Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 interested in sage right now but most of us are somewhere in the middle and willing to play a bit of both. It means people can just show up every week with whatever they have and be able to play the games they want to play 000
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've mentioned it somewhere on here before but the Leeds armories are all mixed format open play and I think it really helps obviously it's not a great fit for every group (if you have a lot of top heavy prizing it won't work) there are a few of us that primarily play cc and A couple that are just 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Like the people I see complaining about this sort of thing often have the most miserable negative online output and if they're like that even a little bit of the time in person I know I wouldn't be rushing down to my local game store to see them after work 020
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's not an easy thing to fix because there are a lot of ways to create an unpleasant environment but I think if your local scene is struggling you should start examining the things you're saying and doing and think "if I didn't know me would I want to spend my Tuesday evenings with me every week?" 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If your armory is dying and new players won't stick around it's probably because your vibes are bad and nobody wants to spend time with you and nothing to do with LSS decision making 290
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our retention has been really good locally we mostly run mixed format casual play so people can play the games they want in the format they want we had a couple of people who didn't really stick around but we've been steadily growing for a while 021
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I saw someone point out that "you don't remember all the times someone pitched or blocked with ripple or warmongers" but for me that's half of the problem. If they aren't going to be backbreaking they can be converted efficiently in other ways. 121
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The card is mean to Viserai and a little too free to include in decks 010
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I look forward to another year of "we don't need to use our ban this time" with an oops chane is coming back better ban 40 cards in 8 months 020
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I don't think it's necessarily sunk cost just wanting to get value out of your purchase 011
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think the $1500 dollar decks are part of the reason tbh. people spend a lot of money on these decks why would they want to play the formats where they can't use them 130
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It just means they'll have only ever used their ban on chane because they didn't do a dev ban for omens season 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'd love to read the article that comes out when they do that 100
Reposted by Seblotsamuffins @lotsamuffins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As a community we have a heavy responsibility looming... Our responsibility to ensure the integrity of NO NUT NOVEMBER. Vote to ban TUFFNUT in Silver Age for the IAR Season and make No Nut November a reality. #fabtcg 0254
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fortunately levia can cover 12 with armour if this hitting is going to cause a problem 020
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Same as when people were losing their shit over tempestuous kiss last set people see a disruptive card and don't think about the cost of putting it in a deck or the cost of fitting it into a turn 160
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I think I had yugioh cards that looked like that when I was 5 050
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#fabtcg is slacking Pokémon tcg has the greatest piece of art I've seen in any game 060
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I can see the Pokémon bubble bursting having a weird impact on the general tcg industry as a whole 110
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I feel the same way about plunder run I feel like the only deck that would really make good use of it right now is aurora 010
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It's important LSS give us open deck lists for #fabtcg so we can get on with the next stage of whining. "I don't like it when my opponent plays reactions so they should show me their hand when they draw up" 2142
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026No but there have been storm striders decks with on rate cards and disruption 000
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I'm sure ranger will get some love soon. It feels like the rangers we have need completely different things from their support which makes a crack shuffle playable pack that supports them and another ranger they'd release alongside it really weird to design so a different product might be better 110
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The assassin pack is cool I'm excited to maybe think about playing uzuri again for 5 minutes but can we get back to the important thing Showing off viserai cards! #fabtcg 120
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It's a shame they don't have fab or other games in other countries for me to compare this to 010
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I mean this is also partly why I made this post if it's a shop size issue it would be an issue in other places and I've not heard of it being an issue in other places so I wanted to hear from those people 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It's at least partly scheduling like people had to push LR and FB3 to not run their PQs on the same day 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Yeah I mean I'm assuming it's at least partly caused by magic having a prerelease every 20 minutes but it's not an issue I've heard people from other countries complaining about so I'm not sure if we're particularly bad at scheduling events 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026For example I have 5 skirmishes I could reasonably attend (based on distance) all 5 are this weekend and 3 are the same day There are similar problems with pq season and have been similar problems with most seasons recently 120
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026#fabtcg in the UK it feels like every event season ends up with every event booked for the same day I assume in the US events are spread out enough that this isn't an issue but I'm curious if this is a problem in other countries 372
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Kind of he seems like he plays very differently to original viserai which is fine because I'm sure he'll still be cool and fun but I really liked prism1 and had very little interest in prism2 so I'm a little worried about the same thing happening again 110
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yeah I really need more copies of snatch I don't think I have enough 100
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Also as a thank you for coming up with this idea they should send me a set 150
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#fabtcg LSS should get some of these printed to solve the Atlanta problems 1265
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Played a Pokémon vgc event today and it went pretty well. It was weird not narrating my plays after tcging for so long and just kind of sitting in awkward silence across from someone. But it was a good time and I'd do it again 060
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Someone tried to in one of the trade groups a few months ago 010
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026My favourite marvels are these mauvs I opened the first one at the first tournament pack calling in London which was very exciting but did come with the realisation I'd have to track down two more. which was easier than I expected. maybe I'll get the other 6 at some point #fabtcg #fabcw @fabtcg.com 040
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 30/07/2026He was definitely a little confused when I asked him to draw glasses on it but I'm very happy he cooperated Also feels like artists don't have new mats at events now (or it definitely did at the last couple I went to) which is a shame because this is where I got some of my favourites 040
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I have a lot of playmats and I love most of them but my favourite has to be the bunker beard mat I got at PT London my picture on a lot of apps was (and still is here) bunker beard with my face edited in so when I saw Tomasz was going to have these I knew what I needed him to do #fabcw @fabtcg.com 260
Seb @sebward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026When did you start? I bought my ARC unlim C&C's for £50 each a little after hp1 (thought it was just before but it wasn't) and right now they're about £40 I really don't see how keeping the price about the same is reprinting into the ground. I wish they would reprint it into the ground though 000
