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</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Android: Netrunner</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Android: Netrunner</i> original core set box</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Game designer">Designers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Richard_Garfield" title="Richard Garfield">Richard Garfield</a>, Lukas Litzsinger, Damon Stone, Michael Boggs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publishers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Fantasy_Flight_Games" title="Fantasy Flight Games">Fantasy Flight Games</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication</th><td class="infobox-data">2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Players</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Setup time</th><td class="infobox-data">< 5 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Playing time</th><td class="infobox-data">30-60 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chance</th><td class="infobox-data">Some</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Skills</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Collectible_card_game" title="Collectible card game">Card playing</a>, <a href="Logic" title="Logic">logic</a>, <a href="Deception" title="Deception">bluffing</a>, <a href="Strategy" title="Strategy">strategy</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Related games</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i><a href="Call_of_Cthulhu%3A_The_Card_Game" title="Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game">Call of Cthulhu</a></i>, <i><a href="A_Game_of_Thrones_(card_game)" title="A Game of Thrones (card game)">Game of Thrones Card Game</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><i><b>Android: Netrunner</b></i> is an <a href="Expandable_card_game" title="Expandable card game">expandable card game</a> (ECG) produced by Null Signal Games, previously by <a href="Fantasy_Flight_Games" title="Fantasy Flight Games">Fantasy Flight Games</a>. It is a two-player game set in the <a href="Cyberpunk" title="Cyberpunk">dystopian future</a> of the <i><a href="Android_(board_game)" title="Android (board game)">Android</a></i> universe.<sup id="cite_ref-Announcing_Android:_Netrunner_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Announcing_Android:_Netrunner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each game is played as a battle between a <a href="Megacorporation" title="Megacorporation">megacorporation</a> and a <a href="Hacker_(computer_security)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacker (computer security)">hacker</a> ("runner") in a duel to take control of data. It is based on <a href="Richard_Garfield" title="Richard Garfield">Richard Garfield</a>'s <i><a href="Netrunner" title="Netrunner">Netrunner</a></i> <a href="Collectible_card_game" title="Collectible card game">collectible card game</a>, produced by <a href="Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a> in <a href="1996_in_games" title="1996 in games">1996</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Critical_Review_-_Android:_Netrunner_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Critical_Review_-_Android:_Netrunner-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The game was launched in 2012. In 2017, a second edition of the core set was announced which replaced some of the original cards with cards from the first two expansion cycles. In 2018, Fantasy Flight Games' license with Wizards of the Coast ended, and the game was discontinued, with <i>Reign and Reverie</i> being the company's last expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacking_Out_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacking_Out-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During its FFG era, the game was known as a <a href="Living_Card_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Living Card Game">Living Card Game</a> (LCG), which is an FFG-trademarked term for ECGs. After a brief pause, since 2019, the game has been produced by Null Signal Games (initially, Project NISEI), who release new compatible expansions and run organized tournament events.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2></div>

<p>Like the original, the game is <a href="Asymmetrical" class="mw-redirect" title="Asymmetrical">asymmetric</a> and involves two players, one playing a hacker ("the Runner") and the other playing a corporation ("the Corp"). The Runner wins by stealing seven or more points worth of agenda cards or if the Corp can't draw a card when required (due to an empty deck). The Corp wins by scoring agenda cards worth a total of seven or more points or if the Runner is forced to discard more cards than they have in their hand.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Differences_from_the_original">Differences from the original</h2></div>

<p>While the game retains much of the gameplay of the original, there are some key differences:

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<ul><li>The original <i>Netrunner</i> game was sold in randomized booster packs and semi-random starter decks, similar to <i><a href="Magic%3A_The_Gathering" title="Magic: The Gathering">Magic: The Gathering</a></i> and other collectible card games. Fantasy Flight's version has been built like its other Living Card Games. The expansions are sold in fixed, non-random sets, either as monthly packs ("Data Packs"), or, less frequently, deluxe box expansions. While this approach virtually eliminates the secondary card market, card speculation, and draft formats, it also promotes an equal playing field and game play over the value of the cards.</li>

<li>Fantasy Flight reprinted the original card set and various data packs after they sold out;<sup id="cite_ref-The_Android:_Netrunner_Core_Set_Will_Soon_Be_Back_in_Stock_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Android:_Netrunner_Core_Set_Will_Soon_Be_Back_in_Stock-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is similar to the company's support of its other Living Card Games. Collectible card games (like <i><a href="Magic%3A_The_Gathering" title="Magic: The Gathering">Magic</a></i>) do not reprint card sets, preferring to re-build the card base and help support a secondary card market and card pricing speculation.</li>

<li>The setting for the original game was based on the <i><a href="Cyberpunk_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyberpunk 2020">Cyberpunk 2020</a></i> <a href="Roleplaying_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Roleplaying game">RPG</a>. The game has been moved to Fantasy Flight's <i><a href="Android_(board_game)" title="Android (board game)">Android</a></i> setting.</li>

<li>The original game had only two factions: Corp and Runner. The new version splits the two factions into four Corps (<b>Jinteki</b>, <b>NBN</b>, <b>Haas-Bioroid</b>, and the <b>Weyland Consortium</b>) and three core Runner types (<b>Anarch</b>, <b>Criminal</b>, and <b>Shaper</b>) as well as 3 Runner mini-factions (<b>Adam</b>, <b>Apex</b>, and <b>Sunny Lebeau</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every deck must have an identity card from one of these factions. This card may grant one or more special abilities and sets deck-building constraints.</li>

