I'm a huge Stargate fan, and a huge trading card game fan. Sony Online Entertainment have managed to mix both of these together to make Stargate Online. You can mix it up with SG-1 and the Goauld online with 4 starter decks (Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, and Teal'c), and you can get into the game for free by downloading the Windows-only client and playing the tutorials and a few practice games with live players.
Unlike many physical trading card games, having access to this client offers you two things:
- You don't really need to spend any money to see if the game is of interest to you.
- You don't have to try and find someone else locally to play with to get started.
Those are the two major drawbacks to starting any trading card game, and they can be big drawbacks depending upon your location and friends' interests.
Additional packs for online play cost the same as physical packs for the game, but you can also get special promotion packs to unlock special online play cards. There's a trend right now for a lot of physical trading card ames to move online, just like Magic The Gathering, and Pirates of the Spanish Main! It's not necessary a bad thing, because it allows you to overcome distance and physicality to be able to play the game.
I've downloaded the game client and I'm going to give it a whirl, so I may see you online.
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