A lot of people blame Rudy for the misconception of "Force of Will being dead" so he is technically a part of the history (even though we can't really point fingers at him because he was just stating facts).
Thanks for asking me to be on this, dude! It turned out really well and I hope it helps answer a lot of people's questions. FoW is an excellent game and definelty deserves more attention!
About the NSFW artwork: I think the main problem is that some of the shops in which you play TCG tournaments, also sell children's games. A lot of little children go there with their mothers. And if they see you play cards with NSFW artworks, they will complain about them generating a lot of issues.
As an American I agree that that is the circumstance that happens. As an adult that has been around the world, practiced mindfulness, and is an obsessive retrospectivist I have to question if the line crossing into NSFW is too swift here in the USA.
Thanks for making the video NL, and for asking me to be a part of it. I hope this inspires people to try the game/get back into the game, because it really has come a long way and has a super bright future!
I think the biggest issue is that most places do not have a community, I liked the this game a lot years ago and it just died, no matter how much I like the game if I cannot play it then I will move on, its a sad story but true. On the other hand from this video seems like they are making the right choices to make this game succeed.
Corrections: 1. Jordan Blanco wasn't TECHNICALLY the Global Liason. That title is new and didn't exist during his employment, but he basically did all the same stuff so it doesn't really matter. 2. The Valhalla expansions were released in English but they weren't released in America. For some reason my brain thought "not released in America" and "Japan-exclusive" meant the same thing when it doesn't. 3. Reflect/Refrain wasn't the first J-Ruler to have no printed stats, but he was the first where it actually mattered. The first one was Labyrinth Master, Chronos during the first expansion of Valhalla Cluster. 4. Full Art Cheshire Cat appeared in Moon Priestess Returns (MPR), not Tale of Two Towers (TAT). It was an unlisted secret rare. The card still has "TAT" in the bottom-left corner. 5. Level.100 Games informs me that, "GP rotated to Alice cluster only not because of RR but because Yggdrasil gaining an OTK in the Battle for Attoractia expansion," and "The 2nd WGP didn’t have RR in it."
Negative Legend I'd like to personally thank you for this video. You sure have me interested in playing this card game. Any reccomendations for a deck type to build or expansion to start building with?
Me and my friend got into it so we just played it together. we didnt go to any tournaments and stuff and i think we were the only ones who played at school at the time.
I truly wish Force of Will was available in my country - but unless one chooses to bring down boxes and cards for themselves, the few stores in my country just won't support it.
As a person who was also one of the starting RUclips channels along with others mentioned like Deep Wood I WHOLEHEARTEDLY congratulate this video. It was quite accurate and showed both the ups and downs of FoW at it's current state ( Not all like Sherry, etc.) I stopped due to technical reasons but I will still say I love the game. And as I've come into an influx of funds this video revitalized me to work once more towards success. Make sure to visit the channels mentioned in the video to make your own opinion on the game and its community but I'm sure you'll like what you see. Good Work NegativeLegend!
It has the same spirit as a video from Rhystic Studies, yet it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of his style. Well done! As a Magic player, never gave too much thought to FoW. This changed my mind, and maybe I'll check it out :) Keep it up!
The reason fow died in my area is that rotation knocked out a lot of players who invested a lot of money and time with little return and general collapse
Cj Adams Oh no. I think it's struggled for sure, but the next cluster I'm very excited about. It's a chance for the company to start almost fresh and regain everybody's trust. It still has life in it for sure
TCG Scrubs i understand I mean it’s dead in Albany Oregon and I’m still trying to bring it I play it because I feel like it’s one of the best cards game out there I mean hell ya I just bought my arla the winged lord Uber rare promo I hope the game survives for a while it’s amazing
Cj Adams Oh yeah most people i know agree it's one of the best games and plays better than mtg. I hope they step up their advertising efforts at the local level going forward. Sucks not having consistent local games
TCG Scrubs you just gotta keep on going my main issue is card games dragon ball super take over which it is a good game no where near as good as force of will I think force of will biggest issues that drives players away is the artwork though I do love it
Yo amazing video. You have out done your self. I don't play force of will but I have built a interest in cardgames again thanks to your channel. I might give it a try whenever I can and that makes me super excited. Love your channel and keep it up.
If you live around Chicago I know a great store that sells their stock for 25% off. It’s only Alice Cluster-Lapis but there are pretty great cards in those sets.
I'm glad you made this video. I'm just new to FoW and I've been struggling to get started. I'm a former MTG player (1999 - 2003) who recently got back into MTG as well. I have a lot of friends making fun of me because I wanted to try FoW. When I bought my first 2 starter decks (reiya decks) I was kind of mocked on my Facebook for "buying a failed game". That didn't bring me down though. I managed to find a local community of FoW players who helped me get started and I'm meeting them next week in our local (MTG dominated) game shop. Love the video, keep it up! You gave me the inspiration to move and chug along.
Thank you very much for this vid. I have been playing MTG for 12 years now and has gone dry for me but this game came up in conversation at my local card show. I have watched tutorial vids of this game but its pleasant to know the true history if not a good spotlight of it. To All that read this thinking if this game is worth it just by listening, it is. And who does love this art i mean i'm in America and this tops the charts on artwork for me.
Just want to point out how much funner Force of Will is than Magic. Not only do you never get mana screwed or flooded, but having your ruler out just opens up options, and the cards are so much more powerful. What I loved about force of will was how quickly a game could flip because the cards are so powerful. Often in magic games it feels like if you're in the wrong match up you just get railroaded by your opponent, and it isn't fun. Not to mention how easy it is to get the cards you need to be competitive in force of will. Right now in magic standard theres a 4 mana colorless card that can slide into every deck, it's extremely powerful and cost $60. So just for a playset and to be competitive, you need $240.
I know you're referring to the new Karn planeswalker, but you're misrepresenting his value. There's a couple things going on, and they're not all just him being a good card. It's a new card (card value is at it's highest closer to release, while availability is low), it's a popular character (Karn is a major figure in the MtG lore), which enables something niche, colorless commanders, it's also a good card that's seeing play in multiple formats, even legacy. However, he's not some ubiquitous auto include. He's a 2-of in relevant decks, in multiple formats, and people want to play with the new Karn. Widespread opinion of him is still contentious despite him making demonstrable waves, just because "you only get the bad half of your topdeck."
One downside to magic is getting into a matchup where a player can just decide to not let you play your deck at all, that and the mana system itself can just fuck you over and also prevent you from playing your deck which is never fun, even winning because the person I played against just couldn't play their deck isn't fun for me.
Karn is just the example, I am a long time mtg player and this has been a problem for a long time when you get into competitive MTG. Normally any season has about 3/4 decks that are truly competitive, from those is normally where the big cash cards are from. So sure yea you CAN play a $20 deck...just plan on not winning.
This is a great video that explains the history of past mistakes and great success, wish I could have been a part of this since I've been a huge fan of FoW since the start of Grimm cluster but I'm glad that this video was made please keep up the good work legend
Damnit, why isn't this game popular in the Netherlands. Would love to actually start buying cards and playing with other people, yet no stores near me care enough about this game.
