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Max Maloney

(Dormammu)

United States
Portland
Oregon

I like these vids, but it may be time to stop listing every previous video in the comments. Your list is getting too long!

Posted Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:07 am
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Talarius Dunedain

(Talarius)

United States
Unspecified
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Thank you for posting this video. I've been wondering what the game looks like once set up and what the miniatures are for. This video sold me on the game! :-)

Posted Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:05 am
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-=[Ran Over]=-

(rgmnetid)

United States
Pleasant Grove
Utah

The second deck-builder was Arctic Scavengers.

Posted Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:49 am
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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While I would semi-agree with your comment about Arctic Scavengers, I would argue that it wasn't exactly a mainstream title.

Posted Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:04 am
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Greyweather Fayre

(Greyweather)

United States
Columbus
Ohio

What about Arcana?

Posted Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:23 pm
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Talarius Dunedain

(Talarius)

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Greyweather wrote:

What about Arcana?

Good point. That definitely fits the deck-building description, but seems to have been over-looked in all this Dominion/Thunderstone/Graxia/Ascension discussion.

I bought Heroes of Graxia last night and played a game. Enjoyed it quite a bit, so thanks again for this video.

Posted Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:23 am
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Anthony

(Yoren)

United States
Lawton
Oklahoma

Dormammu wrote:

I like these vids, but it may be time to stop listing every previous video in the comments. Your list is getting too long!

Or he could do what several of them do and create a geeklist that he adds each new video too and then includes the link to the list on each video.

Posted Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:40 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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Did that a couple of days ago

Posted Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:57 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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I guess you could call it that, which in my opinion would be a compliment to the developers since it kind of feels like that is the audience they were seeking. For someone whom is a bit compulsive like I am and always wants to buy everything they can to keep pace in a game, Magic just can't be that game for me anymore. Having a car payment, a mortgage and a family, I don't have room to buy expansion every six months. A game like Heroes of Graxia fills that void with a minimal cost investment.

Win/Win for some of us.

Posted Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:13 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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Gladius76 wrote:

Jeremy,

Why don't you just print your own magic cards and make proxies? That is what I do.

I have multiple vintage decks and a vintage cube. All for the cost of paper and ink, and they look like the real thing.

You can't use them in tournaments, but who cares?

I understand your point, mainly b/c I do a ton of printing like this at my work, though not MtG related.

I am a collector by nature though, so printing isn't always the best option for someone like me. It's like asking me to settle for a Pinto with a Mercedes logo on the grill when I all I really wanted was the Mercedes in the first place.

Posted Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:19 am
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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I would consider MtG to be one of the best CCG's ever, but not the best.

LotR TCG and Star Wars CCG's were much better.

Magic is excellent though.

P.S. This thread has totally derailed. Let's stick with Heroes talk-back for now !!

Posted Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:08 am
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Robert Seibold

(dumbnlazy)

United States

Texas

Why does Arcana never come up as a deck building game? I challenge you to research and review it. You will be suprised. It is worthy and it has been reviewed by many others. At the very least, please check it out on BGG. It is truly the only way you can speak on balance on deck building.

Edited Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:08 pm
Posted Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:07 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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dumbnlazy wrote:

Why does Arcana never come up as a deck building game? I challenge you to research and review it. You will be suprised. It is worthy and it has been reviewed by many others. At the very least, please check it out on BGG. It is truly the only way you can speak on balance on deck building.

I had Arcana, you can see it in my previously owned list. It us not a very fun game at all. Just my opinion.

Posted Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:38 pm
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LSU LSU

(LSUtigers)

United States
Virginia Beach
Virginia

Good video. I'm not sure i'm up for a deckbuilding game, but if i ever pick one up this would be at the top of the list

Posted Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:37 pm
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David Y

(d bro)

United States
Tulsa
Oklahoma

Thanks Jeremy. HoG looks interesting. Probably leaning towards Ascension for prior purchase.
Great job.

Posted Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:25 pm
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Brian Schroth

(BagelManB)

United States
Middletown
Connecticut

Thanks for the video...I'm with you on the pastel miniatures, they look silly.

Posted Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:54 pm
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X Topher

(gattz)

United States
Plainfield
Illinois

Thanks for the vid. Another one I'm curious about...so many card games...

Posted Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:09 am
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Kenny VenOsdel

(kvenosdel)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Nice choice of video to review. I like that even though its about components you talk about the game itself, otherwise card games like this would get very little time for you I would assume.

Posted Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:58 pm
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Logan Daugherty

(Greynomad38)

United States
Louisville
Kentucky

Trying to decide what my first deck building game will be. Thanks for the input!

Posted Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:00 am
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Regina Harris

(generalgina)

United States
Alabaster
Alabama

None of the other comparable deck-building card games have seemed interesting to me but this one looks like it might be fun.

Posted Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:42 am
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Tim Norris

(greyelephant)

United States
Brownsburg
Indiana

Wow, could they have picked worse colors? LOL!

Thanks for the break down.

Posted Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:33 am
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Jonathan Leech

(jonnyalpha)

United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne

I like all these non-CCG CCGs that are coming out. Can't decide which one to get yet though.

Posted Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:32 pm
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Hugh G. Rection

(Hugh_G_Rection)

United States
La Mesa
California

I don't have this game (yet), so I can't answer this myself...

