“I’ll have grounds More relative than this – the play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” If you know your Shakespeare, you’ll recognize this line from Hamlet, his longest and arguably greatest play about honor, treachery,...
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“60% of the time, it works every time.” If you’re a fan of the movie Anchorman, or you’ve just happened to be on the internet in the last few years, you’ve seen this line by Paul Rudd’s charmingly ignorant character,...
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“It’s perfectly fine to be an individual, so long as you do it like everybody else.” You’ve probably come across this phrase, or one of the dozen of other ways it can be said, but the premise remains that being...
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In multiplayer games, timing is everything. Whereas in duels sitting back on your heels often leads to losing your advantage, the ever-changing dynamics of a table full of players isn’t quite as simple. For instance, although it may sound counterintuitive,...
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When it comes to casual Magic, almost everyone falls into two camps: those who like board wipes and those who hate them. For the first group, there is an almost exhilarating rush as one simple stroke can undo a massive...
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There are two ways game rules come into existence. The first is a top-down approach, where game creators provide the rules at the game’s onset. Here, the rules are directed down to the players, and the game changes very little...
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