The Gathering of Thrones

If you’ve played this game you understand the frustration that comes with it but also the joy you get from beating your opponents and creating decks. In this session I will be going over how to play the game, the duration of the typical game, the components of the game and the overall feel of …

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Forbidden Island

In Forbidden Island the players are adventurers looking to find the 4 treasures on the lost Forbidden Island. Each player has a different profession, and so different special ability. The players start on different tiles. They must go around the board, and collect the 4 treasures on the island while trying to prevent the island …

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Settlers of Catan

Overview This game is best played with four players. Strategy is key to this game because you have to be able to collect all five resources in order to win. The game is played to 10 points with each settlement being worth 1 and each city worth 2. I enjoy playing this game and it …

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A Distant Plain with Taliban Victory?

There were four players for this game, with me taking on the Taliban, and the other players playing the Warlords, Government, and the Coalition. No one had played before nor had anyone played other games in the series, so no one was really ready for how the game would turn out since we were all …

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Rummy

Overview Rummy is a type of card game played with 4 people. It involves a full deck of 52 cards with the order of the cards being A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. Normally you play until the first person gets 500 points, but you can play …

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Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements!

The Basics: Thunderstone is a deck building card game developed and published by the Alderac Entertainment Group. At the beginning of the game 4 types of heroes, 3 random dungeon monster types, and 8 random village cards are placed on the “playing field.” The idea of the game is to power up your heroes, purchase …

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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft!

The Basics: Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital card game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The cards used in the game are all based around characters and creatures in Blizzard’s “Warcraft” universe.   How It’s Played: Hearthstone is downloaded and operated through Blizzard’s Battle.net servers. There, you can either play against the computer, or use Battle.net’s …

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League of Legends… lol

This was a Ranked Match with Blind Champion picks, I happen to be playing in the Gold division. After a 1 minute wait and everyone has accepting the game, the team began to debate on what champions needed to be banned. The decision on the banning was based on what champions we thought would counter …

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Braveheart Revisited

Hammer of the Scots Using the Braveheart Campaign which had the unfortunate expected outcome. The game is set in Scotland starting in the year 1297. The English tyrannical rule has caused the Scots to rise up to gain their freedom. The game is set with a distinct disadvantage in force with the English being much …

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Hammer of the Scots Session Report

I learned the complicated rules of Hammer of the Scots, and was playing the side of the dreaded British. Since being a complete noob at the game, and playing one as well, this match up was even but sloppy. We decided to play the Braveheart scenario, which only lasts from years 1297 to 1305 (which …

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