I did go to a LGS and tell them I was interested in FoW, but I was immediately told nobody plays it and was put in with people who play Vanguard/final fantasy tcg/weiss schwarz to see if I was interested in those games instead. Sadly, I don't wanna buy 2 decks and go to a LGS and play vs other people if I know they'll never be interested in FoW. I guess I'll play the game online instead sometimes. The only European countries I know the game is somewhat popular in are Italy, Germany and Spain iirc
I haven't played fow in forever since it died here but back when I did the ceo of fow literally mailed me like a 360 dollar card and a signed letter so I will always have a special place in my heart for the game because of things like this
Dang, millennium of ages and moon priestess were the first two packs I got at a local game shop. I understand why people were mad, But I still liked the set. And Force of will while not as big as it once was, is still alive. They actually just released a new box set two days ago!
Played a lot of FoW a year or so ago, and it was fun and amazing for the Grimm Cluster. The Alice Cluster was also fun, but like the video says, the Regalia and R/R really murdered the game for a lot of people. I did try to keep playing when the Reiya Cluster came out but it felt bad again to see some cards be broken once again and I just gave up on the game as well. It was a fun time, and the community back in Singapore was some of the best people I've met in my life but the game balance really is out of whack.
UFS is still around and is owned by JASCO Games. As of September, UFS released it's Yu Yu Hakusho set. In August they announced that they have the license for My Hero Academia. The demo decks for Deku v. Bakugo released in August for free. Players only had to pay shipping. Anyways, the game is still around and as of this time has Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Mega Man, Cowboy Bebop, and of course Yu Yu Hakusho, and JASCO games original property Red Horizon.
Very good video it feels like a pbs special but you know for card games :D. I definitely want to try the game now and definitely watching the how to play after this :D
Watched this vid after the creators of FoW are kick-starting a new "Arena" CG called Alternate Souls. I wanted to know what happened to a game when I played the Fairy Tail cluster...
About the sexualization, I think this video brings out a pretty good point. Being italian, I've never experienced much of a stigma towards sexualized art in games or videogames. The biggest issue we ever had here was probably a couple scenes in Dragonball that were marked by media as pedophiliac in nature, and that hate campaign was mainly led by very strict conservative parents' associations. We also had several censorships in anime on tv, but all of this was mainly because those anime series were aired in a time frame that is considered sensible for kids (early afternoon), despite often the same anime series being originally transmitted in the evening in Japan, most likely to push the sales of merchandise among younger kids. That said, we don't have something like SJWs nor general negative views about sexualized artworks. At least, not to the extent of US. US americans often are so immersed in their own culture that they don't realize that most of the other western countries do not share their views on sexual imagery nor are so obsessed with underage sexualization. In my country, for example, the age of consent is 14. A 20 years old can have sex with a 16 years old no problem. In fact, that's exactly the age difference my gf and I had when we had sex the first time. In the US, that could have been considered illegal and punisheable with jail.
Shendue You are right. If somebody had sex with a 16 year old and they were 20 they would be labeled a sex offender and could serve multiple years in prison. Dating just in general can be a big issue here. If somebody is unhappy they can claim you raped them and then you go to jail. It is a dangerous game.
I remember my store had a few FoW sets, wasn't very interested myself because I can only afford to support one TCG at a time, there was a rather decent sized community but it was short lived because most everyone else said "I might as well just play MTG".
It seems to have died out where I’m at, which is great for me as it means more people playing magic. If my profile pic (Praetor of Phyrexia Forge layer for those who don’t know) doesn’t make it obvious I love magic, and honestly I find it the most challenging to deckbuild for of any game out there and thus the most rewarding when done right. I didn’t play to much force will but a couple of my friends did, the deck building just seemed way to easy to be rewarding. Fun to play, but any card game that isn’t fun to play goes the way of the Harry Potter trading card game
Urbarask Praetor Magic is certainly fun to play and build for. Easily one of my fav card games as well. The lore and planeswalkers are really cool Im a huge Jace and Nicol Bolas fan.
Force Of Will is one of my favourite card games next to Vanguard, so it's disappointing when I find there aren't many people in the Force of Will community that are local to me. That said, Force of Will was recommended to me a while ago, it was around the time Lapis Cluster was popular (I'm still editing my Fairy Tale deck whenever I get the chance) but I have to say I wouldn't be as into it if I hadn't have come across you. I've always come to this channel to get information in regards to Force of Will and I hope to find some players eventually so I can have help with my deck and just make new friends, so thank you for making me aware of this community, both you and Force of Will have my support for as long as you both keep going. Here's hoping Force Of Will carries on for years to come
D*mn. Had NO idea this was the start of your channel. I've been watching a lot of your videos on 2000 cartoons without subscribing. See the care & growth you put into a community like this has FINALLY made me subscribe! Might just get into FoW...">_>
Good video man. I remeber when it was popular around my campus, they ended up convincing me to get the first Vingolf box. It was neat. The community pooled their bulk cards and got me an Oz theme deck when I bought my J-ruler for it. A bunch of the community graduated out of my university, but it was fun while it lasted.
Besides the Japanese coming out with so many card games that die, they also reign supreme in being absolute garbage at balancing cards. They can’t test for shit. Still true to this day.
@@AnonYmous-hu7jo oh not 100% American card games besides good ol true blue magic really are absolutely garbage. I just meant japan really just slaps crappy rules on anime cards without proper balancing and they hope they flood the market enough that 1 games sticks
I just recently got into fow and this was really helpful for understanding all the stuff the dude at the game shop told me in a quick 30 minute conversation (he went into the whole history and I did not know what was going on). This was all very interesting, and I'm glad I watched the video.
Wow, great job man! I'm a fairly new player and very new tcg player. I have fallen in love with this game and it's art. I do everything I can in my area to keep building the game up and making it fun. It's also has been a really nice community over all, there are some trolls here and there.
I remember in 5th grade when I started MTG I use to go there and pick random (mainly goblin cards) cards for 25 cents. And I saw this little thing labeled force of will, unlike the rest around it there was one while magic had like 10. I pulled it out and grabbed the first 4 and saw how cool some looked. And while going threw my TCG collection I came across those four
the american outrage regarding the art seems like it coinsides with the mainstreaming of SJW sentiment and third-wave feminism here in the states, sex-negative feminism took hold HARD and people were shamed for being proud of their appearance and their confidence (or lack there of) in their sex appeal.
If you are trying to sell cards through a booster pack, a second hand market is needed because that is where the stores profit the most. They make that buck by being able to open large sets to sell those individual chase cards. It sucks for the players, but it is good for the store and encourages them to keep it if they can make like $100 off a single card. Once those cards get sold back for a lower price of like 10% of its value some time later on, they can sell those cards again and make a few extra cents. If a card game is trying to be "cheap," they need to rely on selling entirely pre-built sets rather than boosters. When you buy a pack, deck, or box, the cards you get are fixed with no randomness in it. In it should be a full play set of each of those cards. They could have also encouraged the "collectible" aspect of the game with rarer versions of existing cards having different art work like Cardfight Vanguard does. Overall, the cards there are not too rare, but there used to be shiny foil version of 50 cent cards that sells for $10 (I haven't played it in a few years). Force of Will continues to make mistakes though and I feel those mistakes are what prevents people from holding onto the game. By pushing up the cost of the game, they have alienated the original players of the game and with no reprints in sight, this has become a problem for some of the people in my area. What Force of Will needs to do now if it wants to continue its current push is to basically have worthwhile sets that have actually been play tested (something I feel almost no card game does anymore) before being sold to ensure that most of the cards in the set see play and to have reprints to make formerly hard to get cards accessible about a year later.
