Elite: Dangerous Battlecards Update

TheOverWolf

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Many of you CMDRs may have seen or heard of Elite: Dangerous Battlecards. It was to have been a Elite: Dangerous based two player card game published by Spidermind Games with a release date of this last November. However, due to the interference of a copyright troll the Kickstarter has been stalled for nearly a year.

With no progress in sight with regards to the Kickstarter, Fontier has offered to fund the publishing of the game on their own dime, provided there is still an interest in the game.

If you originally backed the Kickstarter or are just now becoming aware, head over to:

Elite: Dangerous Battle Cards – Epic Space Battles in the Elite: Dangerous Galaxy

Elite: Dangerous Battle Cards, fight epic space battles across the Elite: Dangerous galaxy. Battle in asteroid belts, explore planets and create an armada of spaceships, fighters & warships.
edbattlecards.com edbattlecards.com

to learn more and/or preorder now. Support this great developer (Spidermind Games) and let's get this thing going again.

Edit: The latest information regarding the anticipated release date from Lavecon was "before Christmas" but possibly sooner.
 
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Apsley

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I've heard the interviews with Spidermind on Lave Radio, and they really do deserve every support after having a really lousy time of it.

I'm hunting down the back of the sofa for every last penny...
 

TheOverWolf

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Steph said:
How did the chat on Lave Radio go?
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It was a pretty good discussion of what happened. Apparently in the end Kickstarter did agree to re-open the Kickstarter. They even offered to extend it for 30 days. However, they also said that if any additional copyright claims were made it would stop all over again. So basically, anything Elite related is officially dead on Kickstarter due to a single copyright troll.

After hearing Kickstarter's position David Braben stepped in and offered to have Frontier fund it directly. So now it's back on. It's expected to be out in the wild, possibly, within 8-12 weeks plus shipping.
 

Steph

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TheOverWolf said:
However, they also said that if any additional copyright claims were made it would stop all over again.
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That's really rather saddening. I imagine that the parties involved in the claim are delighted.

Oh well, at least it will now see the light of day - with the support of the community if enough interest is shown in terms of pre-orders.
 

shipmonkey

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In the hope that battlecards might see the light of day in the coming months, is anyone able to tell me the sizes required for sleeving. Its gonna need a lot for the season box and id like to make a head start.. cheers cmdrs
 

TheOverWolf

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shipmonkey said:
In the hope that battlecards might see the light of day in the coming months, is anyone able to tell me the sizes required for sleeving. Its gonna need a lot for the season box and id like to make a head start.. cheers cmdrs
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Shipmonkey, I DM'ed the folks at Spidermind and they confirmed that the cards are the same size as Pokemon cards.
 

shipmonkey

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TheOverWolf said:
Shipmonkey, I DM'ed the folks at Spidermind and they confirmed that the cards are the same size as Pokemon cards.
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thank you overwolf, thats a great help.
not a pokemon fan but the good people at BGG have an excellent forum page relating to sleeving.
This would mean sleeve sizes required would include for those interested..
Hope my repreduction of their list here is allowed here.

