Magic Banned & Restricted Updates May 2013

With the rotate of Dragon’s Maze, all sanctioned formats as well as the group that oversees the Commander format announced their updates to banned and restricted lists. The following changes are:   Standard, Extended, Legacy No changes   Vintage is...
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Commander Spotlight: Drogskol Reaver

We cordially invite you back to us winding down our guild-focused Commander picks. It seems like a whole plane or two ago when we first started this series, and we led off with most secretive guilds going in the Dimir....
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Weekly Roundup 4/19/13

Weekly News 4/19/13 Site News: Due to the recent events in Boston this week and those in our area affected by it, we have placed a link to the official donation organization, The One Fund, on our home page for...
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Island Fortress

Island Fortress

15 September, 1753 Greetings Master Templeton, We hope that our meager accommodations will suffice during your stay here at the Alcott settlement. We understand that Gov. Hansen has already instructed you and your fellow craftsmen to set your apprentices inspecting...
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What Do Gamers Owe Designers?

Please forgive a brief diversion. It’s relevant, I swear! In addition to my job as Gamer-At-Large here at the CR, I’m an avid reader. If I’m not gaming or asleep, I’m likely buried in a book. Reading can be lonely...
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Rolling Forward

You may have noticed over the last couple days that our site and social media have been pretty quiet. (Ok, maybe you haven’t, and that’s alright too. We won’t judge. Much.) We’d love to chalk that up to simply us...
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Commander Spotlight: Dueling Grounds

Greetings once more to the guild-inspired Commander picks! It seems we’re into the home stretch of guilds; we have just a small handful left. We noticed something early on when we were working on the list though: the final three guilds...
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Weekly Roundup 4/12/13

Weekly News 4/12/13 Site News: Our Indie Spotlight game Island Fortress launched a contest last week, and it’s ending at midnight EDT!  Be sure to take a look at the game’s history for a chance to win a free copy of...
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Previewing: What’s He Building In There?

Here’s a fun fact that you can learn from watching Lorien Green’s great gaming documentary, Going Cardboard: Friedemann Friese, of Power Grid fame, had an dilemma when he was designing it. He wanted you to be able to move between...
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Variant Arkham Horror: Door to Saturn

You’ve sent your investigators to face the horrors and solve the mysteries of Arkham, Massachusetts. While trying to discover the truth behind recent events they’ve faced terrors that wracked their sanity and placed their lives in peril… They’ve been inducted...
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