Hey all, and welcome back to Magic Gatherings! I hope everyone enjoyed last week’s trip down memory lane. This week, I’m back from vacation and we’re back to business: Battle for Zendikar previews have been rolling in for the last week and a half, and it’s time to start talking about them. This set is …
When preparing to leave a town or settlement for an extended period of time it is important to be mentally and physically prepared. Sure, grabbing ropes and food and such is good, but what about your mental state? When was the last time you had a good time at a club? These are the questions …
Do you remember your first game of Magic? I’ll never forget mine. I learned about Magic in the August 1995 issue of Disney Adventures magazine—the literature of choice for the sophisticated ten-year-old, and also a giant advertisement I paid Disney to send to me. In between page-turning news of the upcoming Power Rangers movie, there was a short article on …
New episodes of the Darkblades drop about every two weeks and feature a canonical story taking place in Drunkeros. Each week will feature Michael “Thrifty Nerd” DiMauro (@thriftynerd) as DM, at least one player from of the Drunks and Dragons podcast with an assortment of special guests. This week we are joined by Nika Howard (@nika_howard), Cody (@codedude3), Matthew Morris …
This episode is a little weird because, well, we have to really struggle with the potential chaos our actions may or may not cause. Normally, we just kinda run with it and favor short term “plans” that most likely will not bite us in the bum down the road. Not so this week as we …
Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! It’s hard to believe it—the Magic Origins prerelease feels like it was just yesterday—but the seasons are turning, and that means it’s time to look ahead to Magic‘s new fall expansion, Battle for Zendikar. This past weekend at PAX Prime, a gaming convention of which you may have heard, Battle for Zendikar had its …
When you make a new dragon based friend it is so important to know their likes and dislikes. What makes them prickly? What makes them sad? If you do not arm yourself with this basic information then you will most likely get eaten up. Or burned. Or both. Well, your brave adventurers are smart and …
New episodes of the Darkblades drop about every two weeks and feature a canonical story taking place in Drunkeros. Each week will feature Michael “Thrifty Nerd” DiMauro (@thriftynerd) as DM, at least one player from of the Drunks and Dragons podcast with an assortment of special guests. This week we are joined by Nika Howard (@nika_howard), Cody (@codedude3), Matthew Morris …
Mastwick sure is different than I remember it… were there always so few Teiflings? I swear I would have remembered a big ol’ red dragon ruling the place… but maybe not?Well now that we are here, I guess we need to try and well, not be here. Issue is, I guess big ol’ red dragons …
During GenCon there are nearly countless numbers of gaming companies representing their games and wares, hoping to grab you, their target audience, and make you fall in love in their products. For me, this was the draw of GenCon. Seeing new companies with new and innovative ideas come together in one place where I could …