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Magic the Gathering

Lunch Magic

If you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably noticed me talking about playing Magic: the Gathering at lunch. Several weeks ago, one of my co-workers asked if I’d be interested in playing with him and another guy, and I happily agreed. We decided to limit our investments by restricting our decks to only common and uncommon cards […]

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Game Night Reviews

Game Night: Magic

Welcome to the new Game Night Blog Carnival! This is a new feature that I’ll be doing once a month along with a few other RPG blogs. You can get more info about it at the main Game Night site. I played my first game of Magic: the Gathering sometime in 1994 when Fallen Empires […]

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News

Epic Game Day 2

On Saturday, I attended the second Epic Game Day. The free event is 12-hours of gaming hosted at AFK Tavern in Everett, Washington (just a little bit north of Seattle). The games are mostly divided into three 4-hour time slots and you’re able to reserve a spot in one game in advance and then sign up […]

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Random Ideas

Magic: The RPG

The other day, I started thinking about how an RPG could make use of Magic cards.  I’m not really sure why the idea popped into my head, but I ended up with a rough outline of mechanics on a page in my notebook.  Players would create spell casters and use a deck of cards as […]