Technomancer: Millennium - Revision history

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	\| Millennium Purgatory		\| Millennium Purgatory
	\| \|\| Aeluria Island \|\| ~~Example~~		\| 2020\|\| Aeluria Island \|\| "Mystery set" tied to ARG game
	\|-		\|-
	\| The Murder of Aster Saldaña		\| The Murder of Aster Saldaña
	\|2022\|\| Valerion City, Iustitia Federation \|\| ~~Example~~		\|2022\|\| Valerion City, Iustitia Federation \|\| Best-selling set produced under Deep Dive
			\|-
			\|Technomancer Rivals Pack
			\|2022
			\|Albarine City
			\|Intended as entry point for new players
			\|-
			\|Automata Protocol
			\|2026
			\|Geminus, Eiria
			\|Introduced hybrid co-op/competitive "Safekeeper" mode
	\|}		\|}

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	\| Technomancer Core Set		\| Technomancer Core Set
	\|2001\|\| Zhongshui City, Laeral \|\| First release in Technomancer		\|2001\|\| Zhongshui City, Laeral{{efn\|Fictional city extending from Laeralsford to Hanshui.}}\|\| First release in Technomancer
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	\| Technomancer: Millennium Gateway		\| Technomancer: Millennium Gateway
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	\|Seeds of Revolution		\|Seeds of Revolution
	\|2018		\|2018
	\|Zapotlán, New Huenya		\|Zapotlán, New Huenya{{efn\|As this cycle predated the [[Second Xiomeran Civil War]], the existence of a nation named "New Huenya" can be considered to have correctly predicted the 2020-2021 conflict.}}
	\|First set produced under Deep Dive Collective		\|First set produced under Deep Dive Collective
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	The game grew rapidly in popularity following its release on the strength of its mechanics, which compared favorably to rival trading card games of the time. Initially published in Laeral, in 2003 it was released in [[Haesan]] and by 2008 had an international presence. The game's head-to-head format was more popular than the cooperative version, leading Vantage to settle on a ratio of around 2:1 head-to-head versus cooperative product releases. The company also released accompanying fiction and other media; a 2016 feature film was a critical and commercial disappointment and is today largely shunned by fans. The 2014-2016 animated series ''The Technomancer Diaries'', developed by the Daryan animation studio Studio Blaster, was conversely well-received and remains popular.		The game grew rapidly in popularity following its release on the strength of its mechanics, which compared favorably to rival trading card games of the time. Initially published in Laeral, in 2003 it was released in [[Haesan]] and by 2008 had an international presence. The game's head-to-head format was more popular than the cooperative version, leading Vantage to settle on a ratio of around 2:1 head-to-head versus cooperative product releases. The company also released accompanying fiction and other media; a 2016 feature film was a critical and commercial disappointment and is today largely shunned by fans. The 2014-2016 animated series ''The Technomancer Diaries'', developed by the Daryan animation studio Studio Blaster, was conversely well-received and remains popular.

	===Transition ~~in Ownership~~===		===Transition to Deep Dive===
	In 2016, Vantage Enterprises announced plans to end the production of Technomancer due to declining sales, creative clashes with creator Blaise Lin, and the failure of the Technomancer film. Following the end of Vantage's production, Blaise Lin (with the support of the fan base through a crowdfunding campaign which raised over M22 million over the course of two months), announced that he would buy out the rights to produce Technomancer: Millennium and continue production of the game through a collective, not-for-profit model. This effort became Deep Dive Collective, a collective chaired by Blaise Lin which has produced the game since 2018.		In 2016, Vantage Enterprises announced plans to end the production of Technomancer due to declining sales, creative clashes with creator Blaise Lin, and the failure of the Technomancer film. Following the end of Vantage's production, Blaise Lin (with the support of the fan base through a crowdfunding campaign which raised over M22 million over the course of two months), announced that he would buy out the rights to produce Technomancer: Millennium and continue production of the game through a collective, not-for-profit model. This effort became Deep Dive Collective, a collective chaired by Blaise Lin which has produced the game since 2018.

