MIND MGMT Designer Diary

The world can be a vast and confusing place, and there can be a great comfort in discerning order through disorder with all that information. Sometimes that manifests in organized systems that make our lives easier and more efficient. Other...
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Commander Spotlight: Cindervines

Welcome back to week sixty-one of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It’s been 471 days since my last summoning. Several statements were made last week that still ring true in this one. First and foremost, the current in-person gaming drought continues,...
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Commander Spotlight: Kaboom!

Welcome back to week sixty-one of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It’s been 464 days since my last summoning. Two weeks ago I crossed the threshold of being away from the game for 450 days due to the events and slow...
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The Laurels: Best Tactician Games Of 2020

The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2020 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups. The greatest moment...
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The Laurels: Best Daredevil Games Of 2020

The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2020 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups.  Always the penultimate...
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Commander Spotlight: Scythe of the Wretched

Welcome back to week sixty of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It’s been 457 days since my last summoning. As we alluded to last week, it would seem that we indeed have reached the holding pattern phase of our group’s anticipatory...
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Commander Spotlight: Precognition

Welcome back to week fifty-nine of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It’s been 450 days since my last summoning. And…welp. I was wrong. For those who peruse this series on a regular basis are aware, over the preceding few weeks I’d...
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The Laurels: Best Immersionist Games Of 2020

The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2020 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups.  From the depths...
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Commander Spotlight: Titanic Ultimatum [Repost]

Editor’s Note: We’re off today in celebration of the holiday. In the meantime, enjoy this celebratory Monday Magic article, which was originally published on 8/11/14. There are many ways to defeat someone in the game of Magic. Some players like...
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