2025 is here already
What I am looking forward to in 2025
I don't make resolutions. Not because I don't keep them but mostly because just making them is boring. With that being said though there are some things I am looking forward to in 2025. One of them being Union Arena and where it goes. The market around me has 0 players besides my kids and me. This is fine because I will most likely play this as a secondary game to Star Wars Unlimited. If you haven't heard of it Union Arena came out in the US at the end of Q3 last year. It is a common rules game from Bandai Namco that features different intellectual properties for its sets. The first two were Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Hunter X Hunter. You can find more details here: Official NA Site. I have watched all of Bleach and playing the game has gotten me to go back and re-watch a lot of the series, even if most of the time I just have it on in the background while I am sorting cards. Already released and upcoming properties include Jujutsu Kaisen, Code Geass, Demon Slayer, One Punch Man, Sword Art Online and more. My youngest son enjoys SWU but it isn't his bag for the most part. He has however already stolen my Code Geass deck that we started working on after purchasing a few booster boxes. So far Code Geass is the only set that hasn't had a starter deck to go along with it. The cards are featured in the tutorial app and website so that is were we started. We made a deck using that list and are upgrading it as we go. One of the nice things about a common rule game is that you will find a lot of cards that are the same stats and abilities across the properties, this is mostly because you cannot mix properties in a 50 card deck. If there is a property coming that you are interested in it doesn't hurt to get a deck now and start learning the mechanics since you many of them will be the same. With that being said though each property has enough unique cards and interactions that the game doesn't just feel like they are reprinting the same cards over and over with new art. I personally can't wait for SAO to drop, but May is a long ways away. Until then though I am going to keep getting the starter decks as they are released, which reminds me, some of the competitive decks are using cards only found in the starter decks. The downside to this is that usually a full deck uses 4 of a card and the starter decks only come with 2 copies of those. You will either need to buy two starter decks or pickup the singles.
More coming on Union Arena soon I hope. Hope everyone's new year is going well so far, thanks for stopping by.
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