I recently stumbled upon a new blockchain game that's about to launch called Synergy of Serra. We've mentioned in the past that with the Hive Gaming community, even though we curate a lot of diverse gaming content, from reviews, to streaming and gameplay footage, that we would like to focus on blockchain gaming more. The future of blockchain gaming and the advantages they give both players and investors compared to the current centralized ways are looking very bright. In the past we built a community around one of these games and even though it existed on another blockchain the value the players saw of Hive when they were introduced to it was worth the time and resources spent and many of those players are still around and active on Hive today even though the game cooled off a bit on the hype.
When I read up on Synergy of Serra I quickly took contact with the people in charge and they loved the idea of starting their own community here on Hive. We didn't get to talk much as their pre-sale is about to launch today but OCD would also love to incubate their community and get more players onto Hive so that aside from the advantages SoS may give them, such as ownership of cards (NFT's) and play to earn, they'd also be introduced to the world of Hive and all the benefits we offer to users. I am looking forward to see how that develops but for now let's look at the game as their pre-sale is about to start and for those of you who may be interested to take part in it you'd want to be able to do so as early as possible - more on that soon.
Synergy of Serra presents a new game genre for their TCG, quoting from their website:
Experience a glorious mash-up of traditional, strategic Trading Card Game battles and in-game Deckbuilding Game mechanics. Combining thrilling matches with fair strategic gameplay. Every battle will be unique. Simple to learn but hard to master.
They make it clear that the game will focus on skill, mechanics will be simple but the card game will be deep meaning it is easy to get in to but hard to master. Another thing they point out on the website about the gameplay is:
The cards you bring to the table are poured into the middle, both players can use them to build their decks. On Serra, the more skilled combatant will win, not the richest
The company behind Synergy of Serra is called Calystral and this will be their first big offering to players all over the world with their mission statement being:
to create fair and trustless, disruptive games empowering gamers to challenge the status quo.
More info about the game can be found on their website Synergy of Serra although there's not a lot of info about the gameplay as of yet as things can still change.
Now the reason I'm rushing with this post a bit is due to the pre-sale that starts in less than an hour:
Note that I'm not advocating to throw your money at it, similar to most crypto projects never use money you can't afford to lose. This project may get you returns on your investment or it may not. For those of you who are interested in these games as players and maybe collectors as the art is amazing as well and each card you own is yours truly, you might be interested in getting in as early as possible due to the way the presale works:
The presale will sell crates that will include cards and other various items starting with $2 for the Transcendent set and $1 for the Base set crate. Once 20k of each have been sold the next tier will become 50% more expensive up to $5,50 with the amount of crates growing in supply by 10k for each tier until tier 5 and 6 where they start decreasing by 10k. To do the math quickly the Base set will have a total of 400k crates where the average price will probably be around $3 and for the Transcendent set around $6 (I'm not great at math so check the website to see for yourself). I also read that the crates will be tradable as soon as you buy them but to open them you'll have to wait until the crate opening event which doesn't have an ETA yet.
From a player's point of view I can't comment a lot on it yet until I figure out how exactly the gameplay works, hopefully I'll get an alpha or beta key to be able to say more on that then. But from a collector's perspective who was infatuated with other TCG's mainly cause of the art I can say this game does not hold back on that.
Check some artwork examples here
Anyway, the presale is about to start and I'm planning on getting some crates for myself so ending the post here but would like to know what you think about it so far! Leave a comment with your thoughts and if you had heard of Synergy of Serra before!
I'm looking forward to see how it evolves and if it manages to unchain more players from their centralized hold to introduce them to the world of blockchain gaming! Until next post when I'll spend some more time doing research on the game and have more news to share about it!
This is such a nice idea.. I just started playing games on the blockchain. I just feel the blockchain more games aside games that involve buying of cards.
I like games with very good graphics and gameplay. More like adventure games and all.
I know we will get there one but this is a step in the right direction.
Would join discover now
Would be a nice game to allow purchases with #HIVE!
Well, I bought some packs :) We'll see where this goes! I'm excited to get more into blockchain gaming. I've been playing Rising Star, dCity, HolyBread and CryptoBrewMaster as of late. Any other suggestions? Love hearing what you've got to say, excited to be back in the community
I'd definitely check out Gods Unchained too in that case.
I heard about another crypto game recently that's gone under the radar but gonna check out what it's about first then maybe make a post about it so stay tuned. ^^
I will! I hadn't heard about that one until reading your comments. I'll be sure to check it out. Thank you!
Can we think of something that is not a card game ?
Maybe something with a little bit of more action?
@acidyo Great initiative and makes total sense! look forward to seeing where this goes 👊
I'm still waiting to use my exode cards.
There a lot of games in beta right now.
How do I know which one to spend my 5 bucks on !?!?
Guess it's a lot more like cryptocoins than I thought. You don't until it's too late I guess, but that's also why some have insane returns cause the odds are so low.
Yea...I bought a 20 pack.
Hopefully i get some good cards when the opening happens.
Good luck to us both. :D
Our Hive community is open for business 24/7
Pretty cool game! What I like most is the part that you can use both players cards to build a deck with. Haven't heard of it, will check it out when I have time to dive into it.
Yeah sounds interesting and I could see it open up the game in a whole new light.
The games are surging again. After the DrugWars fiasco, it went quiet for a while. We can only handle so many (each).
lol, that can't even be called a game really
Not in the sense that we know of. I don't think any of them are great, even Splinterlands.
Have you tried Gods Unchained? The starter decks they let you play on for free are pretty decent, many have made it to highest rank with just them as well. If you've enjoyed Hearthstone in the past you will find it really fun. I'm still waiting for a mobile version before I get into it again though as when I'm on the PC there's a much better selection. :P
I thought about it, but it's time. I'm getting involved in Rising Star as it's music orientated and features real musicians from HIVE.. a unique approach. With this and Splinterlands AND my PS4 sitting idle.. it's more than enough to keep me going.
It looks interesting but oh no, it is on Ethereum. The worst blockchain to build games on while the transaction fees are so high. Trading of NFTs on Enjin is pretty much dead. In terms of scaling there is nothing but trouble for Ethereum games. Meanwhile Hive is perfect for card games, so these devs are very uninformed on what is out there or they are just using Eth hype to milk Eth whales, who knows.
#posh
Interesting
... careful Acid. 😉
Hey Acid, missed you... Please start a new chain of streaming soon, if you have already, leave me a link, I'll check and follow up. Good to be here again buddy.
Hey! What username did you use to have?
I'll be streaming on Theta as soon as I set it up. :)
Used to be @wakkylyon (without the hyphen), lost my master password and had to create this one. Only on hive though, still @wakkylyon on steem.
Ok, share the link when you start please..
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The design looks interesting.
I wonder how many cards will be in deck.
Hopefully it will be possible to test the game without having to buy cards and the HIVE payment option will be introduced.