This was actually really cool, man. I have always wanted to get into FOW but I saw those MoA booster prices and was really concerned that that would happen to all the sets. My only critique is just to maybe have a little more fun if you do another one of these. You sound like you're narrating Making a Murderer hahaha
It's rather ironic that the very game that was built upon the idea to get rid of the reliance of a certain card type in your deck would end up introducing the _break_ mechanic: If you think about it, it mimics the reliance on lands for mana; even exascerbates it. The break zone draws from your main deck for break cards like your starting hand does for lands. But here, you only have four cards instead of seven, that you don't even get to see. While the break zone can't mana screw you and instead gets relevant later on, you can't afford missing out on four potentially powerful effects throughout the game. Additionally, as opposed to _mana flood_, there is no such thing as _break flood_, so of course you'd try to get as many cards with break mechanics in your deck as possible.
Awesome vid! I started playing this game about a month ago and I love it. It's become my favorite card game and I keep recommending it to my friends. Hope to see it grow more down the road! Subbed
I still have my grimm cluster cthulhu deck. I only stopped playing fow bc everyone else that played in my area abruptly stopped playing once the regalia came out. The only shop that sold fow stopped supporting it bc of that. The whole thing was a shame.
Loved the art on the cards and had fun playing but there wasn't a big enough community in my area. No one bought the cards and my lgs stopped hosting weekly games altogether. Would have to drive 45 mins if I wanted to play in weekly tournaments. Hope it gets bigger.
wow dint know this game has such a crazy history ! i only played some of the starter decks but they where very cool and it has an jem panda king wich is one of the most loved deck for me in all TCG
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. I had to get out of force of will for a year or so because of time and money issues but after seeing this video I have to rejoin the game. This resparked my entire love for the game. Thank you Negative Legend.
I never collected or played card games in a serius manner (Ygo was part of my childhood, but I alwasy liked watching). After years away from it, recently I started seeking for Ygo contet and RUclips recommended this channel... I feel in love with your force of will videos. And after this video? I am thinking on starting... I don't know any place that sells cards in my hometown, but the is Net for that... Awesome video, keep up the good work. Note: Sorry for my bad english
I play a lot of card games casually because of the cost of trying to play competitively. I previously dismissed Force of Will because I thought it wouldn't have any staying power, but this video has really sparked my interest in it. Thanks for giving me something new to spend some time on.
It's pretty sad that a lot of stores and distributers dumped FoW. I dunno what it's like for the rest of the world, but for the last 8 to 10 months where I live all the LGS' have been just off loading all their FoW products for crazy low prices, trying to get rid of it all (which sucks for the game, but is great for broke ass players like me). One of the stores in particular has a basket of booster packs on sale for $1 a piece, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only person buying from it lol
I won't lie this video makes me want to play the game again. I was one of those people who played R/R personally and thought the game would die because of it. I didn't have a lot of fun and the people in my locals really made me not have fun with the game. For the longest time I wasn't sure if I liked the game or not and just sold my collection and went back to Yugioh. Most of the people who used to play only play Super now and it makes me wonder where most of the community actually resides. Anyway my interest is back and I'll take a look at it one more time.
Actually you convinced me. I've never heard of this game. But that's no surprise as I live in the countryside of Germany. I'm really hungry for a good TCG as I played a lot of YGO in the past, but my interest died down over the years. Field spamming combined with pricy cards really don't seal the deal for me anymore. In hindsight, it has always been the interaction with the community I enjoyed the most. I've only made the best experiences when it comes to building connections and long lasting friendships through YGO. I'm happily looking into FoW and can't wait to get my hands on my first deck. Even if I don't know how big the community in Germany actually is. To cut a long story short, I really love the way you provided us with all the interesting information while portraying your passion for this game. Good Job!
Along with that. Is there a certain deck list or even starter decks that you would recommend to me? I'm highly appreciative for anyone trying to help me as I would love to focus on playing one solid deck that highlights underlying game principles to build a solid foundation to grow upon. I'm aware that getting into any new game takes time and effort, however I also know that there are effective ways and less effective ways of learning and I fancy option number 1 :)
He got me into it too. Dude pulled me into his channel through that Chaotic video, I stuck around for the other “What happened to” vids, watched a few unboxings for kicks, then saw FoW stuff all over his channel. I started searching ever since, and once I got the cards I was sold
Great card game. Force if Will co isn't greedy. I heard an Uber rare was only like 1 in 10 boxes while Yu-Gi-Oh short prints some cards to be like 1 in every 3 CASES.
"Don't make free effects" Laevateinn "Don't make free effects" R/R "Don't make free effects" Fox "Don't make free effects" Severing winds Sensing a pattern here
It's a card game that shares a name with one of the most famous free spells from Magic: the Gathering. Them having multiple free effects is to be expected.
This might be just because I'm from the UK but honestly English Valhalla wasn't that hard to find. I remember buying the majority of the English Valhalla decks ( besides the fire one ) and 10 booster packs. The card quality was garbage. It wasn't uncommon for you to notice some sort of wear on the edges of the cards before you've even opened them out of the product. The translations were also terrible and somewhat made some cards unplayable. The card in question was the "Deep Forest of Elves" which was in the wind deck. The English translation read: "Each resonator cannot attack unless a player pays Void 2" While another language version of the card read "Non Elves resonators cannot attack unless a player pays Void 2" As you can see this is a huge difference.
I stopped playing this game when I won the Ohio "states". There were only like 12 people there and the my opponent and I were playing similar decks. I had the chance to go to nationals but only after seeing the prize pool I decided to give the game up. The trip would have cost more than the amount I would have won that is if I got first. Was really disappointed that there wasn't more support at the higher level.
Excellent! I _really_ liked the format of this video. Cycling between explaining certain aspects like mechanics. Then the reasons behind it or its reception. Finally, a short report from someone on the aspect. And these smaller blocks connected to form a bigger narrative. Great concept!
You're a great documentarian. I like how you approached what for most people is an extremely niche topic with such seriousness. I don't think I'm going to start playing but I'm going to learn more about the game nonetheless.
You've most certainly made me interested in the game. It's too bad I live in a rather urban area, with very few people sharing my hobbies, let alone people willing to try something new. I would really love to see a strong online version of this game. I also think it will help the company reach out to people who would normally not try it because of whatever reason. Anyway, your content is strong as always. Keep it up Negative Legend ;)
I saw my first force of will cards when I saw Vingulf 2 in my local store for $90 and thought damn that's a lot of cards for not a whole lot by most card games. I thought about picking it up hut then just decided to pick up a starter deck. I then came back about half a year later and I found the same thing for $20. I think that goes to show more than anything how badly it sold. I still bought it though just because I just play casually
I never heard of this game until watching Rudy's latest video, that being said I guess there's a Reddit to check out to learn how to get into this game.
