Today we're back with another very special episode! Following last week's announcement of our full scale rollout of LovAnaverse as a musical storytelling trading card game - this time around we’re continuing the momentum with a full demonstration on how to play the game.

That’s right - the TCG is already here and you will be able to play it for yourself via our digital simulation and voice channels on the Love Anarchy Discord server.

In keeping with last year's tradition of Collective Calls on the first Saturday of the month, the first playtesting event will be this Saturday, the 2nd of March, at 6pm UTC in our Discord.

So come by to be one of the first people to see the game in action, and possibly even get a chance to play it yourself.

It’ll also be a great opportunity to hang out and connect with others from the community and I’ll be there for a few hours to chat and answer any questions about the project.

I must say there’s been an absolutely wonderful response to launching this, and I find it so inspirational to be getting such amazing feedback from you all, not to mention getting to collaborate with so many incredible members of our Collective on bringing their musical characters to life.

This is really what it’s all about and I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to be doing this amazing work with you all.

There is actually still a very small amount of slots still available for creators to be featured in the first set, but you’ll have to be very fast if you want in, so be sure to get in touch asap if you’d like to be involved.

There is no cost to you as a creator, just a very limited number of slots. So the best thing to do is quickly fill out the form at https://loveanarchy.co/lovanaverse-creators - and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

But all that aside, we’re going to get a proper look at the game itself right now on this podcast.

Now I must disclaim that this is the Alpha version of the game. This means that there can still be drastic changes between now and its official release and it’s your feedback that’s going to help us get there.

The cards themselves are all still prototypes and the final design will be improved.

We have also tested many different versions of the game throughout the design process and depending on your feedback, we may still opt for alternative versions of key mechanics.

But for now, this is the version we wanted to bring to you and the early playtests of it have been a lot of fun.

So without further ado, let’s have a look at how to play the Alpha version of the LovAnaverse Trading Card Game.

WJR ❤️

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Timestamps:

00:33 - Introduction, updates & our first playtesting event

03:35 - Overview of the game mat and the different zones

05:33 - Setting the Stage / your starting Band & Crowd

06:44 - Draw phase & playing songs for resource

07:56 - Playing Characters from your hand / combat stats

09:55 - Moving Musicians from the Stage to the Arena

10:31 - Player 2's first turn

11:37 - Combat & the battle phase

13:07 - Crowd effects

13:49 - Musician effects from the Stage

14:47 - Defeated Musicians becoming Suspended

15:53 - Direct Crowd damage & Character damage reset

16:58 - Player 1 turn 2, Ready cards and draw 1 from each deck

17:30 - Playing a Star Song with an effect

18:02 - Searching the deck

18:53 - Swapping out Musicians for higher power

20:43 - Paying resource for a Musician effect in Main phase

21:24 - Swapping out Non-Musicians for higher power

22:18 - Closing message