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[growfybruce]

[META-SPEC] ARGs as CCGs

[Reason]

I totally agree and was coming to the same conclusion. I used to be a bit of a fan of CCG's on and offline, so personally I think this appeals to me. Not thrilled about paing money for it though Anyway I think this is certainly going to spark a new medium and is definitely a superb business idea.

[RI_Barnica]

I was thinking along similar lines, growfybruce. But what if the CCG is only one element of it? I'm starting to think that perplexcity is designed to be a long-term self-financing game universe. I can see income streams from CCGs, perplexcity sentinel adverts, marketting tie-ins, academy giftshop tchotchkes, and so on (and probably loads of things I'm too slow to think of). I mean, if the guys at homestarrunner.com can support themselves from the sale of t-shirts, cds and figurines, I see no reason why a series of games set in perplex city couldn't support a whole company of its own. So in this scenario, the mysterious underwriter is... us!

[growfybruce]

[buff]

I don't belive in that theory, primarily due to two reasons;

- The feeling I have about PC so far, (not including PS) is that is a ad-campaign, firstly because I remember Adrian saying that they were working with a unusal partner in this endeavour. CCG might fit into this, but probably not on this level.

- The story so far does not really fit into a card game. Might just be me but I really hope that PC is a stand-alone game that is just that and the is being financed in some strange way

[Rolerbe]

[Marrec]

I don't believe that Perplex City has very much at all, if anything at all, to do with a PXC CCG. Now, that isn't to say that we won't get a "PXC Inspired CCG!"

I'm pretty sure whatever Perplex City is promoting, it's going to be much bigger than a CCG.

Oh and yeh, I'd definatly shell out cash for some Roll For Damage swag.

[Nogwater]

Cards with puzzles reminds me of MindTrap:
http://www.mindtrapgames.com/Framesets/HomepageFS.html

[POTUS]

growfybruce wrote:

[crumple]

With the mega-cash prize- does anyone else think it unusual that with such a huge amount involved, we've seen no official Terms and Conditions of entry in the competition, and that players haven't had to register their details beyond an email address? With that much money at stake, such steps would be required by law, wouldn't they?

I think at some point we will be required to register, or terms and conditions will be posted - maybe with the cards?

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[GuyP]

I expect some kind of T&C document will be made available online somewhere. I don't think the rules are that stringent - it's not fundamentally any different to a jar of coffee that might contain a prizewinning code printed on the seal, and they usually have a quick explanatory sentence followed by "For the full Terms & Conditions, write to CrapCaffienePowder..."

[brat-sampson]

I don't think it can simply be for a full-scale card game as when this finishes and we find the Cube, they'll have to stop selling cards. They only have a very limited period of being useful to us so I still don't think they're the end product of this ARG.

[QBKooky]

Part of me wonders (as a US lurker in this game) if Adrian is trying to push the limits of the ARG world by introducing such a competitive element into it - both in purchasing cards and the cash prize.

Obviously this isn't the first ARG to have prize money at the end, however, I guess I'm just a little surprised I haven't seen more discussion on people buying cards just for themselves, rather than posting the answers on the wiki for everyone. However, [1] this might come up more when the cards are actually on sale, and [2] I'm not quite sure how the game works - maybe only one person will be able to redeem points for one purchased card?

Just my $0.02.

[openfly]

[Enigmaster]