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Tag: Magic The Gathering

I Played It Like Twice...
A series of cards from the deck building game Ascension laid out on a deck mat.

For Honor and Small Plastic Rocks: Ascension’s Place in the Pantheon of Deck-Building Games

By Orrin Grey • November 18th, 2021

With so many deck-building games on the market, the aesthetic is going to be a big part of what draws a player to one over another.

A photo of the set up for Arena

Losing the Magic with Arena

By Jeremy Signor • December 20th, 2019

In pushing so hard for a piece of the eSports pie, Magic Arena neglects the community that is the heart and soul of the game.

Feature Excerpt

Go to Jail: The Complicated World of Pirated Board Games

By Ryan Cooper • January 7th, 2019

Tabletop Simulator lets board game fans recreate their favorite games and craft a globalized shared space. . . even if that means breaking a few laws to do so.

D&D: Esport of the Future?

By Michael Tresca • August 29th, 2018

Hasbro’s CEO has been drawing a lot of buzz about what the prototypical RPG could soon become.

The Board Soul

You Can’t Go Home Again

By Jeremy Signor • April 30th, 2018

Something built on nostalgia doesn’t have to be stuck in the past as long as it keeps an eye on the future, too.

The Board Soul

Choices

By Jeremy Signor • March 8th, 2018

Painful choices are what makes games interesting. Fact or Fiction embodies this philosophy.

The Board Soul
A woman looking straight towards the camear with a tree like crown around her face.

The Magic of Commander

By Jeremy Signor • September 21st, 2017

When a game connects with us, we want to inhabit it completely. When a game recognizes this desire, the result is pure magic.

The Board Soul
A grizzled man with a beard looks down at a vaguely humanoid toy face near a leaded glass window. This is the card art for the Magic the Gathering Card Feldon.

Can a Card Game Make You Cry?

By Jeremy Signor • July 27th, 2017

We’ve already hashed this tired question out in video games, but can tabletop game mechanics move us in the same way?

Flavor Text Is The Spice of Videogames

By Khee Hoon Chan • November 18th, 2016

Example: the series of adult novels found in the Elder Scrolls games; who could forget the adventures of the titular “The Lusty Argonian Maid”?

Cibele: Geek Love

By Megan Condis • November 16th, 2015

Time to explore the painfully awkward, geekery driven, sexually charged memories of high school.

Eye of the Beerholder – Episode 2: Roll for Initiative

By Team Unwinnable • July 16th, 2015

Eye of the Beerholder – now with 50% more nostalgia and 100% more githyanki.

Now! Fight Your Rival!

By Zavian Sildra • July 16th, 2013

A mutual urge to compete pushes Zavian Sildra and friend’s Street Fighter training ever forward.

Innistrad

Innistrad Helps Halloween Stay Around, Just a Little Bit Longer

By John McGuire • October 30th, 2011

John McGuire finds it irritating when he sees Christmas decorations in stores before Halloween. He thinks Innistrad will be the ticket to keeping Halloween alive!

Karate Kid

The Cruel Tutelage of Pat Morita, or: How I Learned To Play Magic the Gathering.

By John McGuire • June 9th, 2011

Magic The Gathering is a lot like Karate, you must practice if you want to be the best around.

Fire, Lightning & Sweat: Dreams Do Come True

By John McGuire • January 13th, 2011

Unwinnable reviews the Magic The Gathering Premium Deck Series set, Fire & Lightning.

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