	Under Deep Dive Collective, Technomancer: Millennium is available in stores and through a subscription service, in which subscribers receive a certain quantity of Technomancer cards and other products in exchange for an annual subscription, as well as the right to vote in elections for officers of the organization. Under the organization's not-for-profit model, profits are passed on to the consumer through lower prices for game products whenever possible. The transition to the Deep Dive Collective model has resulted in high satisfaction among the player base, although distribution expansion to new markets has slowed due to the collective's focus on serving existing players.		Under Deep Dive Collective, Technomancer: Millennium is available in stores and through a subscription service, in which subscribers receive a certain quantity of Technomancer cards and other products in exchange for an annual subscription, as well as the right to vote in elections for officers of the organization. Under the organization's not-for-profit model, profits are passed on to the consumer through lower prices for game products whenever possible. The transition to the Deep Dive Collective model has resulted in high satisfaction among the player base, although distribution expansion to new markets has slowed due to the collective's focus on serving existing players.

			==Setting==
			Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world. Since 2010, players in the game's competitive scene have been able to upload the results of their battles to an online portal, with the aggregated results of battles helping to shape the game's ongoing plot.

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
	Players in Technomancer: Millennium assemble decks of a designated minimum size (usually 60 cards in most formats). Cards can be acquired through opening expansion packs or purchasing pre-assembled decks from the manufacturer. Unlike in many trading card games, cards in expansion packs are not randomized, with each pack's contents publicly available. This has resulted in a much smaller secondhand market compared to other trading card games.{{efn\|The sole randomized packs are Art Packs available primarily from the manufacturer, which are aimed at collectors and include randomized alternate-art versions of various cards.}}		Players in Technomancer: Millennium assemble decks of a designated minimum size (usually 60 cards in most formats).

	The game's board is divided into two realms: Realspace and Cyberspace. All units (cards representing characters, terrain, vehicles, or computer programs) exist in one of the two realms, and can usually only interact with units sharing their realm. Each player begins play with a base, which represents that player's starting health and may have special effects for the character's deckbuilding, as well as a Technomancer, a leader unit with a unique special ability.		The game's board is divided into two realms: Realspace and Cyberspace. All units (cards representing characters, terrain, vehicles, or computer programs) exist in one of the two realms, and can usually only interact with units sharing their realm. Each player begins play with a base, which represents that player's starting health and may have special effects for the character's deckbuilding, as well as a Technomancer, a leader unit with a unique special ability.
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	In cooperative play, players face off against an Enemy deck, typically representing a powerful corporation. These corporations ignore resource costs and play cards by pulling powerful units and firewalls directly from their deck.		In cooperative play, players face off against an Enemy deck, typically representing a powerful corporation. These corporations ignore resource costs and play cards by pulling powerful units and firewalls directly from their deck.

	==~~Setting and World~~==		== Products ==
	~~Technomancer: Millennium takes place in~~ the ~~early 22nd century~~ in ~~a dystopian future IDU~~, ~~where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives~~, ~~powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash~~ with ~~one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world~~. ~~Since 2010, players~~ in ~~the game's competitive scene have been able~~ to ~~upload~~ the ~~results of their battles to an online portal~~, ~~with the aggregated results~~ of ~~battles helping to shape the game's ongoing plot~~.		Cards can be acquired through opening expansion packs or purchasing pre-assembled decks from the manufacturer. Unlike in many trading card games, cards in expansion packs are not randomized, with each pack's contents publicly available. This has resulted in a much smaller secondhand market compared to other trading card games.{{efn\|The sole randomized packs are Art Packs available primarily from the manufacturer, which are aimed at collectors and include randomized alternate-art versions of various cards.}}

	New cards are released in Cycles, a series of packs around a common theme. Under the current release schedule, a new Cycle is released every four months, consisting of five packs each released on a successive week. Cycles are typically themed around a geographic location in the world of Technomancer: Millennium, and contain story cards detailing events unfolding in the game's setting.		New cards are released in Cycles, a series of packs around a common theme. Under the current release schedule, a new Cycle is released every four months, consisting of five packs each released on a successive week. Cycles are typically themed around a geographic location in the world of Technomancer: Millennium, and contain story cards detailing events unfolding in the game's setting.