<li>A deck cannot have more than three copies of a single card (by name) in it, unless specifically stated on the card. In the original game, no limit was imposed.</li>

<li>In the original game, the corp had a maximum deck size for specific numbers of agenda points (for example, 18-19 agenda points meant a maximum deck size of 45 cards, 20-21 agenda points meant max 50 cards, and so on). In the new game, the relationship is reversed; a deck size interval is tied to a number of agenda points (for example, a 45-49 card deck must have 20-21 agenda points). This means that the corporation must decide between using the lower number for more consistency, the higher number for lower agenda density, or somewhere in between.</li>

<li>Some terminology has changed: <i>bits</i> have been replaced with <i>credits</i>, <i>actions</i> replaced by <i>clicks</i>, and <i>data forts</i> replaced by <i>servers</i>. Also, some card types have been renamed (for example, <i>Prep</i> cards are now <i>Events</i>).</li>

<li>Some mechanics have been simplified or otherwise altered.

<ul><li>In the original game, the "trace" mechanic was a blind bid, with both players revealing their bids simultaneously. Now traces are done openly, with the Corp bidding first, followed by the Runner.</li>

<li>In the original game, the Corporation would lose the game if they received 7 Bad Publicity tokens. In <i>Android: Netrunner</i> the Corporation can have any number of Bad Publicity tokens without fear of losing, but each Bad Publicity token gives the Runner a free "temporary use" credit to use during each run.</li></ul></li></ul>

<p>Due to these changes, cards from the two games are not interchangeable. Richard Garfield has stated that "almost all [changes] are reasonable simplifications or elaborations on the original mechanics", and that he is "confident that care was taken not to change for the sake of change."<sup id="cite_ref-Tapping_the_Source_Code_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tapping_the_Source_Code-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fantasy_Flight_Games_releases">Fantasy Flight Games releases</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycles">Cycles</h3></div>

<p>Each Data Pack contained 60 cards, had a complete playset of new cards (typically three copies each of twenty cards), and was part of a six-pack "cycle". A new pack was released monthly during the cycle; between cycles the wait was typically three to four months.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Genesis">Genesis</h4></div>

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<td><i>What Lies Ahead</i></td>

<td>December 2012</td>

<td>Wireless

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<td><i>Trace Amount</i></td>

<td>January 2013</td>

<td>Wireless

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<td><i>Cyber Exodus</i></td>

<td>February 2013</td>

<td>Wireless

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<td><i>A Study in Static</i></td>

<td>March 2013</td>

<td>Wireless

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<td><i>Humanity's Shadow</i></td>

<td>Wireless

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<td><i>Future Proof</i></td>

<td>Wireless

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<th>Expansion Name</th>

<th>Release Date</th>

<th>Expansion Icon

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<td><i>Opening Moves</i></td>

<td>September 2013</td>

<td>Microphone

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<td><i>Second Thoughts</i></td>

<td>November 2013</td>

<td>Microphone

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<td><i>Mala Tempora</i></td>

<td>December 2013</td>

<td>Microphone

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<td><i>True Colors</i></td>

<td>January 2014</td>

<td>Microphone

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<td><i>Fear and Loathing</i></td>

<td>February 2014</td>

<td>Microphone

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<td><i>Double Time</i></td>

<td>March 2014</td>

<td>Microphone

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lunar">Lunar</h4></div>

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<th>Expansion Name</th>

<th>Release Date</th>

<th>Expansion Icon

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<td><i>Upstalk</i></td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<td><i>The Spaces Between</i></td>

<td>August 2014</td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<td><i>First Contact</i></td>

<td>September 2014</td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<td>October 2014</td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<td><i>All That Remains</i></td>

<td>November 2014</td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<td><i>The Source</i></td>

<td>December 2014</td>

<td>Waxing Moon

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="SanSan">SanSan</h4></div>

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<th>Expansion Name</th>

<th>Release Date</th>

<th>Expansion Icon

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<td><i>The Valley</i></td>

<td>April 2015</td>

<td>Sun

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<td><i>Breaker Bay</i></td>

<td>April 2015</td>

<td>Sun

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<td><i>Chrome City</i></td>

<td>Sun

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<td><i>The Underway</i></td>

<td>Sun

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<td><i>Old Hollywood</i></td>

<td>August 2015</td>

<td>Sun

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<td><i>The Universe of Tomorrow</i></td>

<td>September 2015</td>

<td>Sun

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mumbad">Mumbad</h4></div>

</caption>

<th>Expansion Name</th>

<th>Release Date</th>

<th>Expansion Icon

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<td><i>Kala Ghoda</i></td>

<td>January 2016</td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<td><i>Business First</i></td>

<td>March 2016</td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<td><i>Democracy and Dogma</i></td>

<td>March 2016</td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<td><i>Salsette Island</i></td>

<td>April 2016</td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<td><i>The Liberated Mind</i></td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<td><i>Fear the Masses</i></td>

<td>Blank Flag

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flashpoint">Flashpoint</h4></div>

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<th>Expansion Name</th>

<th>Release Date</th>

<th>Expansion Icon

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<td><i>23 Seconds</i></td>