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D**R
Worst CCG Ever
I just got these starter decks as a gift, and they do suck. There's a reason they're out of stock.First, the cards themselves. The artwork was a little off. More towards the Simpsons comics then the TV show. The "Character" cards needed better quotes or something more humorous. The "Action" cards are just gameplay moves, which should be tied to the show.Second, the card assortment. When the _hell_ isn't Marge Simpson a "star" of the show? And since when is Mr. Burns considered a "star" instead?? Ugh. And why are the most important cards, OFF, rare? _One_ Homer card in the Homer deck, but _Three_ Herb Powells?! Since when is Herb Powell a "common"?? He appeared in only two episodes!! The Bart deck has three Uters, but no Edna Krabapples or CBGs? Travesty!! My fingers cannot type the emoticon I'm feeling!Gameplay: utterly sucks. Both oversimplistic yet tediously confusing. The simplistic side is this: play a scene. play characters on that scene. Wow, what excitement. When the number of characters reaches the number needed to "complete" the scene, add up the score. The score is some techno-mobulated number derived from the traits of the characters that match the scene divided by the Klavin of the person who played them, times pi (which is exactly 3). Ignore Actions, since they add no fun and just increase confusion. Ignore "scene rules", since they decided every scene needs a rule, so they come off as repetitive and confusing.Ignore simple acts of physics, since in this game you can play the same character twice to the same scene, or into different scenes at the same time. I guess this is so they could market those "starter decks" with three Uters and no Krustys. For a kid who hasn't been seen since the last field trip, that Uter gets around.This is a failed game based on a great series. As a guy who enjoys CCGs, here's the way to repackage this series as a successful game. License out Steve Jackson's Illuminati: NWO collectable card game, and replace it with the Simpsons. Make OFF the major illuminati cards, and the game is right there. Sure, the gameplay is more advanced, but WoC wasn't thinking about marketing to very young kids with all the special scene rules and utterly pointless scoring system.
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