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Who hasn’t played or at least heard of Risk? The classic boardgame of world domination is one that still thrills yours truly, as many school holidays were spent battling and tussling for territories using wooden blocks and plenty of dice. Fast forward to today: Risk seems like an expired, tired cliche that seems sordidly out-of-place […]
It’s not very often that you get to enjoy designer boardgames in a competitive manner, so you’ll be stoked to know that this weekend gives you that unique opportunity. Settlers of Catan is the designer boardgame in question, and Bangsar is where the action’s at. Boardgames Depot will be holding qualifier matches for the […]
Trust that everyone enjoyed last weekend’s The Star Online Carnivale event which took place at Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya. I certainly had fun demo-ing some of my favorite games, the World of Warcraft (WoW) TCG and the new Blood Bowl card game (by Fantasy Flight Games). Speaking of WoW, looks like my beloved […]
Last week, I mentioned how The Star Online’s Carnivale event will be happening at Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya, and yours truly has been given a spot to demo TCGs (trading card games) and its related ilk. I’m just stoked that I’ve been given the chance to demo World of Warcraft (WoW) TCG and […]
Feel like camping out in a mall, and learning how to play some TCGs (trading card games), boardgames and standalone card games? Next weekend will see The Star Online’s Carnivale event running at Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya, and yours truly will be kicking up some demos and free frags right there! I’ll […]
How much of a gamer are you? I am talking about the non-electronic gamer sort, of course. I was just taking stock of my own playgroup’s gaming habits, after our recent move into starting our own Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game league. (By the way, the game’s an awesome, must-have for those […]
No, I have not suddenly developed an urge for something that’s seriously macabre. I’m talking about my game group’s latest obsession, Fantasy Flight Games’ (FFG’s) Blood Bowl Team Manager Card Game. If a non-collectible card game that depicts no-holds barred, violent football strikes your fancy, then this game is it. Players assume […]
After a year plus of serious Magic: the Gathering (MTG in short) casual action, the “inner MTG soul” in me instantly evaporated thanks to an awesomely simple but addictive Fantasy Flight Games’ reimagining of an old Games Workshop classic, “Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game”. More on the latter in a November […]
Game conventions are rare in Malaysia – yours truly could remember only one a few years back, which was held in a major Klang Valley shopping mall. Well, looks like there’s another one coming up in December! The name of the event’s MaGaCon, which is billed by the organizers as Malaysia’s “first annual […]
Magic: the Gathering’s Innistrad has been barely out for a month, and looks like there’s some interesting cards shaking up the tournament scene of late. Everyone’s no doubt talking up the new Liliana, which is proving to be a real heavyweight, commanding up to RM160 a pop. Her ability to fill graveyards and then use […]