During Gen Con, Fred picked up the Second Edition Star Trek CCG game. Following his lead, I picked up a box as well. Then we split a booster box. Then I bought a bunch of the uber-cheap Star Wars CCG knock-off, WARS (I do actually like the game). After Gen Con was over, I started looking at the old Star Wars CCG from Decipher since some elements of the Star Trek game reminded me of it. Since then, I’ve talked Fred into playing a couple of times and I’ve acquired a bunch more cards to add to the collection and to eventually maybe give away in decks to people interested in the game.
Much like the Star Trek CCG, the Star Wars CCG has its own committee that creates new virtual cards to keep the game going. Recently, they posted a bunch of errata to their previously released virtual sets and have also released a new virtual set as well. A lot of people on their forums seem upset with the changes and some are even dropping out of the game altogether. Me, I figure I’m not yet ready to start using the virtual cards as I haven’t played the game since right after Death Star II was released and I haven’t bought cards for almost 9 years.
well, here’s to hoping I can get some more people interested in this “dead” game.
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Tagged as gen con, gencon, Star Trek, WARS
As some might have already suspected, I haven’t posted here for the last week or so due to the yearly gaming convention called Gen Con held in the local metropolis of Indianapolis (how convenient!!).
The nice thing about this year as opposed to previous years is that I had some company for the drive and some help with parking and gas costs. Fred was that company, and what great company it was. I had a blast having him ride with me. Read More »
Well, my wife’s brother Scott has had some interest in playing Magic. He hasn’t really played since the mid to late nineties. With that in mind, she invited him over to play some cards with me. As usual, when I get excited about a game, I go full-bore. Now I have a good amount of Magic cards from the last few sets plus some leftover cards from the collection I sold last year. I’ve also found myself looking up the power decks and strategies.
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Posted by admin on July 17, 2009 – 8:27 am
All this time I thought the Kyuden Hida from Celestial Edition was identical to the Kyden Hida from diamond (I believe). Turns out that since the new Kyuden Hida says “Reaction: After the resolution of an action whose effects attached a Follower from your hand: Draw a card.” (emphasis mine) and Secluded Outpost is a trait of the Holding, not an action, the two no longer interact. With that in mind, I’ll be switching to Shattered Peaks Castle.
I did get to eyeball Jeremy’s Crab deck and it looks like there’s a ton of money rares in there that I either can’t find or can’t afford. However, I think with the cash I have spent on the cards I got, I have a pretty decent deck. Now I just need to make time to play it.
So I went to Games To Die For last night while the (awesome) wife was at Yoga class. Normally, Wednesdays are Magic and Roleplaying day, but with the new excitement over Legend of the Five Rings, I figured there’d be at least one or two people there wanting to play some L5R.
I picked up the Lion starter as I’d heard it came with 4 rares rather than the 3 most others have. I didn’t get much to help my deck except the fixed 3x card called ‘A Legion of One’, which helps my Heroes. However, over the course of the evening, I acquired a ‘Setting Sun Strike’ and three copies of ‘Dangerous Reconnaisance’.
Mike Morgan and I played another game, but this time I played Crab and he played his Spider Clan deck. Read More »
I went to Games To Die For last night with the intent of playing Star Wars Miniatures, but no one showed up. I think interest in the game has waned for the three of us who played regularly. Much like the RPG, I guess.
It seems the new edition of AEG’s Legend of the Five Rings, called Celestial Edition, was just released. Something about starting from scratch with a game I started playing back in Gold Edition is appealing. I seem to do this just about every edition since with me playing the game for varying intervals.
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