Note: I am a very long time player, so if you are new, this might be the product for you. Me? No.
MtG Arena Jumpstart Review
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Author Archives: Aki Vainio
Review of Ain’t No Place for a Hero: Borderlands (by Kaitlin Tremblay)
As promised, although later than planned (because the book or booklet didn’t arrive before my little trip).
Magical History of Common Fatties (Casting Cost of 4GG)
If you’ve been around older players, you’ve probably heard them discuss how big Craw Wurm was back in the day. I mean 6/4 with no drawbacks… we didn’t have many of those back in the day. And at common no less!
How far have we come from those days… Actually, not as far as one might think.
Yet Another Ten Non-RPG Books for the DM
The two previous articles:
It took me five years to come back to this subject, but here we are.
My Take on the Philosophy of Borderlands
Recently, I stumbled upon a series of books called Pop Classics. The #8 on that series is called Ain’t No Place for a Hero: Borderlands. Since I enjoy the series very much and I do believe it has much to offer in terms of a message (whether intentional or not), I decided to order it. As of this writing, it has not arrived yet, but hopefully it will before I leave for holiday next week (not to worry: I will be moving from an area with no new covid-19 cases in quite some time to another area in a similar position). I plan to read the book and review it, but before I do that, I thought I would write down a few words on the subject, so that I can contrast my opinions with those of the author (Kaitlin Tremblay).
Spoilers.
Top 10 Movies of 2019
Yes, I’m kind of late on this, but on the other hand, I thought under the current situation, as the availability of new movies is bad, looking back at what was good last year might be a good idea.
EDH Deck Time: Yarok Ninjas
Honestly, my reason to do this is that Seth mentioned this idea on Commander Clash couple of episodes ago and I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, so I decided to do this before Seth could. Not that there’s that much to do here, as most of this stuff just writes itself, although I bet my approach is somewhat different from what anyone else would have done.
Thusfar I’ve Seen 22 Previews from M21 and Four of Them are Horrible Mistakes
EDH Deck Time: Big Game Hunt
For some reason Chevill, Bane of Monsters reminded me of Sir Hammerlock from Borderlands franchise, so why not build a deck around that? This is a continuation on this.
I don’t think Hammerlock would actually be black, but don’t tell anyone. He is a hunter, but he has (at least in the beginning) naturalist motivations, as he is interested in conservation more than killing. It just so happens that these attempts don’t quite go as planned and these rare creatures just happen end up as trophies on his wall. Later on, the character is depicted more as a hunter, who is interested in learning about these exotic creatures. His method just happens to be to pay someone to kill them.
Everyone Has a Take on the New Companion Rule, But Here’s Mine Anyhow
Is this of any value? Hopefully.