I got a box last year out of curiosity and was surprised with the cards (art/quality). With this video, I think I'll get more cards just to make a collection.
I’m not always a huge fan of your video style. That being said, this is a great video. Very well put together with great guest speakers. This video makes me feel proud to play this game. Thank you for this!
Just wanted to say that after watching this video, I went and ordered 4 booster packs online, just cause reasons :) If an LGS decided to pick it up again where I live I'll give it a try.
Great video, and great to hear from everyone on FoW. I feel that RDE Pricia did more damage to the game then R/R ever did. Both were extremely dominant before they were banned, but the Pricia decks were pretty identical, maybe a couple of unique cards between them. Not to mention people just trying to Gods Art and win on turn 2 or 3. Reflect had so many possibilities of decks behind him, and really the card to ban was the Orb regalia. I was in love with Alice Cluster, and Lapis Cluster was disappointing. Looking to see how the game plays after Lapis rotates out. Keep up the good work!
Holy shit Bizzy you are alive! I didn't usually say much on your vids but I miss your crazy fun decks! Hope you doing well and maybe one day you feel like throwing some shenanigans together.
Hey - yes I am alive and I hope you are doing well too. Thank you so much for the compliment, I miss making those crazy fun decks. Never rule out some future shenanigans.
I played Pricia Aggro in a gp and got 10th, this was right before the laev ban. Like you said R/R was a centralizing ruler, unlike in Lapis das where Pricia, Fox, And Lumia Hook were centralizing decks. Everyone was playing Jack Giant or Spinning Myths and Pricia v Pricia is not a fun match. Even without laev turn 2 was still possible and Mariabella is so strong. I still hate Fox more though, especially with unrelenting dead combo. Pricia was the only reason Fox didn't rule, ad without both it just turned to cancels. TL;DR: Lapis was a mistake. Alice ftw.
I'm a new player started years ago but have been a fiercely loyal mtg player but am finding it increasingly difficult to justify playing anymore and want to learn how to play as well as and I quote but can't emphasize enough THE FUNDAMENTALS of the game how to build decks and ALL that I need to know about the game. To paraphrase i like being the one in control but also seek knowledge and hope to understand the formats and all there is to know
This was really informative, you convinced me to check it out, I'm finishing your "How to Play" video but I got some general questions: -Where can I see decks for reference? - What are the best sets I should buy? - In that note where can I check if a set has rotated out? - I'm an Latin American player is there a way to play Online (like Pokemon Online)? (I'm still going to try to play irl just want to ask since communities tend to be smaller) Thanks for the help and I really want to try this out since I have had a fascination for TCG but never been able to buy them since they're so expensive
1. Deck profiles are on DM073's, TCG Scrubs', and Red Zone Rogue's channels. You can also go on my discord server and ask around since there's a lot of people willing to share decks. 2. The best sets are always the most recent if you want New Frontiers but if you want cheap and easy, go for Grimm Cluster expansions and build a Wanderer deck (expanded format deck). 3. The sets that are legal for New Frontiers Grand Prix are the two most recent clusters. A cluster is 4 expansions. You can check out all the expansions organized by cluster on their website: www.fowtcg.com 4. Untap.in is where people congregate for online FOW play. Hope this helps.
Was going through FoW videos and pulling out my deck that I bought at an Armageddon convention thinking it might be cool to pick it up and start playing for real. Then while watching this video at 41:25 it mentions how the company decided to highly censor cards revealing to much skin thanks to American drama. Immediately lost interest and put my cards away i'm afraid. The minute artistic expression gets censored in any form it becomes Limited and a slave to a small group of people who get to dictate what is and isn't appropriate. Sad really.
So I'm about 17 minutes in and I love this video thus far because it's very insightful into the game, the one correction I have to make though is that Reflect/Refrain was not the first Ruler without Printed stats. In the grim Cluster there was Grim, Prince Of Fairy Tails who only had the one side much like Yggdrasil, and Seer Of The Blue Moon/Kaguya, Princess of the moon.
I found a trailer for a canceled anime called "L.S.", also known as "Force of Will - The Movie". The only part that was shown publically was the first part, called "Cthulthu". Its art was mainly done by Tatsuyuki Tanaka who is fairly known for his cyberpunk stuff, and directed by Shuhei Morita. Seems like it got only partially through development before being canceled
I really want to play this but none of the local stores are hosting events! Love the video and just got into the game just gotta find some folks to play with. Keep covering the game, I think it helps keep it alive. 😄
The art work in this game is phenomenal. I wish it was more successful and available. The multiple combat phases is something Hearthstone should mimic.
This video turned out really good, great job, very polished on telling the history of FoW
Didn't expect to see you here Rudy. When he mentioned card game investors somehow I knew he was gonna show a clip of you.
A lot of people blame Rudy for the misconception of "Force of Will being dead" so he is technically a part of the history (even though we can't really point fingers at him because he was just stating facts).
I miss his videos where he'd show a room FULL of boxes and then a later video showing STACKS of card sorted by rarity.
don't forget the throwing boxes part.
Rudy is God tier.
Thanks for asking me to be on this, dude! It turned out really well and I hope it helps answer a lot of people's questions. FoW is an excellent game and definelty deserves more attention!
About the NSFW artwork: I think the main problem is that some of the shops in which you play TCG tournaments, also sell children's games. A lot of little children go there with their mothers. And if they see you play cards with NSFW artworks, they will complain about them generating a lot of issues.
As an American I agree that that is the circumstance that happens. As an adult that has been around the world, practiced mindfulness, and is an obsessive retrospectivist I have to question if the line crossing into NSFW is too swift here in the USA.
Thanks for making the video NL, and for asking me to be a part of it. I hope this inspires people to try the game/get back into the game, because it really has come a long way and has a super bright future!
I think the biggest issue is that most places do not have a community, I liked the this game a lot years ago and it just died, no matter how much I like the game if I cannot play it then I will move on, its a sad story but true. On the other hand from this video seems like they are making the right choices to make this game succeed.
Corrections:
1. Jordan Blanco wasn't TECHNICALLY the Global Liason. That title is new and didn't exist during his employment, but he basically did all the same stuff so it doesn't really matter.
2. The Valhalla expansions were released in English but they weren't released in America. For some reason my brain thought "not released in America" and "Japan-exclusive" meant the same thing when it doesn't.
3. Reflect/Refrain wasn't the first J-Ruler to have no printed stats, but he was the first where it actually mattered. The first one was Labyrinth Master, Chronos during the first expansion of Valhalla Cluster.
4. Full Art Cheshire Cat appeared in Moon Priestess Returns (MPR), not Tale of Two Towers (TAT). It was an unlisted secret rare. The card still has "TAT" in the bottom-left corner.
5. Level.100 Games informs me that, "GP rotated to Alice cluster only not because of RR but because Yggdrasil gaining an OTK in the Battle for Attoractia expansion," and "The 2nd WGP didn’t have RR in it."
Negative Legend great doc you made. Hope to see more doc of others TCG. Keep up the good work.
Negative Legend I'd like to personally thank you for this video. You sure have me interested in playing this card game. Any reccomendations for a deck type to build or expansion to start building with?
Negative Legend can you do a what happened to future card buddy fight
The first ruler without stat was Labyrinth master, Chronos.