	===Notable Cycles===		===Notable Cycles===
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	! ~~Header text~~ !! ~~Header text~~ !! ~~Header text~~		! Cycle Name
			!Release Year!! In-Universe Location !! Notes
			\|-
			\| Technomancer Core Set
			\|2001\|\| Zhongshui City, Laeral \|\| First release in Technomancer
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		\| Technomancer: Millennium Gateway
			\|2003\|\| The Moon \|\| New entry point set aimed at new players
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		\| Corporate Lockdown
			\|2004\|\| [[New Liverpool\|Nueva Liverpool, Slokais Islands]] \|\| First cycle distributed under the modern release model
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		\| The Regents' Hour
			\|2006\|\| New Eddington, The Commonwealth \|\| Introduced Terrain cards
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		\| Blood and Steel
			\|2012\|\| [[Sinju\|Sinju, Haesan]] \|\| First set to sell over 10 million packs
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~		\| The Sixteen-Minute War
			\|2017\|\| Indervidisha, Darya \|\| Final set produced under Vantage
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|~~\| Example~~		\|Seeds of Revolution
			\|2018
			\|Zapotlán, New Huenya
			\|First set produced under Deep Dive Collective
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| Example		\| Millennium Purgatory
			\| \|\| Aeluria Island \|\| Example
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Example~~ \|\| ~~Example~~ \|\| Example		\| The Murder of Aster Saldaña
			\|2022\|\| Valerion City, Iustitia Federation \|\| Example
	\|}		\|}

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 Players in Technomancer: Millennium assemble decks of a designated minimum size (usually 60 cards in most formats). Cards can be acquired through opening expansion packs or purchasing pre-assembled decks from the manufacturer. Unlike in many trading card games, cards in expansion packs are not randomized, with each pack's contents publicly available. This has resulted in a much smaller secondhand market compared to other trading card games.{{efn|The sole randomized packs are Art Packs available primarily from the manufacturer, which are aimed at collectors and include randomized alternate-art versions of various cards.}}
-Two bases, two arenas
+Players draw cards from their decks and play them as units in one of the two realms, or deploy one-time use "event" cards to impact the board state. Units are played by expending one of two types of Resources: RAM, to pay for Cyberspace units or events, and Qi, to pay for Realspace units or events. Different types of RAM and Qi allow for the play of different types of cards. Players take turns playing cards or attacking with units one at a time; attacks may target either enemy units or the enemy's base. Terrain and Firewall cards, some of which are played face-down and revealed only as a trap, allow players to defend their bases.
 ==Setting and World==
-Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world.
+Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world. Since 2010, players in the game's competitive scene have been able to upload the results of their battles to an online portal, with the aggregated results of battles helping to shape the game's ongoing plot.
 ==Notes==

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	''Technomancer: Millennium'', commonly known as ''Technomancer'' or ''TNM'', is a trading card game produced by Deep Dive Collective, previously by Vantage Enterprises. Typically played between two players, it is set in the dystopian Technomancer universe, which also includes fiction and animation. Players take on the role of rival hackers seeking to penetrate each other's computer systems and battle for domination in cyberspace and the real world, in a universe set in the 22nd century.		''Technomancer: Millennium'', commonly known as ''Technomancer'' or ''TNM'', is a trading card game produced by Deep Dive Collective, previously by Vantage Enterprises. Typically played between two players, it is set in the dystopian Technomancer universe, which also includes fiction and animation. Players take on the role of rival hackers seeking to penetrate each other's computer systems and battle for domination in cyberspace and the real world, in a universe set in the 22nd century.

