The Wages of Electronic Plastic Sin

No, I’m not talking about that book, although I’ll link it, ’cause it’s cool. I mean the sort-of-football-shaped bar code reader and math-doer that Wizards bundled with every NFL Showdown 2002 starter set. The PlayGrid device, manufactured by WotC’s sibling company Tiger, has a great deal of trouble reading the bar codes on many of the game’s premium player cards, seeing as how those cards have holofoil coatings. So, head to your friendly local game retailer and ask them for the free pack of monochrome premium player cards you’re entitled to as an NFL Showdown 2002 owner! That’s right, black and white cards. How fun! I actually own a starter set of this, but we have yet to playtest it. We’ll let you know…