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« Reply #30 on: December 26, 2006, 05:00:39 pm » |
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Mossflower would make a much better set than Redwall would, though.
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« Reply #31 on: December 26, 2006, 10:21:59 pm » |
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Agreed. I meant more the universe than the specific book. Cluny the Scourge would be a wicked Legend, though. And Martin is more a planeswalker in terms of power; within the Redwall universe, he can't really lose. So putting the card set after his death would make it so you could have a combat trick called "Martin's Blessing" or whatever, etc.
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« Reply #32 on: December 26, 2006, 11:13:46 pm » |
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SWING WITH PENNYWISE THE CLOWN!
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« Reply #33 on: December 26, 2006, 11:23:54 pm » |
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I'm not sure if I'm serious, or just trying to out snark Doug:
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
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« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2006, 03:46:04 pm » |
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I'm not sure if I'm serious, or just trying to out snark Doug:
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
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« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2006, 03:53:49 pm » |
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Yeah in hindsight, Ayn Rand: The Block would not be the greatest idea. The whole set would be based around some absolutely overpowered creature who has to come to terms with how he is just naturally busted, and its not a problem. Also, gratuitous creepy sex.
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« Reply #36 on: December 27, 2006, 04:17:53 pm » |
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Detta. All I have to say.
While I think the card would be cool, "Tap: Destroy target Honky MahFah." is probably not that useful an ability  Detta woudl be the set's equivalent of an Un-card:  , Sacrifice Detta and Odetta: put a 6/6 Susannah Dean token with double strike, trample and Vigilance. This token has " , Remove it from the game: Return Detta and Odetta to play tapped." |
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« Reply #37 on: December 27, 2006, 04:42:35 pm » |
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I almost'can't resist the temptation to google up what on earth you guys are talking about.
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #38 on: December 27, 2006, 05:10:46 pm » |
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Agreed. I meant more the universe than the specific book. Cluny the Scourge would be a wicked Legend, though. And Martin is more a planeswalker in terms of power; within the Redwall universe, he can't really lose. So putting the card set after his death would make it so you could have a combat trick called "Martin's Blessing" or whatever, etc.
I too meant the entire series, not just the abbey. You get stuff for every color, and a crapton of legendary permanents. Books by Diana Wynne Jones could work well, too. The Dark Lord of Derkholm would be sweet, as well as the Chrestomanci books might be able to be a block. |
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« Reply #39 on: December 27, 2006, 07:32:35 pm » |
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I almost'can't resist the temptation to google up what on earth you guys are talking about.
Almost.
Do a GIS for "lolita" Bram, you won't be disappointed! |
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« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2006, 08:52:25 pm » |
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Why do one book for each set when you can do a compilation of philosophers work?!
Nietzsche (legend - ubemesch, who WOULDN'T want to have that?)
Foucault (land - the panopticon)
Zizek (lesbian legos, sweet mind control, who knows how many global destruction cards!)
All the flavor text could even be super sweet quotes and lines that make you re-evaluate your life, it would be the greatest way ever to make an entire sect of people want to stop living with their parents and begin to destroy the minds of their closest friends.
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« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2006, 12:52:57 am » |
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I think a set based on philosophy would cost you $60,000 and then you'd realize that none of the cards are playable.
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« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2006, 03:05:28 pm » |
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I think a set based on philosophy would cost you $60,000 and then you'd realize that none of the cards are playable.
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« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2006, 03:50:01 pm » |
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I think a set based on philosophy would cost you $60,000 and then you'd realize that none of the cards are playable.
/philosophy major
Exactly why I switched to an Education major. "I realized my job at McDonalds was dead-end, so I quit. Now I work at Wendy's." Oh, and I pick the Belgariad |
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« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2006, 04:03:03 pm » |
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Well, I'm going into primary education, which I can't exactly do with a Philosophy degree.
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« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2006, 04:12:51 pm » |
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There's only one thing you can do with a Philosophy degree. Go back to school and get a real degree.
Education is slightly (but only slightly) more useful.
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« Reply #46 on: December 28, 2006, 08:49:38 pm » |
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There's only one thing you can do with a Philosophy degree. Go back to school and get a real degree. Don't forget teach philosophy, but you'll need a Ph.D. for that. So a degree in philosophy does have one other use: getting you into programs like grad schools or law schools so you can obtain a relevant diploma. @Mr. Nightmare Belgariad would be interesting, except that it's a very polarized universe in terms of power. The Prophecy parties are really the only groups of people worth having cards based around them. Other than that, it's basically just any old place. Belgarion is a demigod, Torak is an actual god, and everyone else is just chump bystanders. Unless they're female, in which case they're fussy, condescending bystanders. |
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« Reply #47 on: December 28, 2006, 10:35:18 pm » |
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Snow Crash. Because I can never goddamn finish it. My sister keeps FUCKING stealing that book from me or else I'd know how it ends. For that mater, how it middles. Has a sweet beginning though! GUH
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« Reply #48 on: December 28, 2006, 11:02:37 pm » |
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Snow Crash is awesome. One of the best books mentioned thus far in this thread, although I doubt it would make a great set.
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« Reply #49 on: December 29, 2006, 04:56:58 am » |
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Kamigawa block had some Snow Crash cards (jitte!), as did NetRunner...
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
<BR4M> I like that. which half of god do you believe in?
<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #50 on: December 29, 2006, 08:21:25 am » |
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Dark elf trilogy by RA Salvatore. Would spawn a whole dark elf tribe in black. Red would gain more dwarfs while white and blue would be getting more wizzards and clerics. Green would be getting a whole different range of critters and normal elves opposed to the black ones. Blue would also be getting some aquatic elves. The possibilities would be enourmous because it allready is not a trilogy but alike 15 books or something.
Any book by Salvatore could be used for this by the way. They all have these same sorts of opposed races and good and evil.
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« Reply #51 on: December 30, 2006, 11:58:33 pm » |
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The Neverending Story....Seriously
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« Reply #52 on: December 31, 2006, 07:13:18 am » |
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Battle Royale.
Not so much for the characters, although I could see a few working (Kiriyama = Silent Villian).
A more eloquent way to say ball stabbing.
Etc.
On a serious note, Don Juan would probably work well.
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« Reply #53 on: December 31, 2006, 02:06:05 pm » |
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Camus or Byron version?
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