	Technomancer is played by enthusiasts worldwide, with a global tournament circuit managed by Deep Dive. The game has a worldwide reach, and is currently printed in nine languages: French, English, Mandarin, Daryan, Spanish~~, Huenyan~~, Eirian, ~~Haean~~, and Serrin.		Technomancer is played by enthusiasts worldwide, with a global tournament circuit managed by Deep Dive. The game has a worldwide reach, and is currently printed in nine languages.{{efn\|In order of release: French, English, Mandarin, Haean, Daryan, Spanish, Eirian, Huenyan, and Serrin.}}

	==History==		==History==
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	In 2016, Vantage Enterprises announced plans to end the production of Technomancer due to declining sales, creative clashes with creator Blaise Lin, and the failure of the Technomancer film. Following the end of Vantage's production, Blaise Lin (with the support of the fan base through a crowdfunding campaign which raised over M22 million over the course of two months), announced that he would buy out the rights to produce Technomancer: Millennium and continue production of the game through a collective, not-for-profit model. This effort became Deep Dive Collective, a collective chaired by Blaise Lin which has produced the game since 2018.		In 2016, Vantage Enterprises announced plans to end the production of Technomancer due to declining sales, creative clashes with creator Blaise Lin, and the failure of the Technomancer film. Following the end of Vantage's production, Blaise Lin (with the support of the fan base through a crowdfunding campaign which raised over M22 million over the course of two months), announced that he would buy out the rights to produce Technomancer: Millennium and continue production of the game through a collective, not-for-profit model. This effort became Deep Dive Collective, a collective chaired by Blaise Lin which has produced the game since 2018.

			Under Deep Dive Collective, Technomancer: Millennium is available in stores and through a subscription service, in which subscribers receive a certain quantity of Technomancer cards and other products in exchange for an annual subscription, as well as the right to vote in elections for officers of the organization. Under the organization's not-for-profit model, profits are passed on to the consumer through lower prices for game products whenever possible. The transition to the Deep Dive Collective model has resulted in high satisfaction among the player base, although distribution expansion to new markets has slowed due to the collective's focus on serving existing players.


	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
			Players in Technomancer: Millennium assemble decks of a designated minimum size (usually 60 cards in most formats). Cards can be acquired through opening expansion packs or purchasing pre-assembled decks from the manufacturer. Unlike in many trading card games, cards in expansion packs are not randomized, with each pack's contents publicly available. This has resulted in a much smaller secondhand market compared to other trading card games.{{efn\|The sole randomized packs are Art Packs available primarily from the manufacturer, which are aimed at collectors and include randomized alternate-art versions of various cards.}}


	Two bases, two arenas		Two bases, two arenas

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	Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world.		Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world.

			==Notes==
			{{notelist}}


	[[Category: Culture]][[Category: Laeral]]		[[Category: Culture]][[Category: Laeral]]

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	Technomancer was created in 2001 by Blaise Lin, a [[Laeral\|Laeralian]] tabletop game designer who had previously worked on the Laeralian localization team for the [[Darya\|Daryan]] trading card game ''Midnight Heroes''. Lin was inspired by the cyberpunk genre and his own left-wing politics: as an anarchist, Lin envisioned the game as a cooperative endeavor in which players would work together to fight corporate and government forces run by the game. When the game was acquired for publication by Vantage Enterprises, the firm insisted on centering on the head-to-head competitive version of the game, which was seen as more marketable.		Technomancer was created in 2001 by Blaise Lin, a [[Laeral\|Laeralian]] tabletop game designer who had previously worked on the Laeralian localization team for the [[Darya\|Daryan]] trading card game ''Midnight Heroes''. Lin was inspired by the cyberpunk genre and his own left-wing politics: as an anarchist, Lin envisioned the game as a cooperative endeavor in which players would work together to fight corporate and government forces run by the game. When the game was acquired for publication by Vantage Enterprises, the firm insisted on centering on the head-to-head competitive version of the game, which was seen as more marketable.

