Haven’t got time…

Even to breathe…

Will try….

to breathe some time….

next week…

Comic the week after….

No, the comic isn’t going to be anime related from now on.

I kind of skewed the focus of the comic a time ago to card and board games in general instead of Magic the Gathering only but don’t expect this comic to change its direction every other month. The subject is fine, now I just need a bit more time to dedicate to this site.

This reflected a change in my hobbies. I didn’t ditch Magic. I still love it! But without a balanced group to play Magic I’ve played more board games.

Magic players are so enthralled with the prospect of competition that they won’t play the game for itself. I have some friends to whom I taught the game about a year ago. I was hoping that they’d like it, that we had some games going and perhaps a draft or two.

Of course once they started ebaying for cards in massive quantities it created an unfair advantage for them which in turn practically terminated the group we were playing in. I’m not one of those who cries when all the cool kids get better cards, it’s possible to construct decks made out of commons/uncommons that beat the crap out of the “holy” decks, but it takes a lot of time to research and unfortunately time is precious to me nowadays, I can hardly find time to fulfill my obligations, which leaves very little time for fun, which I don’t want to be 95% researching a deck.

So that left us with drafts, I mean drafts are an equal standing for everybody, everybody spends the same gets about the same cards and has fun right? Wrong. Many people won’t draft because they think the format is skewed, and check this in favor of the best player. So a format being won by who has more cash is ok, a format where the most skilled person wins is not. I won’t even try to rationalize that logic, really…  That coupled with the time factor hasn’t really helped in favor of having some drafts played (I always had to organize drafts by myself, it seems unreal but it was hard to get any players at all to draft).

So that brings us to where I am now along with this comic. Boardgames may be a little more expensive at first glance, but they’ll be ready to play, let everyone be in equal standing, just open the game and start playing. Perfect for those with limited time/resources.

Though, I’ve been itching for a draft for a long time now, too bad no one around me likes to draft…

I wonder if this great game will ever be republished:

The Orb of Insight for Shadowmoor is running.

The Orb allows you to look for words and mana costs on Shadowmoor Cards making you guess and drool of what’s to come.

So fire up your dictionary and start looking!

10 good advices for a game shop owner.

No really. They’re really good :p

The Road to Legend Rules have in published on Fantasy Flight’s site.

Now we get to see what Road to Legend is all about and drool even more.

Mayfar Games is creating a pre-2007 adapter kit for Settlers of Catan which includes an outer frame that encloses the island of Catan and harbor pieces.

This kit also allows compatibility between Seafarers of Catan and pre-2007 Settlers Editions.

Out on mid-March.

Munchkin Quest, the Munchkin dungeon delving board game has been delayed for at least a month according to Steve Jackson.

I guess it didn’t have enough crazy yet (or maybe it was because of a rules addition regarding to monster movement).

So keep your Munchkin in your pants and keep flipping Munchkin cards.

Twilight Creations is having a contest where they give away a full set of Zombies!!! 2nd Edition and the possibility of designing a card in the future expansion.

All you have to do is write a short story with at least 4 cards from Zombies 2: Zombie Corps(e) , the contest ends on March 31st at 11:59 pm eastern time.

For details visit their site.