Corrections have been made. Thank you.
I tried to get into this. There was nowhere to play around me.
xVyersx yuuuuuuuuup
Me and my friend got into it so we just played it together. we didnt go to any tournaments and stuff and i think we were the only ones who played at school at the time.
I bought one of the structure decks, back in 2017. Me and my friends played it for a while its fun. It's just we are still to much into Yugioh.
same, theres no local scene, no one i know that i can convince and theres not even a like online variant to even try it out
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I truly wish Force of Will was available in my country - but unless one chooses to bring down boxes and cards for themselves, the few stores in my country just won't support it.
TheBloodswordsman which country?
I have the same problem. All i can get is stuff from Amazon.
As a person who was also one of the starting RUclips channels along with others mentioned like Deep Wood I WHOLEHEARTEDLY congratulate this video. It was quite accurate and showed both the ups and downs of FoW at it's current state ( Not all like Sherry, etc.) I stopped due to technical reasons but I will still say I love the game. And as I've come into an influx of funds this video revitalized me to work once more towards success.
Make sure to visit the channels mentioned in the video to make your own opinion on the game and its community but I'm sure you'll like what you see.
Good Work NegativeLegend!
It has the same spirit as a video from Rhystic Studies, yet it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of his style. Well done! As a Magic player, never gave too much thought to FoW. This changed my mind, and maybe I'll check it out :) Keep it up!
The reason fow died in my area is that rotation knocked out a lot of players who invested a lot of money and time with little return and general collapse
This is a very well done history of Force of Will! Fantastic job, Negative Legend!!!
Thanks for having us on! Good work on this :D
TCG Scrubs do guys think the game is dead are you quitting I hope not
Cj Adams Oh no. I think it's struggled for sure, but the next cluster I'm very excited about. It's a chance for the company to start almost fresh and regain everybody's trust. It still has life in it for sure
TCG Scrubs i understand I mean it’s dead in Albany Oregon and I’m still trying to bring it I play it because I feel like it’s one of the best cards game out there I mean hell ya I just bought my arla the winged lord Uber rare promo I hope the game survives for a while it’s amazing
Cj Adams Oh yeah most people i know agree it's one of the best games and plays better than mtg. I hope they step up their advertising efforts at the local level going forward. Sucks not having consistent local games
TCG Scrubs you just gotta keep on going my main issue is card games dragon ball super take over which it is a good game no where near as good as force of will I think force of will biggest issues that drives players away is the artwork though I do love it
Hears the phrase mana screwed.
*Wheezing laughter*.
love your profile pic
Yo amazing video. You have out done your self. I don't play force of will but I have built a interest in cardgames again thanks to your channel. I might give it a try whenever I can and that makes me super excited. Love your channel and keep it up.
If you live around Chicago I know a great store that sells their stock for 25% off. It’s only Alice Cluster-Lapis but there are pretty great cards in those sets.
I'm glad you made this video. I'm just new to FoW and I've been struggling to get started. I'm a former MTG player (1999 - 2003) who recently got back into MTG as well. I have a lot of friends making fun of me because I wanted to try FoW. When I bought my first 2 starter decks (reiya decks) I was kind of mocked on my Facebook for "buying a failed game".
That didn't bring me down though. I managed to find a local community of FoW players who helped me get started and I'm meeting them next week in our local (MTG dominated) game shop.
Love the video, keep it up! You gave me the inspiration to move and chug along.
Thank you very much for this vid. I have been playing MTG for 12 years now and has gone dry for me but this game came up in conversation at my local card show. I have watched tutorial vids of this game but its pleasant to know the true history if not a good spotlight of it. To All that read this thinking if this game is worth it just by listening, it is. And who does love this art i mean i'm in America and this tops the charts on artwork for me.
Just want to point out how much funner Force of Will is than Magic. Not only do you never get mana screwed or flooded, but having your ruler out just opens up options, and the cards are so much more powerful. What I loved about force of will was how quickly a game could flip because the cards are so powerful. Often in magic games it feels like if you're in the wrong match up you just get railroaded by your opponent, and it isn't fun. Not to mention how easy it is to get the cards you need to be competitive in force of will. Right now in magic standard theres a 4 mana colorless card that can slide into every deck, it's extremely powerful and cost $60. So just for a playset and to be competitive, you need $240.
I know you're referring to the new Karn planeswalker, but you're misrepresenting his value. There's a couple things going on, and they're not all just him being a good card. It's a new card (card value is at it's highest closer to release, while availability is low), it's a popular character (Karn is a major figure in the MtG lore), which enables something niche, colorless commanders, it's also a good card that's seeing play in multiple formats, even legacy. However, he's not some ubiquitous auto include. He's a 2-of in relevant decks, in multiple formats, and people want to play with the new Karn. Widespread opinion of him is still contentious despite him making demonstrable waves, just because "you only get the bad half of your topdeck."
One downside to magic is getting into a matchup where a player can just decide to not let you play your deck at all, that and the mana system itself can just fuck you over and also prevent you from playing your deck which is never fun, even winning because the person I played against just couldn't play their deck isn't fun for me.
Karn is just the example, I am a long time mtg player and this has been a problem for a long time when you get into competitive MTG. Normally any season has about 3/4 decks that are truly competitive, from those is normally where the big cash cards are from.
So sure yea you CAN play a $20 deck...just plan on not winning.
This is a great video that explains the history of past mistakes and great success, wish I could have been a part of this since I've been a huge fan of FoW since the start of Grimm cluster but I'm glad that this video was made please keep up the good work legend
In Vietnam, at least in Hanoi, there is an entire community of Force of Will and we play OCG entirely and there is a shop sells OGG FOW cards
Damnit, why isn't this game popular in the Netherlands. Would love to actually start buying cards and playing with other people, yet no stores near me care enough about this game.
Show interest, get others interested. There can’t be a supply of no one knows there is a demand.
I did go to a LGS and tell them I was interested in FoW, but I was immediately told nobody plays it and was put in with people who play Vanguard/final fantasy tcg/weiss schwarz to see if I was interested in those games instead. Sadly, I don't wanna buy 2 decks and go to a LGS and play vs other people if I know they'll never be interested in FoW. I guess I'll play the game online instead sometimes. The only European countries I know the game is somewhat popular in are Italy, Germany and Spain iirc
Play the dragon ball super tcg
XD
I haven't played fow in forever since it died here but back when I did the ceo of fow literally mailed me like a 360 dollar card and a signed letter so I will always have a special place in my heart for the game because of things like this
Tell us more.
Dang, millennium of ages and moon priestess were the first two packs I got at a local game shop.
I understand why people were mad, But I still liked the set. And Force of will while not as big as it once was, is still alive. They actually just released a new box set two days ago!
Played a lot of FoW a year or so ago, and it was fun and amazing for the Grimm Cluster. The Alice Cluster was also fun, but like the video says, the Regalia and R/R really murdered the game for a lot of people. I did try to keep playing when the Reiya Cluster came out but it felt bad again to see some cards be broken once again and I just gave up on the game as well. It was a fun time, and the community back in Singapore was some of the best people I've met in my life but the game balance really is out of whack.
