Magic the gathering?

[damianvonbarone]

Watching you guys play the game was like watching...well...like watching people play any board game. BORING!!! I would have preferred watching a session of hungry hungry hippos or snakes and ladders

Thats all, everything else is cool with the show.

Damian

[thebigl]

The joy of the game won't necessarily come off to everyone watching. As someone who played this game for a couple of years, I loved the segment.

What's special about it, is that it mixes equal parts of skill/tactics, with chance, unlike pretty much any other game I've played. And, like you saw, the nature of the game is that, even when the game looks like 1 person is definately going to win, it can switch around in a round or 2.

Also, Alex touched on the 'nuances' of the game, but they are another thing that makes it awesome. Instant spells, like interupts or direct damage, Sorcery spells, which act like instants but can only be played in the Phase before attacking, creatures with varying health and abilities, like double strike, haste, trample, indestructable etc etc, equipment like axes, Sword of fire and ice, Sword of Light and Dark.... I could go on.

I thought it was great these guys covered it (I actually mentioned it in a post recently, which maybe influenced this episode, I'm not sure, but thank you Jeff if it did), and I personally enjoyed the segment, But I could see how someone unfamiliar with the game would not immediately see the depth, and 'fun' of this game, from the segment.

Hope you can extract something useful from that stream of consciousness.
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[siraim]

These segments have tended to be some of my favorite segments. I enjoyed seeing the game unfold in mike-time. Not sure if this one compares to Fireball Island.. but it was fun regardless.

[jphayes]

MTG was my first CCG but once I started playing L5R I find it really hard to go back.

Check it out: http://l5r.alderac.com/

[thebigl]

Hmm. Here's an idea: They should do a part 2 to this, where they have learned the rules more, perhaps make their own deck, and bring in Zand for a 4 person game. They are super fun, because you get people teaming up, people betraying others, it's more tenuous deciding when you should attack, as potentially you could have 3 people's creatures coming at you, until you get to untap your creature.

I think why I am so into this segment is that I used to love playing this, but now I have no one to play it with anymore

[tuxotaku]

Originally Posted by TheBigL

I think why I am so into this segment is that I used to love playing this, but now I have no one to play it with anymore

Well, now that the XBL game is out, you've got a chance again!

I'm recently getting back into it myself after taking a break from it these last few years. But I've always been a fan.

[lavahot]

Originally Posted by TheBigL

Hmm. Here's an idea: They should do a part 2 to this, where they have learned the rules more, perhaps make their own deck, and bring in Zand for a 4 person game. They are super fun, because you get people teaming up, people betraying others, it's more tenuous deciding when you should attack, as potentially you could have 3 people's creatures coming at you, until you get to untap your creature.

I think why I am so into this segment is that I used to love playing this, but now I have no one to play it with anymore

I'm very good at this game on XBL, but I really suck at deck creation. I wonder if the guys picked up their free sample decks at Comic Con? You can also get two free decks and a planeswalker card for registering the XBL game at the website, (which I suggest you do JEFF!)

[cucumberboy]

I can never get into these sort of games, but the segment did remind me that I have some artwork to do for a tabletop adventure game. Wish me luck!

[stubadub]

I loved the segment.

[miyazakihayao]

Personally I think it was a poor segment. I'm sure people familiar with these things enjoyed it quite a bit, but those who don't were probably utterly bored. At the end of the day, its probably not a good idea to have segments that only interest a small portion of the audience.