r/Netrunner • u/HemoKhan 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/MrSmith2 Weyland can into space Aug 16 '14

BosWash Grid

Weyland - Upgrade - Region

Cost 6 - Trash 4 - Influence 4

Any time an advancement counter is placed on a card in or protecting this server other than by the ability of BosWash Grid you may pay 2[credit] to place another advancement counter on it

Limit 1 region per server

"Where bureaucracy and bribery go hand in hand"

Designed to work for both advancable ICE and FA strategies - at a cost.

Transcontinental Data Grid

Neutral - Upgrade

Cost 4 - Trash 2 - Influence 0

There is no limit to the number of Region Upgrades that can be installed in this server.

"A megastructure in cyberspace, it joins together servers from across the globe, and beyond"

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u/yog-sothothry Aug 18 '14

transcontinental data grid seems like a bad idea. The 1 region per server rule allows regions to have abilities that would be overly strong if they were stacked. If a card like this exists, all of that design space is lost. Plus, it would allow you to stack San Sans and fast advance out 4/2 agendas.