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I might be in the wrong buisness here…

January 20, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yup… as predictable as a specialist role player’s choice of character, this trimester’s Magic the Gathering Pre-release tournament was upon us this weekend. I originally started writing this at 7h00 am this morning before going to the tournament, but my wife ran out of coffee. I therefore put on my husband Superhero suit and went […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Uncategorized Tagged With: magic the gathering

You can do that to Magic cards too, it's just not a big deal

October 29, 2007 by Dave

We’ve talked briefly about Eye of Judgement before, the Sony/Wizards of the Coast game that merges the CCG with the PS3. I haven’t played it, nor to my knowledge has anyone on the staff here, but reviews say it’s pretty fun. It still has a huge cost of entry, however. Well, maybe not so bad, […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Video Games Tagged With: ccg, eye of judgment, magic the gathering, ps3

Off for my trimestrial cardboard crack fix

September 30, 2007 by The Chatty DM

It’s 6h00 on a Sunday Morning. My 5-year old son is watching Captain Flamingo on the Tube. I’m looking at the blog’s stats ,still somewhat bemused to have at least 58 unique visitors day in day out (I need to go to California, apparently they dig me over there!). I’m also touching up on typos […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology Tagged With: magic the gathering

Back to gaming: Mana Screw!!!!!

August 13, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Ok enough about travel stuff and financial editorials. I’m back from my vacation so this means I’m back into the gaming mood. As most married-with-a-life Casual Magic the Gathering player, I have a love-hate relationship with this game. Like most of my gaming buddies that play D&D and Magic, we have very limited time to […]

Filed Under: Newest Critical Hits, Uncategorized Tagged With: magic the gathering

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