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Category: What I’m Playing

  • What I’m Playing: Year in Review

    What I’m Playing: Year in Review

    So 2023 is coming to a close, another year in the books. There’s been a lot to look back on, and I think it’s about time I got to getting my list of picks for games that I sank my teeth into this year. So here is a list of what I played, what I…

  • Limited is Getting Harder – Again

    Limited is Getting Harder – Again

    Recently we got the biggest news for limited Magic since the introduction of remastered sets: Boosters are changing, again. The latest change announced by Wizards of the Coast is the discontinuation of both Draft and Set Boosters, in favor of the new Play Boosters which combine elements of both.  These will be draftable packs with…

  • The Value of Memory

    The Value of Memory

    A Museum of Games A museum is more than pieces of art in a stuffy building. A gallery isn’t just sculptures and paintings of people you never met. It is an archive; a record of cultural history. Museums can be windows into the hearts and minds of our ancestors, a glimpse into their lives, hopes,…

  • Martin’s Cube Picks from Dominaria United

    It’s cube review time! DMU is one of the coolest sets we’ve seen in a while, returning to a lot of Magic’s old school mechanics and themes. Off-color kickers are back for the first time in years, and we have a new crop of legendaries and multicolor cards to test too. Let’s jump right in.…

  • The New Kid

    The New Kid

    Every once in a while you get the chance to bring someone new into the fold. This time it happened to be a kid who was in town just for a week, on vacation as it were. Still, he’s into games and seemed up to spend a few hours tossing dice and setting dials. So…

  • Back in the Saddle Again

    Back in the Saddle Again

    There is a certain satisfaction in judging the distance between your Millennium Falcon and an asteroid, placing the movement template on the table, and watching as you avoid a crash by fractions of an inch. The same satisfaction as trying to predict how an opponent’s TIE Fighter will weave through that asteroid field, then nailing…