Commander Spotlight: Urza’s Factory

The topic of land in Commander is always an interesting one. Depending on the individual player and/or their play group, how one utilizes land slots is of continual conversation. Sometimes the dialogue is based on how many land should be...
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Don’t Wanna Grow Up: Children As NPCs

Kids, man. They change everything. They’re loud and adorable and messy and sweet and foolish and curious. They make you do things you would never otherwise do, like sing in public or wake up at dawn. For their parents, they’re...
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ABCs of GMing – Generosity

The ABCs of GMing The ABCs of GMing is an ongoing series about the different skills and ideas needed to run a successful tabletop game.   Generosity There is a subset of GMs that feel a need to be competitive...
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Commander Spotlight: Hymn of Rebirth

If you’re a grizzled veteran to Magic, chances are as you’ve seen the game evolve you’ve either heard the lamentations as to why color X can’t do ability Y, or you’ve been the one spouting it. Whether it is clinging...
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You Should Be Playing Dread

You Should Be Playing… Dread Water drips a steady staccato somewhere in the darkness. By the dim glow seeping in through the windows of the basement, you can make out only a few shadows around you. The smell of dirt...
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Commander Spotlight: Flickering Ward

It’s amazing to think that a game can continue to innovate after 20 years of constant play. Sure, there are games that have been around for decades (and even centuries), but to be a game that evolves and changes the...
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The Numbers Game: It’s Probably Important

I’ve been playing a lot of Elder Sign lately because (a) it’s a great game, and (b) it’s one of the few really good, relatively quick co-op games I know (having played Pandemic just about into the ground over the...
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Why You Should Attend Boston Festival of Indie Games

Editor’s Note: David Gordon currently writes the You Should Be Playing column regarding tabletop RPG recommendations. This is great for articles about specific games, but sometimes topics come up that fall outside this normal purview or require more in-depth analysis...
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Creating a Feminist Game

I know that if there’s one thing every woman needs, it’s a man. For those poor, unfortunate spinsters who’ve yet to find their own personal Mr. Darcy/Edward Cullen/Ironman (choose according to your tastes/insecurities), it’s only natural that they spend every...
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You Should Be Playing Danger Patrol

You Should Be Playing… Danger Patrol The shadowy form of Lord Phlegos of the Stygian Adepts lifts his voice in a discordant song, his fellow cultists raising up their wickedly curved daggers. As one, they plunge their daggers into their...
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