Run Example

Players - Bart vs Olivia

Runner’s Installed Cards

Spending his last click, Bart (the Runner) initiates a Run against one of Olivia’s (the Corp) Remote servers. Bart has a Gordian Blade, Crypsis, and a Sacrificial Construct installed. He has 7and 3 cards in his Grip. The Remote server has an Unrezzed card in it and 3 pieces of Ice protecting it, one of them Rezzed. The card in the server has 1 Advancement token on it. Olivia has 10.

Corp’s Ice

1. Since the first piece of Ice (Enigma) protecting the server is Rezzed, Bart must encounter it. Gordian Blade already has a strength of 2, and Bart spends 1to break Enigma’s second Subroutine, “End the run” and declares he is finished breaking Subroutine. The first Subroutine, “The Runner loses , if able” resolves, but Bart has no Clicks to lose. Since the Ice was passed, Bart approaches the next piece of Ice protecting the server and can either continue the Run or Jack-out. He now has 6in his Credit pool, and decides to continue. Olivia has the opportunity to Rez cards, but declines to do so. Bart then passes that second piece of Ice without encountering it and approaches the innermost piece of Ice protecting the server.

Runner example

1. Bart once again chooses to continue the Run, feeling confident in his Credits and his Programs in-play. Olivia, with 10, again has the opportunity to Rez cards. She decides to spend 8to Rez Wall of Thorns, leaving her with 2.
2. Bart encounters Wall of Thorns, spending 5to boost the strength of Crypsis to 5.
3. With only 1left, he cannot break both Subroutines on the Wall of Thorns. He breaks the “End the run” Subroutine by spending 1, and then must either remove 1 Virus counter from Crypsis or Trash it.

Corp example

1. Since there are no Virus counters on Crypsis, Bart decides to use Sacrificial Construct and triggers its prevent effect, Trashing it instead of Crypsis. The first subroutine on Wall of Thorns then triggers and resolves, doing 2 Net Damage (damage is not used in the tutorial, but is described in “Damage”). Bart must Trash 2 random cards from his Grip. He does so, leaving him with a single card. Now, Bart has passed every piece of Ice protecting the server, he has one last opportunity to Jack-out. He decides to continue the Run. Olivia can now Rez cards one final time. Since the Unrezzed card in the server is an Agenda, she does not Rez that card.
2. The Run is considered successful. Bart accesses the Unrezzed card. He flips over the Agenda Nisei-MK-II, steals it, and adds it to his score area. He then takes 1 Net Damage from the Jinteki’s identity card ability. The Run then ends.

Corp’s Agenda and ID

Start The Tutorial Game

Now, players know all the rules necessary to play their first game of Android: Netrunner. If questions arise during the game, players can find detailed information about the game’s mechanics in the Glossary section of the Rules Reference. After playing their first game, players should read Advanced Concepts and incorporate the rules described there in all future games.