'Astroscript Pilot Program' art by Matt Zeilinger, courtesy of Fantasy Flight Games
If you’re playing Magic, or the Game of Thrones card game, or even a digital game like StarCraft or Street Fighter—you may be playing different characters or have different decks, but ultimately the way you’re trying to achieve your goals and the fundamental verbs of what your cards do in the game is going to be exactly the same.
The Corp wins by playing its Agendas—cards that represent initiatives like equipping its security teams with privacy-breaching data systems or running a scandalous news story on their opponent—facedown on the table and spending time and money to advance them. The Runner wins by breaking into the Corp’s servers and stealing these Agendas from under them.Netrunner was so special because that’s not the case at all. What the Runner does is absolutely different from what the Corporation is doing. Even the way that they win is completely different.
'Editing Symphony' by Aurore Folny, for Leigh Alexander's 'Monitor', courtesy of Fantasy Flight
'Encore' art by Aurore Folny, courtesy of Fantasy Flight
'Big Brother' art by Matt Zeilinger, courtesy of Fantasy Flight
'Ice Wall' art by Matt Zeilinger, courtesy of Fantasy Flight
'Dinosaurus' art by Matt Zeilinger
'The Personal Touch' art by Aurore Folny, courtesy of Fantasy Flight