It’s 2020 and my curiosity is do you still play Force of Will? If not then why is that?
could you make "what happened to the Universal Fighting System"? it's a pretty cool crossover TCG that needs more love.
Valtharr The product quality is horrible. The cards were always Lightly played or moderately played fresh out the pack.
UFS is a great system. Unfortunately, the owners aren't as balance savvy or community driven as other companies.
UFS is still around and is owned by JASCO Games. As of September, UFS released it's Yu Yu Hakusho set. In August they announced that they have the license for My Hero Academia. The demo decks for Deku v. Bakugo released in August for free. Players only had to pay shipping. Anyways, the game is still around and as of this time has Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Mega Man, Cowboy Bebop, and of course Yu Yu Hakusho, and JASCO games original property Red Horizon.
@@primarisgainssbbg3038 noice can't wait
A game will not die of the company loves the game just as much as the players do. And they love each other!
Very good video it feels like a pbs special but you know for card games :D. I definitely want to try the game now and definitely watching the how to play after this :D
Watched this vid after the creators of FoW are kick-starting a new "Arena" CG called Alternate Souls. I wanted to know what happened to a game when I played the Fairy Tail cluster...
I just discovered only the artist is the same. The game is developed by other ppl that have nothing to do with fow
About the sexualization, I think this video brings out a pretty good point. Being italian, I've never experienced much of a stigma towards sexualized art in games or videogames.
The biggest issue we ever had here was probably a couple scenes in Dragonball that were marked by media as pedophiliac in nature, and that hate campaign was mainly led by very strict conservative parents' associations. We also had several censorships in anime on tv, but all of this was mainly because those anime series were aired in a time frame that is considered sensible for kids (early afternoon), despite often the same anime series being originally transmitted in the evening in Japan, most likely to push the sales of merchandise among younger kids.
That said, we don't have something like SJWs nor general negative views about sexualized artworks. At least, not to the extent of US.
US americans often are so immersed in their own culture that they don't realize that most of the other western countries do not share their views on sexual imagery nor are so obsessed with underage sexualization. In my country, for example, the age of consent is 14. A 20 years old can have sex with a 16 years old no problem. In fact, that's exactly the age difference my gf and I had when we had sex the first time. In the US, that could have been considered illegal and punisheable with jail.
Shendue
You are right. If somebody had sex with a 16 year old and they were 20 they would be labeled a sex offender and could serve multiple years in prison.
Dating just in general can be a big issue here. If somebody is unhappy they can claim you raped them and then you go to jail. It is a dangerous game.
this a great community and i love being a part of it
I remember my store had a few FoW sets, wasn't very interested myself because I can only afford to support one TCG at a time, there was a rather decent sized community but it was short lived because most everyone else said "I might as well just play MTG".
I really miss this game. It was a better magic and could have gone places.
ShinySpiritomb 33 Games not dead ;)
ShinySpiritomb 33 the game isn't dead it's actually getting more polar where I'm at
It seems to have died out where I’m at, which is great for me as it means more people playing magic. If my profile pic (Praetor of Phyrexia Forge layer for those who don’t know) doesn’t make it obvious I love magic, and honestly I find it the most challenging to deckbuild for of any game out there and thus the most rewarding when done right. I didn’t play to much force will but a couple of my friends did, the deck building just seemed way to easy to be rewarding. Fun to play, but any card game that isn’t fun to play goes the way of the Harry Potter trading card game
Urbarask Praetor Magic is certainly fun to play and build for. Easily one of my fav card games as well. The lore and planeswalkers are really cool
Im a huge Jace and Nicol Bolas fan.
I wish it took of I want to play some weeb magic. I only say that because anime, I know the games much different then mtg
Force Of Will is one of my favourite card games next to Vanguard, so it's disappointing when I find there aren't many people in the Force of Will community that are local to me.
That said, Force of Will was recommended to me a while ago, it was around the time Lapis Cluster was popular (I'm still editing my Fairy Tale deck whenever I get the chance) but I have to say I wouldn't be as into it if I hadn't have come across you. I've always come to this channel to get information in regards to Force of Will and I hope to find some players eventually so I can have help with my deck and just make new friends, so thank you for making me aware of this community, both you and Force of Will have my support for as long as you both keep going. Here's hoping Force Of Will carries on for years to come
D*mn. Had NO idea this was the start of your channel. I've been watching a lot of your videos on 2000 cartoons without subscribing. See the care & growth you put into a community like this has FINALLY made me subscribe! Might just get into FoW...">_>
Good video man. I remeber when it was popular around my campus, they ended up convincing me to get the first Vingolf box. It was neat. The community pooled their bulk cards and got me an Oz theme deck when I bought my J-ruler for it.
A bunch of the community graduated out of my university, but it was fun while it lasted.
50 minutes? I feel blessed
Besides the Japanese coming out with so many card games that die, they also reign supreme in being absolute garbage at balancing cards. They can’t test for shit. Still true to this day.
Alex Ramirez its funny- the Japanese break fighting games, but can't balance a card game worth scrap.
You should check the bushiroad tcg company cuz they have great games like buddyfight, vanguard anf weisschwartz (idk the spelling)
@Ix Suomi what?
Just like how North America can’t even release a video game properly.
@@AnonYmous-hu7jo oh not 100% American card games besides good ol true blue magic really are absolutely garbage. I just meant japan really just slaps crappy rules on anime cards without proper balancing and they hope they flood the market enough that 1 games sticks
I just recently got into fow and this was really helpful for understanding all the stuff the dude at the game shop told me in a quick 30 minute conversation (he went into the whole history and I did not know what was going on). This was all very interesting, and I'm glad I watched the video.
Wow, great job man! I'm a fairly new player and very new tcg player. I have fallen in love with this game and it's art. I do everything I can in my area to keep building the game up and making it fun. It's also has been a really nice community over all, there are some trolls here and there.
I remember in 5th grade when I started MTG I use to go there and pick random (mainly goblin cards) cards for 25 cents. And I saw this little thing labeled force of will, unlike the rest around it there was one while magic had like 10. I pulled it out and grabbed the first 4 and saw how cool some looked. And while going threw my TCG collection I came across those four
the american outrage regarding the art seems like it coinsides with the mainstreaming of SJW sentiment and third-wave feminism here in the states, sex-negative feminism took hold HARD and people were shamed for being proud of their appearance and their confidence (or lack there of) in their sex appeal.
If you are trying to sell cards through a booster pack, a second hand market is needed because that is where the stores profit the most. They make that buck by being able to open large sets to sell those individual chase cards. It sucks for the players, but it is good for the store and encourages them to keep it if they can make like $100 off a single card. Once those cards get sold back for a lower price of like 10% of its value some time later on, they can sell those cards again and make a few extra cents.
If a card game is trying to be "cheap," they need to rely on selling entirely pre-built sets rather than boosters. When you buy a pack, deck, or box, the cards you get are fixed with no randomness in it. In it should be a full play set of each of those cards. They could have also encouraged the "collectible" aspect of the game with rarer versions of existing cards having different art work like Cardfight Vanguard does. Overall, the cards there are not too rare, but there used to be shiny foil version of 50 cent cards that sells for $10 (I haven't played it in a few years).