	The game grew rapidly in popularity following its release on the strength of its mechanics, which compared favorably to rival trading card games of the time. Initially published in Laeral, in 2003 it was released in [[Haesan]] and by 2008 had an international presence. The game's head-to-head format was more popular than the cooperative version, leading Vantage to settle on a ratio of around 2:1 head-to-head versus cooperative product releases.		The game grew rapidly in popularity following its release on the strength of its mechanics, which compared favorably to rival trading card games of the time. Initially published in Laeral, in 2003 it was released in [[Haesan]] and by 2008 had an international presence. The game's head-to-head format was more popular than the cooperative version, leading Vantage to settle on a ratio of around 2:1 head-to-head versus cooperative product releases. The company also released accompanying fiction and other media; a 2016 feature film was a critical and commercial disappointment and is today largely shunned by fans. The 2014-2016 animated series ''The Technomancer Diaries'', developed by the Daryan animation studio Studio Blaster, was conversely well-received and remains popular.

			===Transition in Ownership===
			In 2016, Vantage Enterprises announced plans to end the production of Technomancer due to declining sales, creative clashes with creator Blaise Lin, and the failure of the Technomancer film. Following the end of Vantage's production, Blaise Lin (with the support of the fan base through a crowdfunding campaign which raised over M22 million over the course of two months), announced that he would buy out the rights to produce Technomancer: Millennium and continue production of the game through a collective, not-for-profit model. This effort became Deep Dive Collective, a collective chaired by Blaise Lin which has produced the game since 2018.



	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==

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''Technomancer: Millennium'', commonly known as ''Technomancer'' or ''TNM'', is a trading card game produced by Deep Dive Collective, previously by Vantage Enterprises. Typically played between two players, it is set in the dystopian Technomancer universe, which also includes fiction and animation. Players take on the role of rival hackers seeking to penetrate each other's computer systems and battle for domination in cyberspace and the real world, in a universe set in the 22nd century.

Technomancer is played by enthusiasts worldwide, with a global tournament circuit managed by Deep Dive. The game has a worldwide reach, and is currently printed in nine languages: French, English, Mandarin, Daryan, Spanish, Huenyan, Eirian, Haean, and Serrin.

==History==
Technomancer was created in 2001 by Blaise Lin, a [[Laeral|Laeralian]] tabletop game designer who had previously worked on the Laeralian localization team for the [[Darya|Daryan]] trading card game ''Midnight Heroes''. Lin was inspired by the cyberpunk genre and his own left-wing politics: as an anarchist, Lin envisioned the game as a cooperative endeavor in which players would work together to fight corporate and government forces run by the game. When the game was acquired for publication by Vantage Enterprises, the firm insisted on centering on the head-to-head competitive version of the game, which was seen as more marketable.

The game grew rapidly in popularity following its release on the strength of its mechanics, which compared favorably to rival trading card games of the time. Initially published in Laeral, in 2003 it was released in [[Haesan]] and by 2008 had an international presence. The game's head-to-head format was more popular than the cooperative version, leading Vantage to settle on a ratio of around 2:1 head-to-head versus cooperative product releases.

==Gameplay==
Two bases, two arenas

==Setting and World==
Technomancer: Millennium takes place in the early 22nd century in a dystopian future IDU, where corporate power has eclipsed that of governments and exploits the public. Players take on the role of technomancers—gifted hackers working on behalf of rebel collectives, powerful corporations, or criminal interests. Technomancers regularly clash with one another in battles which play out in cyberspace and in the real world.

[[Category: Culture]][[Category: Laeral]]