@corpcasselbury, all the collectible card games keep releasing new “series” or “editions” so they can keep selling cards. Each new series that is released “changes the power curve”, meaning the cards keep getting higher numbers of all the game functions, that is, more powerful. So, you have to keep buying cards to keep your play deck up to date, or you’ll lose every game to people who have the newer cards. What the comic means is that they’re playing with the original series of cards that was first released however many years ago, before it kept changing over the years with more and more cards added.
corpcasselbury over 8 years ago
As opposed to what? And no, I don’t play Pokemon.
davanden over 8 years ago
This was all after my time.
belgarathmth over 8 years ago
@corpcasselbury, all the collectible card games keep releasing new “series” or “editions” so they can keep selling cards. Each new series that is released “changes the power curve”, meaning the cards keep getting higher numbers of all the game functions, that is, more powerful. So, you have to keep buying cards to keep your play deck up to date, or you’ll lose every game to people who have the newer cards. What the comic means is that they’re playing with the original series of cards that was first released however many years ago, before it kept changing over the years with more and more cards added.
johnzakour Premium Member over 8 years ago
D&D tended to do the same thing with the power curve.
1956monkey over 8 years ago
kinda like playing the Mayfair Games release of Kingmaker or Risk or Stratego with the wooden pieces
Comic Minister Premium Member over 8 years ago
I see now.
johnzakour Premium Member over 8 years ago
What I meant was levels and attributes really went godlike from what I was use to in the 70s.