Core Basic Jinteki - More Money, More Problems

ChaosFarseer 8

The replacement of the Melange Mining Corp. with the Adonis Campaign makes it a bit easier for new players to make money without having their money sources so easily explodiated.

Ichi 1.0 joins the suite of ice in order to be additionally taxing to the runner. Put Red Herrings on a server full of the porous, nasty ice and they might not have enough money to even take the agenda afterward. Then you can either score it, or force them to run it again!

Removed core set cards: One Data Mine, since I was one card over and they don't do too much. Melange Mining Corp. was, in my limited experience, too easy to trash. Jinteki is already going to be spread thin on its ICE. Cell Portal could be a good endgame card, I guess, but since it's so position-dependant and expensive, I don't think a new player would like it. It could work, though. Hunter had no synergy at all.

Possible changes include adding the Beanstalk Royalties from Weyland, for even more money.

Note that the ice is not particularly strong or good at stopping runs. You will eventually lose assets (this is a notable problem in my testing). Score quickly, and assume that the runner will break your ice. Then hit them with the traps, and score while they're recovering.

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