I am a longstanding advocate of Wizards experimenting with new mechanical in-game concepts. On the one hand, it’s a necessary imperative with a game of Magic’s nature: it must continually innovate or it will die. That is the inherent flaw...
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When it comes to pretty much any form of gaming, my instinctual preferences are for long-term planning goals and the ability to prepare for contingencies when my initial choices inevitably no longer work. It’s a strategic mindset that allows me...
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Thanksgiving is here in the US this week. As major American holidays go, it’s admittedly a modern oddity, though not necessarily in a negative way. Unlike all the other top tier holidays here (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, the Fourth of July),...
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If you were going to be stranded on a deserted island, which items would you bring? It is one of the most ubiquitous thought experiments in existence – so much so that nearly everyone at some point is inexorably asked...
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When you do anything long enough you will reach a natural point where you feel that you need to stretch your efforts in order to maintain the same level of passion and enthusiasm it once brought as a novice. At...
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Well, here we are. Today is sort of an auspicious article posting because it happens to coincide with several overlapping moments in the importance of this series, and to some degree, here at the CR as a whole. It’s a...
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If someone ever has any conflicting thoughts as to whether game design is as much art as it is product development, all you have to do is dive into the litany of inspirations that lead to such games in the...
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As part of our October Spotlight on Kabuto Sumo, 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...
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As part of our September Spotlight on Aqua Garden, 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...
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One of the trademark elements to a game is that it’s played the same regardless of where you are or who are you playing with. That stability is essential for a game to be culturally shared with one another over...
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