The use of Non-Feng Shui Sites varies between metagames from being rarely played to being ubiquitous Feng Shui shields. Some are critical to theme decks, such as vehicles, Pledged, Face Offs, Manchu, and others. With approximately 85 Non-Feng Shui Sites in print there are many options for deck design. So look beyond the Family Estate, Bandit Hideout, and Secret Headquarters and find that perfect finishing touch for your new deck!
I have sorted Sites by the three key printed variables: Cost, Body, and Power Generated. Looking at the complete list of Sites in this manner was eye-opening for me.
* Police Station so clearly stands alone as a 1,10,0 one wonders how it got printed (and Cop players thank the heavens!).
* Ape City and Nuclear Power Plant suddenly seem underutilized as the sole 1,8,1 sites in print, arguably the best cost to body and body to power generation ratios.
* A close look at the 2,5,1 slot shows that this slot requires a strong ability to be playable; these sites are mostly either top tier or bottom tier with little in-between.
* The 2,6,1 slot almost entirely belongs to Senshi Chambers.
* The 3,8,1 slot strikes me as a graveyard of good ideas that are a bit overpriced/underpowered with the exceptions being the new Fire Pagoda and arguably Imperial Palace in a specific deck design. But at least the cards in this slot are better than the two in the 4,8,1 slot (which has, thankfully, been dormant since the original Netherworld expansion)!
Looking at the cards this way is also inspiring from a design point of view. You look at empty slots and wonder, what would a balanced 1,7,1 site look like? Is there a design that could make a 0,2,0 work? Or what about entirely unexplored territory, like a 4,12,2?
I hope you enjoy the list as much as I have.
Non-Feng Shui Site List
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Letters after site name indicate resources required to play the card.
A number after the site name indicates the power generated by an opponent who seizes it.
Cost, Body, Power Generated
0, 1, 0
None
0, 2, 0
None
0, 3, 0
Illusory Bridge M
Sliding Paper Walls
0, 4, 0
Arcanoseed a 2
Hideout
Sniper Nest 1
0, 5, 0
Bandit Hideout 1
Forty-Story Inferno 2
Guard Tower a 1
Killing Ground 2
Portal in Tower Square 3
The Bazaar 1
0, 6+, 0
None
1, 1, 0
None
1, 2, 0
None
1, 3, 0
The Home Front 2
1, 4, 0
Registry of the Damned eeM
1, 5, 0
Blood Fields 2
Free Fire Zone j 2
Netherworld Portal
No Man's Land 2
The Dragon Throne eee
Training Camp
1, 6, 0
Battle Arena 1
Exile Village 1
1, 7-9, 0
None
1, 10, 0
Police Station
1, 11+, 0
None
1, 1-5, 1
None
1, 6, 1
Drug Lab
1, 7, 1
None
1, 8, 1
Ape City j
Nuclear Power Plant as
1, 9+, 1
None
1, X, 2+
None
2, 1-4, 0
None
2, 5, 0
Seedy Dive
2, 6+, 0
None
2, 5, 1
Abominable Lab
Alchemist's Lair
Ancient Grove
Boiler Room j
Bomb Factory
Casbah
Chimp Shack j
Dragon Dojo
Family Estate
Genocide Lounge jj
Gorilla Encampment j
House on the Hill
Infernal Temple
Manchu Garrison
Motor Pool
Opium Den as as
Paradox Garden
Sacred Wigwam
Secret Laboratory
Shaolin Sanctuary
The Twisted Gardens ee
2, 6, 1
Biomass Reproc. Centre a
Blue Senshi Chamber g
Chop Shop
Green Senshi Chamber g
Orange Senshi Chamber g
Red Senshi Chamber g
RedGlare Chapel H
Violet Senshi Chamber g
White Senshi Chamber g
Yellow Senshi Chamber g
2, 7, 1
Car Wash
Kar Fai’s Crib d
Rebel Camp
The For. Of Fall. Bann.
Two Dragons Inn
2, 8, 1
Death Ring e
Fire and Dark. Pav f
Lusignan’s Tower
2, 9+, 1
None
2, X, 2+
None
3, 1-7, 1
None
3, 8, 1
Arcanotower Now aa
Darkness Pagoda ff
Fire Pagoda f
Fire Pagoda ff
Ice Pagoda f
Ice Pagoda ff
Imperial Palace eee
Nexus Tower pppM
Thunder Pagoda ff
3, 9, 1
Guiyu Zui ee
The Junkyard
3, 10-11, 1
None
3, 12, 1
Fortress Omega aaaH
3, 13+, 1
None
3, 1-7, 2
None
3, 8, 2
The Thunder Dome f
3, 9, 2
Biomass Rep Centre aaaHH
Trade Centre
3, 10, 2
Secret Headquarters
The Hub as as as
3, 11+, 2
None
4, 1-7, 1
None
4, 8, 1
Darkness Pagoda f
Thunder Pagoda f
4, 8, 2
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Nukes get used a fair amount
Nukes get used a fair amount around here, but that whole "screw with your other sites" cost does tend to limit it some. Also, since it requires a resource to come out, it's not as attractive in some ways as the Family Estate, which generally gets a power back immediately with its special ability and doesn't require resources to play.