If only it were true. I mean, if I knew I only had seven days to live, you can be damn sure I’d give ol’ Rumsfeld a little sump’in sump’in when I saw him. But, um, my actual point: I typed in www.wizards.com/hecatomb/ on a whim, and look what I
Category: Card Games
WotC maybe sort of announces Narnia tie-in CCG
Brace yourselves for some actual reporting: a random source at GAMA tells us WotC will be doing a CCG in the second half of the year to tie in with the Chronicles of Narnia movies. According to the same source, this brings WotC’s total for new CCGs coming out this
Duel Masters Trade Day: Beefy card swapping
The latest promo event announced for the Duel Masters TCG, the game with some of the most entertaining (and longest) expansion set titles, is the Duel Masters Trade Day on March 5th. Yes, this means Duel Masters fans will gather at participating stores to swap cards, and undoubtedly engage in
The fine line between stupid and awesome has just been erased for good
“Topps has scheduled The Dozens, the collectible card game created by the Wayans brothers and based on the ancestor-insulting contests popular in urban neighborhoods, for late April or early May.”
Mike’s self-important year-end editorial: Do Market Research Or Die
Okay. We all know about the highest-profile product-launch disaster of the year. Let’s talk briefly about another launch, that of the Call of Cthulhu CCG. It went well, right? Sure it did. Well, except for that month or so when it wasn’t so easy for retailers to get starter decks.
Because kids aren’t fleeing the CCG trend fast enough
Now Wizards is telling parents they are good for you. “The release quotes Dr. Helen Boehm, psychologist and author of Fearless Parenting for the New Millenium [sic] and The Official Guide to the Right Toys, who describes how the interactive, constructive play of trading card games can help build relationships
Army of Darkness CCG finally fires its boom-stick
Now, the Army of Darkness CCG has seen its release date slip considerably, but to be fair, it was never announced that the game was shipping before. That’s exactly what Eden has declared today, making the game due to arrive in stores sometime next week. academic writing essay It’s sure
Beat cheeks, Stimpy! It’s M:tG Unhinged!
Yes, the only Magic expansion I ever bought more than five boosters from is getting its sequel, and it streets next week. Here is a preview of the chaos that results from an average card, and here’s that logo to look for again. Since the only Magic play I’m interested
Eldritch Horror: The New Alternative to Red Meat
If you need some Halloween excitement and you don’t have time for one of our RPG suggestions, all is not lost. Thanks to the wonders of Invisible City‘s latest free Game of the Month, you can participate in a Cthulbeque. That’s right — if you have the strength and sanity
OgreCave interview: Richard Garfield
OgreCave’s visit to last month’s Magic: The Gathering Worlds ’04 in San Francisco now has icing on the cake: Steve’s sent in his interview with game design guru Richard Garfield. Be a fly on the wall as Richard talks about dream projects, the card game scene, and “collectible” being a
Rage addiction is apparently still a serious problem
Fans of the old Rage CCG have produced an entire expansion, complete with art, called Gauntlet. (“Red– Werewolf– is about to die!!”) White Wolf appears pretty proud of this – they’ve even designated the new set tournament-legal. At first I thought this was another CCG Workshop deal, like for
Magic: the Gathering Worlds – A First Timers Perspective
For the first time in six years, the Magic: the Gathering World Championships was held in the continental United States. The 11th Annual Magic: the Gathering Worlds was held at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. As it was so tantalizingly close to us Cave Dwellers, we couldn’t possibly resist
Magic Worlds 04: yeah, we went
I don’t want to sound too complain-y here; the event was professionally run, gorgeously produced, and left in the dust the nearest organized-play program behind it (WizKids, I’m looking at you). That said, for the first world championship held in the States since what I interpret as the game’s rennaissance
It’s a good time to be a bean farmer…
Once again, Rio Grande Games has unleashed a new newsletter upon the world. As always, there are quite a few interesting new German titles on the way, but the highlight appears to be more information on a pair of new expansions for Bohnanza, probably the best bean-farming card game ever.
Must be championship season
WizKids has announced the results of the 2004 World Championships of Mage Knight and MechWarrior (see the press release below). Funny how this is being announced on the same day that WotC‘s 11th Annual Magic: The Gathering World Championship kicks off out here in San Francisco. A couple of OgreCave