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The March of Giants playtest was cool.
Read more: The March of Giants playtest was cool.The current March of Giants beta ends today at midnight, so if anything in this article seems cool, download it literally right now, because there isn’t another playtest till 2027. I love MOBAs just as much as I love CCGs, and while the two types of games are quite different (real time vs turn based,…
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Read more: Arkham Horror: The Card GameEd Note: It seems that any discussion of works, or works inspired by H.P.Lovecraft require a disclaimer, a sort of preemptive dismissal of Lovecraft as a person. So I’ll do that here. Lovecraft was tremendous racist. Those elements populate his stories, and their tropes. Looking at his legacy, I also frankly feel a sense of…
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Path of Exile 2 – The Endgame
Read more: Path of Exile 2 – The EndgameThere is a mountain called Path of Exile 2. There are a lot of ways up this mountain. Some ways are faster. Some ways are slower. Some paths simply do not lead to the top. The first step in climbing is deciding at all that you want to climb. It’s an invisible choice, in the…
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Path of Exile 2 – The (Beta) Campaign
Read more: Path of Exile 2 – The (Beta) CampaignThe Path of Exile 2 beta is out. I got a demo a few months ago, but now that I’ve fully played through it, I have even more thoughts. I’m going breaking down my thoughts on it into two writeups, one on the campaign, and one the endgame. Technically, they are the same game, but…
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4th Place at The Fourth Place (Regional Championship Qualifier)
Read more: 4th Place at The Fourth Place (Regional Championship Qualifier)Ed Note: This article uses a few specific bits of terminology related playing limited Magic: The Gathering, mostly the acronym B.R.E.A.D. If you’re not familiar with the term/acronym, a brief read of this Stack overflow paragraph defines them well. I participated in the first Regional Championship Qualifier at The Fourth Place over the weekend. As…