With some major names in the Kickstarter shipping product to backers this week (That would be Two Rooms and a Boom, after 1 year+ delay from their original estimate and Exploding Kittens who started shipping just in the nick of their original estimate), I thought it would be good to have a little discussion about how you use Kickstarter in relation to our hobby, how often you plan on using Kickstarter in the future, and what types of things do you look for when backing a game? Feel free to ask and answer other questions, or give general opinions as long as it's based on the topic.

I know a lot of people were having connection issues yesterday. Did everyone get to try this? I played for a little bit (beat Gideon's quest) but I'm not sure I'm going to play that much on it. I'd be more interested in playing vs AIs (I'm not really interested in playing against random people on the internet), but the built in quest mode is pretty restricting.

What is Oracle? Magic is a game made up of more than 14,000 interchangeable pieces—the cards. Over the years, we've felt the need to update the wordings of older cards, whether because we've introduced a new keyword, or a card was printed w ...

Alright, so it looks like trying to gather everyone's email didn't work. So let's try something else.

1. Create an account on playdiplomacy.com
2. Join game "Snapzu Plays #1"
3. The password is "snapzuvian"

And let's try to get all the people involved in the first game in. Theres 4 of us in this tribe, so that means 2 other people still didn't join that were still interested. And we need one more. Worst case scenario is posting to /t/boardgames as a first come first served.

For each set, Wizards produces release notes which contains specific card rulings, updated rules text, and other general notes.

Prerelease is right around the corner, Wizards has released a small primer on Magic Origins so you can go in prepared.

The latest (and last) Core set for Magic is coming out next week. Check out the full spoiler list here..

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The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating whether front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, hacked into internal networks of a rival team to steal ...