Force of Will continues to make mistakes though and I feel those mistakes are what prevents people from holding onto the game. By pushing up the cost of the game, they have alienated the original players of the game and with no reprints in sight, this has become a problem for some of the people in my area. What Force of Will needs to do now if it wants to continue its current push is to basically have worthwhile sets that have actually been play tested (something I feel almost no card game does anymore) before being sold to ensure that most of the cards in the set see play and to have reprints to make formerly hard to get cards accessible about a year later.
I was honestly scared for a sec it died, god dont scare me like that!! I havent picked the game up since COTFC, btw well made video keep it going dude
This was actually really cool, man. I have always wanted to get into FOW but I saw those MoA booster prices and was really concerned that that would happen to all the sets. My only critique is just to maybe have a little more fun if you do another one of these. You sound like you're narrating Making a Murderer hahaha
It's rather ironic that the very game that was built upon the idea to get rid of the reliance of a certain card type in your deck would end up introducing the _break_ mechanic:
If you think about it, it mimics the reliance on lands for mana; even exascerbates it.
The break zone draws from your main deck for break cards like your starting hand does for lands.
But here, you only have four cards instead of seven, that you don't even get to see.
While the break zone can't mana screw you and instead gets relevant later on,
you can't afford missing out on four potentially powerful effects throughout the game.
Additionally, as opposed to _mana flood_, there is no such thing as _break flood_, so of course you'd try to get as many cards with break mechanics in your deck as possible.
force of will. I am just jumping in.
Awesome vid! I started playing this game about a month ago and I love it. It's become my favorite card game and I keep recommending it to my friends. Hope to see it grow more down the road! Subbed
I still have my grimm cluster cthulhu deck. I only stopped playing fow bc everyone else that played in my area abruptly stopped playing once the regalia came out. The only shop that sold fow stopped supporting it bc of that. The whole thing was a shame.
I really want to see this game do well. I just bought a few boxes and the artwork and card quality is amazing.
Loved the art on the cards and had fun playing but there wasn't a big enough community in my area. No one bought the cards and my lgs stopped hosting weekly games altogether. Would have to drive 45 mins if I wanted to play in weekly tournaments. Hope it gets bigger.
wow dint know this game has such a crazy history ! i only played some of the starter decks but they where very cool and it has an jem panda king wich is one of the most loved deck for me in all TCG
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. I had to get out of force of will for a year or so because of time and money issues but after seeing this video I have to rejoin the game. This resparked my entire love for the game. Thank you Negative Legend.
he should really do an updated video to this
I hope he does. I want to begin playing and collecting this TCG, but don't want to do it if it'll 'die' in the near future .
I never collected or played card games in a serius manner (Ygo was part of my childhood, but I alwasy liked watching). After years away from it, recently I started seeking for Ygo contet and RUclips recommended this channel... I feel in love with your force of will videos. And after this video? I am thinking on starting... I don't know any place that sells cards in my hometown, but the is Net for that...
Awesome video, keep up the good work.
Note: Sorry for my bad english
I play a lot of card games casually because of the cost of trying to play competitively. I previously dismissed Force of Will because I thought it wouldn't have any staying power, but this video has really sparked my interest in it. Thanks for giving me something new to spend some time on.
It's pretty sad that a lot of stores and distributers dumped FoW. I dunno what it's like for the rest of the world, but for the last 8 to 10 months where I live all the LGS' have been just off loading all their FoW products for crazy low prices, trying to get rid of it all (which sucks for the game, but is great for broke ass players like me). One of the stores in particular has a basket of booster packs on sale for $1 a piece, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only person buying from it lol
so there is a game, a card game that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to play? Sign me up!
2 years later, and it's still not dead. :D
I won't lie this video makes me want to play the game again. I was one of those people who played R/R personally and thought the game would die because of it. I didn't have a lot of fun and the people in my locals really made me not have fun with the game. For the longest time I wasn't sure if I liked the game or not and just sold my collection and went back to Yugioh. Most of the people who used to play only play Super now and it makes me wonder where most of the community actually resides. Anyway my interest is back and I'll take a look at it one more time.
Damn... this actually was some pretty good stuff
After watching this I am looking at starting to play it, as this video made me very interested in the game!
Actually you convinced me. I've never heard of this game. But that's no surprise as I live in the countryside of Germany. I'm really hungry for a good TCG as I played a lot of YGO in the past, but my interest died down over the years. Field spamming combined with pricy cards really don't seal the deal for me anymore. In hindsight, it has always been the interaction with the community I enjoyed the most. I've only made the best experiences when it comes to building connections and long lasting friendships through YGO. I'm happily looking into FoW and can't wait to get my hands on my first deck. Even if I don't know how big the community in Germany actually is.
To cut a long story short, I really love the way you provided us with all the interesting information while portraying your passion for this game. Good Job!
Along with that. Is there a certain deck list or even starter decks that you would recommend to me? I'm highly appreciative for anyone trying to help me as I would love to focus on playing one solid deck that highlights underlying game principles to build a solid foundation to grow upon. I'm aware that getting into any new game takes time and effort, however I also know that there are effective ways and less effective ways of learning and I fancy option number 1 :)
Negative is actually the person who got me into FoW and I’m glad
ThatTransChickPlays When I have money I plan to get into it myself
He got me into it too. Dude pulled me into his channel through that Chaotic video, I stuck around for the other “What happened to” vids, watched a few unboxings for kicks, then saw FoW stuff all over his channel. I started searching ever since, and once I got the cards I was sold
Great card game. Force if Will co isn't greedy. I heard an Uber rare was only like 1 in 10 boxes while Yu-Gi-Oh short prints some cards to be like 1 in every 3 CASES.
Man I wish this game would flourish!!! I really love their attitude.
"Don't make free effects"
Laevateinn
"Don't make free effects"
R/R
"Don't make free effects"
Fox
"Don't make free effects"
Severing winds
Sensing a pattern here
It's a card game that shares a name with one of the most famous free spells from Magic: the Gathering. Them having multiple free effects is to be expected.
This might be just because I'm from the UK but honestly English Valhalla wasn't that hard to find. I remember buying the majority of the English Valhalla decks ( besides the fire one ) and 10 booster packs. The card quality was garbage. It wasn't uncommon for you to notice some sort of wear on the edges of the cards before you've even opened them out of the product. The translations were also terrible and somewhat made some cards unplayable. The card in question was the "Deep Forest of Elves" which was in the wind deck.
The English translation read: "Each resonator cannot attack unless a player pays Void 2"
While another language version of the card read "Non Elves resonators cannot attack unless a player pays Void 2"
As you can see this is a huge difference.
I stopped playing this game when I won the Ohio "states". There were only like 12 people there and the my opponent and I were playing similar decks. I had the chance to go to nationals but only after seeing the prize pool I decided to give the game up. The trip would have cost more than the amount I would have won that is if I got first. Was really disappointed that there wasn't more support at the higher level.
This is a great informative video for someone who doesn’t know anything about FoW like me. I wish there was an equivalent video for every TCG.
Excellent! I _really_ liked the format of this video.
Cycling between explaining certain aspects like mechanics.
Then the reasons behind it or its reception.
Finally, a short report from someone on the aspect.
And these smaller blocks connected to form a bigger narrative. Great concept!
Looks like you've done your reasearch and put a lot of effort into this.
