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Magic: the Gathering fans will be pleased as heck to learn that Dark Ascension, is weeks away from being released here. More vampires, zombies, spirits and demons, plus some, will be available in this follow-up to Innistrad. The online spoilers are all over the place, most notably at MagicTheGathering.com and MTGSalvation.com. Plenty of highlights […]
It’s been awhile since I wrote about Magic: the Gathering – well, that’s what happens when you stop playing it, haha! In terms of tournaments, the interest in Modern is apparently still strong. The latest enforced change in December 2011 was the banning of two more cards, Wild Nacatl and Punishing Fire. Now, Magic […]
Hope everyone’s having an awesome 2012 so far! How about a lucky draw to start the year off? The prize at hand is worth RM300 – it’s a neat surprise though, on what it really is though! Subang Jaya-based Meeples Café is helping us get over the post-holiday blues by having a special […]
We’ve just entered the year 2012, and another holiday season passes us. 2011 was another decent one, games-wise, with polished products being churned out for Magic: the Gathering and the World of Warcraft TCG (WoW TCG). Games companies such as Fantasy Flight Games continued to impress with a slew of awesome products, with Blood […]
If you like a hard-hitting, deep and strategic treatment of the First World War (often dubbed “The Great War”), why don’t you dig into GMT Games’ 2010 release Paths of Glory? For those too young to remember, the cardboard-counters-on-mapboards sort of games were de rigeur back in the 1970s and 1980s. GMT Games is […]
Mano et mano trading card game (TCG) sessions can only get you so far, and the World of Warcraft TCG is no exception. My playgroup’s recent rekindlement with WoW TCG has been amped up further with the new Dungeon Decks, featuring three awesomely cool characters: meet Lord Godfrey, Scarlet Commander Mograine, and Vanessa Van […]
Looks like this weekend is shaping up to be a fun-filled one, judging by the two big events taking place right here in the Klang Valley. First up, Imagine Games’ live Games Workshop showcase went live last weekend, and will go live again this weekend, in 1 Mont Kiara Mall, right smack in the […]
World of Warcraft (WoW) Trading Card Game (TCG) fans take note, for there’s new stuff to be bought at your favorite game store! The new Dungeon Decks, 2011 Fall Class Starters and Thrones of Tides expansion packs are now available. Yup, triple whammy in time for the coming holiday season? Need stocking stuffers for yourself, or […]
By CHEE YIH YANG alltherage@thestar.com.my We’re about to bid farewell to another year. It has been a pretty decent 2011 games-wise, which is not bad considering how little I expected it to deliver on most counts. Viva la crowdsourcing! In terms of innovation, this year’s “Startup Fever” has certainly taken the scene by storm. The […]
In case you missed out on the news last month, we will be having our very own games convention this month, during the weekend of December 17 and 18. That’s when MaGaCon takes place, which its organizers is touting as “Malaysia’s first annual independent Analog and Digital gaming convention, run by gamers, for gamers.” […]