of the FFG cardpool. Before moving forward in the podcast, we take a walk down memory lane. In this episode: an overview of the remainder of the cardpool, its competitive scene, and the eventual demise of the game -- including multiple perspectives on why a seemingly-successful game was ultimately allowed to end. Presented in one big segment:

Title card: Psych Mike
2:55 Overview of the second half of FFG's cardpool
Kala Ghoda announcement | Cards of Mumbad Cycle
23 Seconds announcement | Cards of Flashpoint Cycle
Cards of Red Sand Cycle
Terminal Directive announcement | Cards of Terminal Directive campaign expansion
Cards of Revised Core Set
Cards of Kitara Cycle
Cards of Reign and Reverie deluxe expansion
Cards from Magnum Opus
25:30 History of Competitive Netrunner (2015-2017), article by Cry of Frustration
ANR History of Archetypes
44:40 Stimhack forum thread: How FFG killed the Netrunner playerbase
54:15 History of Competitive Netrunner (continued, 2017-2018)
61:25 Jacking Out: Announcing the End of Android: Netrunner, news article from FFG
69:10 What is a different perspective to "the agem went downhill after Lukas left"?, Reddit thread
89:10 Damon Stone's comments and insights from Reddit thread

Reboot Project home page
A chart with all of the ice that have been discussed to this point
Reboot Project Discord server
Play online: Reteki.fun
Contact me on Discord, BoardGameGeek, StimHack, or Reddit: Aweberman
Contact me via email: [email protected]
Episode transcript
Concise show notes
2.1 focused BoardGameGeek thread
2.1 focused Stimhack thread
Music: "Future" by Alexi Action from Pixabay