Thanks for this video, you've definitely earned my subscription!
Reflect/Refrain reminds me of the SSJ3 Goku leader in Dragonball Super now.
You're a great documentarian. I like how you approached what for most people is an extremely niche topic with such seriousness. I don't think I'm going to start playing but I'm going to learn more about the game nonetheless.
You've most certainly made me interested in the game. It's too bad I live in a rather urban area, with very few people sharing my hobbies, let alone people willing to try something new. I would really love to see a strong online version of this game. I also think it will help the company reach out to people who would normally not try it because of whatever reason.
Anyway, your content is strong as always. Keep it up Negative Legend ;)
I saw my first force of will cards when I saw Vingulf 2 in my local store for $90 and thought damn that's a lot of cards for not a whole lot by most card games. I thought about picking it up hut then just decided to pick up a starter deck. I then came back about half a year later and I found the same thing for $20. I think that goes to show more than anything how badly it sold. I still bought it though just because I just play casually
I have no stake in this game but I have to say---that bulk turn-in is a GENIUS idea. Wow.
really wish the game would come back to locals at Puerto Rico hopefully little by little it will & I can get people to play with :D
I never heard of this game until watching Rudy's latest video, that being said I guess there's a Reddit to check out to learn how to get into this game.
I got a box last year out of curiosity and was surprised with the cards (art/quality). With this video, I think I'll get more cards just to make a collection.
I’m not always a huge fan of your video style. That being said, this is a great video. Very well put together with great guest speakers. This video makes me feel proud to play this game. Thank you for this!
this game got some good waifus
how about Vanguard's Mermaid Babes.
Yeah Vanguard got some good waifus too, but i think i like force of will better. I want to get the maiden princess and flower decks
I'm working on getting this game going in my local shop
Just wanted to say that after watching this video, I went and ordered 4 booster packs online, just cause reasons :) If an LGS decided to pick it up again where I live I'll give it a try.
I learn so much.. I never knew the secondary market helps so much to keep the game alive.
Great video, and great to hear from everyone on FoW. I feel that RDE Pricia did more damage to the game then R/R ever did. Both were extremely dominant before they were banned, but the Pricia decks were pretty identical, maybe a couple of unique cards between them. Not to mention people just trying to Gods Art and win on turn 2 or 3. Reflect had so many possibilities of decks behind him, and really the card to ban was the Orb regalia. I was in love with Alice Cluster, and Lapis Cluster was disappointing. Looking to see how the game plays after Lapis rotates out. Keep up the good work!
Holy shit Bizzy you are alive! I didn't usually say much on your vids but I miss your crazy fun decks! Hope you doing well and maybe one day you feel like throwing some shenanigans together.
Hey - yes I am alive and I hope you are doing well too. Thank you so much for the compliment, I miss making those crazy fun decks. Never rule out some future shenanigans.
Come Back!
I played Pricia Aggro in a gp and got 10th, this was right before the laev ban.
Like you said R/R was a centralizing ruler, unlike in Lapis das where Pricia, Fox, And Lumia Hook were centralizing decks.
Everyone was playing Jack Giant or Spinning Myths and Pricia v Pricia is not a fun match.
Even without laev turn 2 was still possible and Mariabella is so strong.
I still hate Fox more though, especially with unrelenting dead combo.
Pricia was the only reason Fox didn't rule, ad without both it just turned to cancels.
TL;DR:
Lapis was a mistake.
Alice ftw.
Patrick Collins great to hear from you! Hope you're doing well!
I really miss this game, really loved playing it but no one I've met has played it wherever I am
This was well done bro stay safe an keep up the good work
With mostly a duel masters and yugioh background
I’m really liking everything about FOW
Hope I can get my hands on some stuff
Same
I was an early adopter, even had one of those starter decks with the break mechanic, but never found anyone to play with- rip
Why is this video so eerie.
Press F for Creepy Rudy.
I'm a new player started years ago but have been a fiercely loyal mtg player but am finding it increasingly difficult to justify playing anymore and want to learn how to play as well as and I quote but can't emphasize enough THE FUNDAMENTALS of the game how to build decks and ALL that I need to know about the game. To paraphrase i like being the one in control but also seek knowledge and hope to understand the formats and all there is to know
This was really informative, you convinced me to check it out, I'm finishing your "How to Play" video but I got some general questions:
-Where can I see decks for reference?
- What are the best sets I should buy?
- In that note where can I check if a set has rotated out?
- I'm an Latin American player is there a way to play Online (like Pokemon Online)? (I'm still going to try to play irl just want to ask since communities tend to be smaller)
Thanks for the help and I really want to try this out since I have had a fascination for TCG but never been able to buy them since they're so expensive
1. Deck profiles are on DM073's, TCG Scrubs', and Red Zone Rogue's channels. You can also go on my discord server and ask around since there's a lot of people willing to share decks.
2. The best sets are always the most recent if you want New Frontiers but if you want cheap and easy, go for Grimm Cluster expansions and build a Wanderer deck (expanded format deck).
3. The sets that are legal for New Frontiers Grand Prix are the two most recent clusters. A cluster is 4 expansions. You can check out all the expansions organized by cluster on their website: www.fowtcg.com
4. Untap.in is where people congregate for online FOW play.
Hope this helps.
Negative Legend Thank You so much I'll be sure to check it out, any advice is welcome
Was going through FoW videos and pulling out my deck that I bought at an Armageddon convention thinking it might be cool to pick it up and start playing for real. Then while watching this video at 41:25 it mentions how the company decided to highly censor cards revealing to much skin thanks to American drama. Immediately lost interest and put my cards away i'm afraid. The minute artistic expression gets censored in any form it becomes Limited and a slave to a small group of people who get to dictate what is and isn't appropriate. Sad really.
I know I found a good video when I got hour out the window and didn't even notice. Well done man 👏
12:45
"Every set since has had at least 5 rulers."
Reiya says hi
So I'm about 17 minutes in and I love this video thus far because it's very insightful into the game, the one correction I have to make though is that Reflect/Refrain was not the first Ruler without Printed stats. In the grim Cluster there was Grim, Prince Of Fairy Tails who only had the one side much like Yggdrasil, and Seer Of The Blue Moon/Kaguya, Princess of the moon.
The first was from Valhalla Cluster. I already made the correction in the comment that you skipped over.
I found a trailer for a canceled anime called "L.S.", also known as "Force of Will - The Movie".
The only part that was shown publically was the first part, called "Cthulthu". Its art was mainly done by Tatsuyuki Tanaka who is fairly known for his cyberpunk stuff, and directed by Shuhei Morita. Seems like it got only partially through development before being canceled
I really want to play this but none of the local stores are hosting events! Love the video and just got into the game just gotta find some folks to play with.
Keep covering the game, I think it helps keep it alive. 😄
Find a Veteran's post...Masonic lodge etc etc... start a monthly game night
I really liked it, but it sucked that I didn't get to play as much. People stopped playing it so I couldn't keep playing it.
The art work in this game is phenomenal. I wish it was more successful and available. The multiple combat phases is something Hearthstone should mimic.
Thanks for posting this! Great video! Don't be afraid to show some of that energy you have in your box opening videos when you do these, either. =)