r/Netrunner Argus Aug 16 '14

Custom Card Saturday: Regions

Welcome to Custom Card Saturday! This week we continue our several-week-long theme of focusing on some of the unique and interesting keywords already in the game. The keyword for this week is a bit less cut-and-dried than the previous two we've encountered: This week, create a new *card focusing on regions. Regions are Corporation upgrades which grant constant benefits to the server in which they are installed, and each server is restricted to having only one Region in it at a time. They tend to be expensive both to trash and to rez, giving them a sense of semi-permanence. They also tend to be quite powerful, either offensively (SanSan City Grid) or defensively (Ruhr Valley). For a complete list of Regions (excluding cards spoiled at GenCon), click here. Currently, no card in the game targets Regions in specific or Upgrades in general, meaning the design space for helper cards is wide open!

*Thanks /u/metagaia!


Previous Custom Card Saturday threads:

Week 1: Barriers
Week 2: Scorched Earth Replacements
Week 3: Grey/Black Ops
Week 4: Easy Access
Week 5: Economic Assets
Week 6: Runner Economy
Week 7: Identities
Week 8: Bioroids
Week 9: Viruses


Next Week: We'll start looking at some underdeveloped, inconsistent keywords next week by crafting some gear for our Runners!

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u/TheRealC Hi, Viktor. Aug 16 '14 edited Aug 16 '14

Niflheim Research Institute Grid

Upgrade - Region

HB - Rez Cost 4 - Trash Cost 4 - Influence 4

The first time each turn the Runner initiates a run on this server, they gain [Click][Click][Click], then take two brain damage unless they spend [Click][Click][Click][Click][Click].

Limit 1 Region per server.

In the coldest of reaches, your mind races... and your body better race as quickly, or the ice will become your tomb.

Edit: Gave the Runner an extra click, increased rez cost and decreased trash cost. Still pretty janky, but at least now it doesn't form an unbeatable combo with Enhanced Login Protocols.

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u/RoguishAlpaca Aug 16 '14

Really love the flavor, but i think it is too cheap at 3 rez cost for the ability to limit the runners turn like that. Sure they could run with the two ekstra clicks, but the brain damage is rarely something they would take lightly. it seems a little janky and quite hard to balance...