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Hex Vault Comic: Episode 2
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September 9, 2013
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Episode 2: Dojo

 

BossHoss has uploaded the second episode of the Hex Vault comic!

 

Hex Vault Comic: Episode 1
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September 3, 2013
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Episode 1: The Vault

 

BossHoss has just completed the inaugural episode of the Hex Vault comic! Episode 1 introduces the series and sets the stage for entering the Vault for the first time.

 

Future episodes will follow BossHoss’s HexTCG-related adventures, his interactions with forum personalities (you might be next!), and will act as a launching pad to learn more about Entrath, the game, the community, and PVE & PVP strategy.

 

 

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Card Mechanics: Infected [Proposed]
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August 25, 2013
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Hello, I’m Gage “HyenaNipples” Lawhon, and it is my pleasure to be this week’s guest contributor to Hex Vault’s “Card Mechanics” column! For my contribution, I have something completely new.  This idea bounced right out of my brain, so this definitely isn’t something the Cryptozoic team has up their sleeves.

 

My concept is a new Keyword, but unlike any of those already in the game, this one is a detrimental Keyword.  I call it ‘Infected,’ and here’s what it would do:

 

‘Infected:  at the beginning of each turn, the controller of this troop takes 1 damage.’

 

Before I go deeper, let’s take a look at the two cards featuring this new Keyword.  The first card is essentially a Wild version of the Blood card, Zombie Plague, except that it works a little differently.

 

Fungal Infection

Fungal Infection

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Card Mechanics: Weaponize [Proposed]
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August 20, 2013
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Welcome to the inaugural Card Mechanics article! Myself or a guest contributor will be covering Hex mechanics in a series of articles that you can expect to see weekly on Hex Vault.

 

For this first article, I’ve decided to talk about a proposed mechanic (“Weaponize“) rather than one we already know about. Who knows, this mechanic may already exist but hasn’t been spoiled, or may be in Cryptozoic’s plan for Set 2 or Set 3, but I have no knowledge of it’s existence other than an idea I chatted about at GenCon with a couple of other backers. Maybe I’ll even try to make this idea the basis for my “Design a Card” reward…

 

Worker Bot

Worker Bot

 

A little bit of background… The Dwarf/Artifact deck that was playable at GenCon can create a prodigious number of Worker Bot tokens. These work well for driving the Inspiration Engine, for use as chump blockers, and for providing fuel for the Volcannon, but they do have a minor drawback – the “Defensive” keyword. What if we could remove that limitation? It would make sense that the Dwarves could modify these defensive troops and make them offensive – that’s where “Weaponize” could come in!

 

Maybe as a Dwarf champion charge power, e.g.:

  • 2 Sapphire Threshold, 2 Charges, Weaponize Worker Bot – selected Worker Bot gets +2/+0 and can attack this turn (i.e. removes the “Defensive” keyword); Worker Bot is destroyed at the end of the turn
  • 2 Ruby Threshold, 3 Charges, Weaponize Worker Bot – selected Worker Bot is turned into a bomb; sacrifice Worker Bot 3 damage to selected troop or champion

 

Or perhaps, “Weaponize” as a Constant, e.g.:

  • 3 Sapphire Threshold, 6 Cost – all artifact troops you control with the “Defensive” keyword have the “Defensive” keyword removed
  • 3 Ruby Threshold, 8 Cost – all artifact troops you control with the “Defensive” keyword have the “Defensive” keyword replaced by “Incendiary” keyword (sacrifice troop to deal X points of damage to target troop or champion where X = the current attack power of the troop)

How much fun would it be to drop Weaponize on turn 8 and explode all of your troops to clear your opponent’s board or finish off the match? Quite literally a BOMB! :)

 

Finally, it could be a troop ability, e.g.:

  • Automation Engineer 1/3, 3 Sapphire Threshold, 6 Cost – 1, exhaust this troop to remove the “Defensive” keyword from target artifact troop for the duration of this turn
  • Explosives Specialist 1/3, 3 Ruby Threshold, 6 Cost – 1, exhaust this troop to replace the “Defensive” keyword with the “Incendiary” keyword (sacrifice troop to deal X points of damage to target troop or champion where X = the current attack power of the troop) on an artifact troop you control

 

Thoughts? Questions? Comments? I’d love to hear them…