Of the many facets within Magic, the idea of denial is a prevalent one. While the most blatant instance of this is countering an opponent’s spell, denial on a strategic level is both more far-reaching and more common than most...
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As part of our April Spotlight on Apotheca, 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 about...
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As the lead designer for Magic: the Gathering, veteran Mark Rosewater is routinely pelted with questions about the inner workings of his job. This has always been the case when he met fans in person, but when he started a...
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Magic may be a great game for player counts from two to twenty, but that doesn’t inherently mean that everyone is going to walk away from any given session feeling the same way. Part of that is because the vast...
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Welcome back to Monday Magic! The series took a small hiatus during March so that I could focus on our first annual Laurel awards, which I am happy to report went over exceedingly well. In the meantime, though, I’ve also...
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For the third year in a row I went to SaltCon, the largest gaming convention in Utah. As the name implies, I drove up to Salt Lake City, the center of culture and business in Utah…and kept on driving. You...
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The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the first annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2015 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups. Always the...
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What would you do if you knew what the next winning lottery numbers were going to be? Would you quietly sit on that information and do nothing, or would you run down to the corner store and cash in as...
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As part of our March Spotlight on Paradox, we strive to inform 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 about the...
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The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the first annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2015 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups. The greatest...
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