Role Selection is an interview series in which we chat up folks who work, live, and play board games in a variety of ways to learn about the roles in the hobby they’ve chosen. Character Names: Max Seidman and...
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When the card first appeared in Magic all those years ago, there was little thought that one day the idea of temporarily exiling something would become an entire deck concept, let alone a powerful series of multi-functional cards. ‘Flicker’ and...
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Gen Con 2016 has come and gone, boasting record setting event tickets, an entire hall added to the expo floor, and no shortage of interesting games to check out. Curiously, unique attendance for this year actually dipped by a few...
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Note: As we’re still away at the mega gaming convention marathon known as Gen Con 2016, we today’s Monday Magic is the first in a four part article series on the etiquette of playing Commander and a repudiation of the...
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It’s been mentioned here and there over the course of this series the idea that Magic players typically favor one or two colors. Whether it’s the flavor that color offers or the style of gameplay that color represents (or both), there...
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Gen Con approaches! As part of our prep every year, we like to pour over the list of games via the annual mega preview list that BoardGameGeek meticulously generates. The Best Four Days In Gaming boasts hundreds of exhibitor booths...
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It’s common Magic lore that the closest the game has ever come to unraveling was during the Urza block, when an understaffed R&D team and a trio of underdeveloped sets caused massive headaches on multiple fronts. The theme of the...
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As part of our July Spotlight on Dark Dealings, we strive to inform the readers of little extra tidbits surrounding the game. Games are made by people, and one of those tidbits we enjoy is learning a little bit more...
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Like many veteran players, I’ve tinkered with custom cards and concepts for years. In my many years since I started playing, I’ve run the gamut from jotting down interesting card ideas to merely sitting around and speculating on the future...
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Insta-Impressions are a series of raw initial observations about games over on our Instagram account. Not intended to be highly complex or nearly as comprehensive as our standard reviews, these offer up visually fun and timely feedback of games hitting...
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