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Upper Deck Entertainment’s Legendary: A Marvel Deck-Building Game (DBG) is now out and available here in Malaysia, and yours truly was lucky enough to score a review copy courtesy of Meeples! Deck-building games are the new force de rigueur these days, competing for gamer attention alongside boardgames, living card games (LCGs) and trading card games […]
It’s the holiday season once more, and I hope everyone’s all stocked up and set to catch up on some year-end gaming action! The holidays so far has proven to be a mixed bag for yours truly. There’s a fair bit of gaming time to fill (yay) but unforeseen shipment delays means that I won’t […]
Playing TCGs online may be an alien concept even to the most hardcore card flipping fanatics, but with Wizards of the Coast’s latest announced changes, perhaps some might start changing their minds. The biggest draw about playing online is the flexibility in getting a game almost anytime, any day, with a human opponent. Chances […]
Being a regular visitor to the Boardgamegeek.com website, which is a leading resource of all the latest boardgames, card games and its ilk, I chanced upon a seemingly new Marvel Comics deck-building game (DBG), Legendary: A Marvel DBG by Upper Deck Entertainment. Slated for a November 2012 release, I haven’t seen or heard of […]
How about gaming for a good cause? Classroom Café is running a unique World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (WoW TCG) charity event, named “Chase the Can”, where all attendees have to do is to bring in canned food as part of the “entry costs”. The cans you bring will actually give players bonuses […]
Awhile back I wrote about a standalone Fantasy Flight Games’ A Game of Thrones card game. Guess what, it’s finally here in Malaysia! We’ve just received word from Imagine Games that the game is now in stock in selected local game stores, game cafes, and hobby stores, as well as Times Bookstores, Borders, and […]
Fantasy Flight Games’ awesome X-Wing Miniatures game may have had delayed shipment dates for its next expansion, but fret not! Here’s how you can score a brand-new Wave 2 Millennium Falcon, Slave 1, A-Wing or TIE Interceptor: Bangsar-based Boardgame Depot will be holding the Kessel Run tournament, on Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 in its premises. […]
In line with the slew of “Black Friday” or Thanksgiving Friday sales happening now, Fantasy Flight Games is joining the mayhem by offering up massive discounts over some of its game titles, all at their website! Juicy deals include markdowns on boardgames and role-playing games such as Chaos Marauders, Black Gold, Isla Dorada, Age […]
Well, looks like it’s a darned good time to be a Star Wars fan. Several weeks back, Disney announced that it was buying up LucasFilm, AND firmly continuing the huge science-fiction and pop culture phenomenon with a new bunch of movies. Game-wise, it’s been pretty good as well, with Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars […]
The first SWX (Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures) tournament took place recently in Boardgame Depot, Bangsar. The chosen format was 60 points squads going head-to-head. Ten players showed up, as each player experienced 3 Swiss-style pairings. The winner will get the upcoming Millenium Falcon expansion blister that will be coming out around November/December 2012. […]