Arcane Tinmen sleeve size: Standard - Gray: Clear Gloss (AT-10406, 100/pack) or Non-Glare Matte (AT-10426, 50/pack) - (63 x 88mm)
BCW sleeve size: Deck Guard - Clear - Red (1-DG-CLE, 50/pack) or Regular Inner Sleeve - Orange (1-SSLV-I, 100/pack)
Blackfire sleeve size: Premium Outer Sleeve - Light Green (03129, 50/pack) - (69 x 94mm)
Citadel Collectibles sleeve size: Board Game - Blue (GPLA-563, 150/pack) - (63.5 x 89mm) or Perfect-Fit - Green (GPLA-552, 100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)
Docsmagic sleeve size: 63.5x88 Standard Card - Light Gray: Standard (DMS03, 100/pack) or Premium (DMS100, 50/pack) - (66 x 91mm) or 64x89 Resealable - White (DMS60, 100/pack)- (64 x 89mm) or 64x89 Perfect Protection - Sage Green (DMS10, 100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)
Dragon Shield sleeve size: Standard Size (AT-10201, 50/pack; AT-10001, 100/pack) - (63 x 88mm)
Fantasy Flight sleeve size: Standard Card Game - Gray (FFS05, 50/pack) - (2-1/2" x 3-1/2" - 63.5 x 88mm)
Game Plus sleeve size: Standard Card Game (GPS96681, 50/pack) - (2-1/2" x 3-1/2" - 63.5 x 88mm)
Kaissa sleeve size: Card Game - Gray: Standard (KA111366, 100/pack) or Premium (KA112356, 50/pack) - (63.5 x 88mm)
KMC sleeve size: Standard Size (80/pack) - (66 x 91mm) or Perfect Size (100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)
LaTCG sleeve size: Clear Pokemon/Magic The Gathering Soft Card Sleeves (100/pack) - (64.5 x 92mm) or Clear Pokemon/MTG Perfect Size Card Sleeves (100/pack) - (64.5 x 90mm)
Legion sleeve size: Size #5 - Standard Card Game - Gray (BGSCG5, 50/pack) - (67 x 92mm)
Mage Company sleeve size: Standard Playing Card (MCG 032, 50/pack) - (66 x 91mm)
Mayday sleeve size: Card Game - Green: Standard (MDG-7041, 100/pack) or Premium (MDG-7077, 50/pack) - (63.5 x 88mm)
MTL sleeve size: Soft TCG (MTL163, 100/pack) or Thick TCG (MTL263, 50/pack) - (63.5 x 88mm)
Paladin (NSKN) sleeve size: Standard Board Game/CCG - White ('Percival', 55/pack) - (63 x 89mm)
Sapphire sleeve size: 63.5x88 - Green (SPGREEN, 100/pack) - (63.5 x 88mm)
Sleeve Kings sleeve size: Card Game - Sky Blue (SKS-8810, 110/pack) - (63.5 x 88mm)
Swan PanAsia sleeve size: Standard Card: Standard (SWN-032, 160/pack) or Premium (SWN-510, 100/pack) - (65 x 90mm); Custom Made for Magic: Standard (SWN-052, 160/pack) or Premium (SWN-509, 100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)
Tasty Minstrel sleeve size: Standard Card Game (TTTS001, 50/pack) - (63 x 88mm)
Ultimate Guard sleeve size: Standard Size: Classic Soft (UGD010001, 100/pack) or Premium Soft (UGD010051, 100/pack) - (66 x 93mm); Supreme (UGD010114, 80/pack) or Master (UGD010090, 80/pack) - (66 x 91mm); Precise Fit Standard Size (UGD010050, 100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)
Ultra-Pro sleeve size: Clear Standard Deck Protector (82667, 50/pack; 82689, 100/pack) - (66 x 91mm) or Pro-Fit Standard Size (82712, 100/pack) - (64 x 89mm)

Thank you again.
 

Muzz UK

Muzz UK
I will defo pre order on pay next week.

I'd buy any Elite boardgame and I'd buy models, lego or other ED merch... I can understand Frontier looking at it from a business point of view but I actually think non playing space geeks and nerd collectors would still buy products even if they had never touched Elite Dangerous.
 

shipmonkey

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steve_muzz said:
I will defo pre order on pay next week.

I'd buy any Elite boardgame and I'd buy models, lego or other ED merch... I can understand Frontier looking at it from a business point of view but I actually think non playing space geeks and nerd collectors would still buy products even if they had never touched Elite Dangerous.
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yeah steve, im a board game fan in general and was stoked to find an elite dangerous card game combining two passions. i also have some other merch like tshirts and hats.
been a backer for this for couple of years and happy that we might be getting it soon... ordered my sleeves !
 

Metamartian

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Does anybody know what is happening with this? I can not find any further info and the card of day seems to have stopped as of 5th September.....
 

WebGonePostal

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Because I can't 100% confirm from the information provided on the website...

Is a copy of the game required PER PLAYER, where we customize our own stacks, or are games played from the same pile and both players draw from the same stack?

I understand this is 1vs1 only, correct?
 

TheOverWolf

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WebGonePostal said:
Because I can't 100% confirm from the information provided on the website...

Is a copy of the game required PER PLAYER, where we customize our own stacks, or are games played from the same pile and both players draw from the same stack?

I understand this is 1vs1 only, correct?
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Each box is setup to allow full 1 vs 1 gameplay. Each box has three ship decks: Federal, Imperial, and independent/Alliance. You are right that you customize your hand, but that has limitations. Each player can pick only Federal or Imperial ships, but can add independent ships if they want.

Having two boxes allows Federal vs Federal or Imperial vs Imperial play and for duplicate cards to be played.
 
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