Regarding the insert and sleeves, is it possible to cut away the parts that form the support for the hollow bottom, or reverse fold them so that the hollow part is eliminated?

Posted Fri Dec 3, 2010 7:28 am
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(PollutedMonkey)

Denmark

Check out papskubber.dk - the number one danish site about board gaming

Out of curiosity. Has your view on the game changed after repeated play, Jeremy??

Posted Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:10 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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PollutedMonkey wrote:

Out of curiosity. Has your view on the game changed after repeated play, Jeremy??

Not really. I still feel the exact same way about it.

Posted Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:24 am
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Christopher Senn

(Grove123)

United States
Cooper City
Florida

awesome artwork especially that creature in the beginning. The goblin i think.

Noticed in the background Guardians of Graxia. With a board. How does that compare? Are they separate games?

Posted Sat Jan 8, 2011 1:00 am
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(Armatige)

Australia

I know that on the front page for this game here on BBG it says about 1 hour play time. Can it be played in less time that than with 2 people?

My wife and I like to have a game of something every now and then. We got Warhammer Invasion a few weeks ago (what a great game) and she finds it a little "heavy" so to speak (though she still really enjoys playing it). Partly because of the amount of time it takes to play a game and second due to the rules (a lot of the rules are a bit unclear). Having said that she loves WOW TCG and MTG. This leads me in to my second question for you Jeremy.

I wanted to get Thunderstone or Ascension with Graxia, would I be wrong in thinking that Ascension and Graxia would be a better pick than Thunderstone (again, with regards to what I stated above)?

Thanks in advance mate.

PS: Anyone else please jump in

Edit: By the way, I know that these games are not like Invasion, MTG etc. Both of us are interested in the whole Deck Building thing that is going on right now. Cheers.

Edited Sun Jan 9, 2011 12:01 am
Posted Sat Jan 8, 2011 11:47 pm
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Robert C Branch

(LordCrom)

United States
Granada Hills
California

I like the look of this one! I'm getting out of MTG and looking at different card games to get into. I still want Dominion as my first choice but I feel this one will nudge Thunderstorm to third.

Oh and I actually like the color of the miniatures

Posted Sun Jan 9, 2011 8:03 am
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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Grove123 wrote:

awesome artwork especially that creature in the beginning. The goblin i think.

Noticed in the background Guardians of Graxia. With a board. How does that compare? Are they separate games?

No idea, I've never played the Boardgame entitled "Guardians" of Graxia.

Posted Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:27 pm
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Jeremy Salinas

(Drakkenstrike)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

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Armatige wrote:

I know that on the front page for this game here on BBG it says about 1 hour play time. Can it be played in less time that than with 2 people?

My wife and I like to have a game of something every now and then. We got Warhammer Invasion a few weeks ago (what a great game) and she finds it a little "heavy" so to speak (though she still really enjoys playing it). Partly because of the amount of time it takes to play a game and second due to the rules (a lot of the rules are a bit unclear). Having said that she loves WOW TCG and MTG. This leads me in to my second question for you Jeremy.

I wanted to get Thunderstone or Ascension with Graxia, would I be wrong in thinking that Ascension and Graxia would be a better pick than Thunderstone (again, with regards to what I stated above)?

Thanks in advance mate.

PS: Anyone else please jump in

Edit: By the way, I know that these games are not like Invasion, MTG etc. Both of us are interested in the whole Deck Building thing that is going on right now. Cheers.

I wrote this review as well to give an overall look into each of those styles of games....

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/554792/heroes-of-graxia-impr...

Posted Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:28 pm
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Hugh G. Rection

(Hugh_G_Rection)

United States
La Mesa
California

Drakkenstrike wrote:

Grove123 wrote:

awesome artwork especially that creature in the beginning. The goblin i think.

Noticed in the background Guardians of Graxia. With a board. How does that compare? Are they separate games?

No idea, I've never played the Boardgame entitled "Guardians" of Graxia.

Guardians of Graxia is a completely different game that uses the same game world, same units, and same artwork. It supports 1v1 or 1vAI only. Think of it as more of a battle game on a grid, rather than a deckbuilding game.

There is also a PC version on Steam, which is fun.

Posted Sun Jan 9, 2011 11:51 pm
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(Armatige)

Australia

Drakkenstrike wrote:

Armatige wrote:

I know that on the front page for this game here on BBG it says about 1 hour play time. Can it be played in less time that than with 2 people?

My wife and I like to have a game of something every now and then. We got Warhammer Invasion a few weeks ago (what a great game) and she finds it a little "heavy" so to speak (though she still really enjoys playing it). Partly because of the amount of time it takes to play a game and second due to the rules (a lot of the rules are a bit unclear). Having said that she loves WOW TCG and MTG. This leads me in to my second question for you Jeremy.

I wanted to get Thunderstone or Ascension with Graxia, would I be wrong in thinking that Ascension and Graxia would be a better pick than Thunderstone (again, with regards to what I stated above)?

Thanks in advance mate.

PS: Anyone else please jump in

Edit: By the way, I know that these games are not like Invasion, MTG etc. Both of us are interested in the whole Deck Building thing that is going on right now. Cheers.

I wrote this review as well to give an overall look into each of those styles of games....

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/554792/heroes-of-graxia-impr...

Thanks mate

Posted Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:19 pm
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