A closer look

Imagine sitting across the table from your friend, completely paralyzed with fear because they just played a card face down. In Android: Netrunner, the asymmetric design brilliantly forces the megacorporation player to spend resources installing hidden ICE defenses, while the runner has to decide if attacking that server will yield game-winning data or trigger a deadly trap that flatlines them in real life. It turns a card game into a high-stakes psychological staring contest.