As some of you may have read in one of my previous posts a while back, i work for upper deck as the lead developer for the WoW TCG. we officially launched the website for the game last night (although apparently some people digging around urls on our site found it over the weekend and we got scooped on gamingreport - oops), and i figured some of you might be interested in checking it out :) i've been working on the game for almost a year now and i'm pretty excited to actually be able to get feedback from people now that we're making things public, so if you have any questions/comments/etc, feel free to send them my way. unless your question is "can you get me free stuff" :-P

anyway, here's the site. hope you like it !

www.ude.com/wow

-brian kibler
(does signing my post with my REAL name break the forum rules? :O)

Is there a section outlining the rules of gameplay? I wasnt able to spot it if it exists.

I saw that one of the events on your site is the spiel in Essen, Germany...are you going to be represented there?

By "Find LootTM cards which unlock cosmetic upgrades for your online World of Warcraft character", they mean a nice tabard and a pet, don't they :(

Turtle Mount

I am really excited for this game. I got a chance to meet the lead designer at Blizzcon, and he seems like a real competent fellow.

God, I'm going to spend entirely too much money on this. The sad part is I probably won't even actually play it; I'm just going to get it for the artwork.

Will it be on full display at GenCon? If so, I may give it a whirl while I'm there.

Yeah, the art is gorgeous so far.

The real question is...will there be a Gurgthock card?

can you get me free stuff

you mean...me? :-P heh.

gameplay details won't be released for a bit now.

our intention is to have demos available at gencon indy, so more information will be available re: the mechanics of the game as that time draws closer

no promises for set one...but i AM working on set two art descriptions right now ;)

condensed post!

How rare is the sweet Turtle Mount which I assume is one of the cool prizes you can get

I will probably spend hundreds of dollars just to get it

i can neither confirm nor deny the existence or rarity of a turtle mount! ;)

Gencon died when it left Milwaukee :(

:highfive:

How about a unicorn mount? I would pretty much pay thousands for this. A wink will suffice and I'll start saving, sheesh.

It has a mana and tap cost associated with an activated ability, however it only has a state-based ability. Dammit people, this is WOW:TCG! There are rules! :mad:


I'm with most of the public: in that I'm curious about both the gameplay, and how that will impact my play experience. As with most of my Magic the Gathering purchases these days, I'm also looking forward to some nice artwork that stands on its own merit.

edit: mine was first, but his is better VVV :)

Oh god my Magic instinct is overpowering me and I must fix that

Gurgthock, Master of Law
BBBB
Creature - Orc Shaman Legend
Rare {symbol needs to be gold embossed to indicate rare}
Gurgthock is red.
Creatures you control gain +4/+0 and are indestructible.
WUBRG, [TAP]: {add ability here}
2/6 {toughness needs to be >0 or it goes right to the graveyard as a state-based effect}
"Don't be dumb."
Illustr. David "Zoid" Kirsch

the 'loot cards' will be only cosmetic items with no gameplay impact - think murloc pet. the art is also pretty awesome. i've been the internal approvals guy for the entire process since i'm the IP expert in the company (kind of amusing that playing WoW is actually part of my job description :-P), and i'm really happy with how the set turned out. we actually brought the old M:TG art director on board not long ago, and he's handling the art for set two and beyond, and from what i've seen, it looks like things are only getting better.

of course, i'm kind of biased, since i got to have todd macfarlane draw my character :)