Lately I have had the urge to play not Magic: The Gathering but other, less popular trading card games of the nineteen nineties.

http://www.chirographum.com/tolenmar/worlds/coe.jpg
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/sarah-and-zen/l5r/0_banned.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/grhail/images/mythostourney.jpg

I liked the TNG one and the Vampire one

man CCGs are pretty much the collest thing ever

or coolest. or whatever. im so excited about legend of the five rings that i cant spell.

http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/%7Eklaproth/grafix/spell2.jpg
^^^ original ccg based on D&D with the same great stolen artwork as the AD&D trading cards of the early nineties.

http://unclevl.frothersunite.com/DT/Fu.jpg
http://www.starwars.hr/slike/ccg_velika.jpg

http://www.jeracor.com/bsgfx/inquest.jpg

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/BSG/images/BSG-005-EX-lg.jpg

http://www.chirographum.com/tolenmar/worlds/drinking.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2053/HeroDeeps.gif

http://www.l5r.com/images/TTT/Anvil%20of%20Despair.jpg

http://www.chrisbrooks.org/content/binary/200501097thSea.jpg

I have been playing 'Infernal Contraption' with my students lately - way cool & convoluted.

http://www.kwyjibokardz.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/TCG%20SECTION.jpg

http://images.funagain.com/cover/large/04492.jpg

^^^ this game is not a collectible card game, it is just a card game, and it rules. it is fun for families and parties alike.

</12 year old ian>

http://www.misterorange.com/2005/02/ccg-card-layouts.html

http://www.mistrunner.com/swiftrat/ragelogo.gif

http://www.misterorange.com/agot.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/9/9f/MvOpBack.jpg

http://www.cheapwax4u.com/acatalog/042301123521.jpg

Ha, I've played Guillotine! It was awesome.

Trogdor5 said...

Who the fuck made you the all-knowing sultan of cardgames? Maybe if you'd stop spewing shit out of your mouth for more than five seconds, you could do somthing useful with it. Sucking my dick would be a good example of what to do with your newly acquired, shit-free mouth. That sounds pretty good. Suck my dick. Oh, and "authetic" Pokemon cards DO have two lines of text at the top, your obviously referring to the inferior, much gayer, newer series of cards, not made by WoTC (although some of thier later ones switched to a similar format to the new, Nintendo-made ones.)

http://unclevl.frothersunite.com/DT/Fu.jpg

^ looks fun

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR NEWLY ACQUIRED, SHIT-FREE MOUTH

About five years ago some friends and I bought a bunch of Netrunner cards off ebay and played for about three days.

Trogdor5 OTM

oh trogdor (i feel lame for knowing what that is a reference to)

?

it is a dragon character from a corny interweb comic

isn't it not TECHNICALLY a comic but a serial FLASH ANIMATION?

http://www.trogdor8freebird.com/trogdor/trogdor,%20the%20burninator.jpg
ok back on track

does anybody still watch SB e-mails

star wars ccg was bad. poorly thought out. slow.
m.

spellfire was glorified war basically. no strategy if i recall.
m.

LUNCH MONEY

http://www.chaos.org.uk/~markt/scans/pog-fire-sticks.jpg

http://dedens.free.fr/images/sonic/images/pogs.jpg

http://brandnoise.typepad.com/brand_noise/images/pog.jpg

the most wtf pog i ever encountered was this one that simply depicted a red skull with crazy 80's glam-metal hair and a caption underneath reading "NO DRUGS"

there is a christian one of these, its weird

magic card generator

I@n I used to work for Iron Crown Enterprises! It was my first job as a teenager in the summer of 1983, running the shrink wrap machine. Later I did design work and other stuff. As a result I have a ton of their stuff including the Middle-Earth cards but gaming geeks are few and far between in my town. Lots of dice rolling in that Tolkien game, kind of the opposite of Magic.

you know what WOTC product I keep thinking about is fucking ROBO RALLY
that shit was tight, it had simultaneous turns like Diplomacy but without the 12-hour strategy stick up its ass

http://www.wizards.com/global/images/ah_article_ah20050708a_pic3_en.jpg
I should call up richard garfield and let him know it is okay to use my name

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2242

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic184608_md.jpg

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic112806_md.jpg

omg SLEEVE!!

I love the middle earth card game. i don't have any maps or region cards anymore, and i kind of forgot how to play. i barely have anything from the later expansions. i found a box of starters at electronics boutique for like $15 when i was in high school. and then a box of "dark minions" boosters even cheaper. that was mostly the extent of my experience with that game. but i recently rebuilt two decks and plan to search at my moms house for more stuff and maps and rulebook.

also, i stayed late at work for half an hour yesterday and played magic.

</nerd>

http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1100.php

John Justen was a playtester for this game.

ian if I am ever in NYC I will bring a couple of decks! I will be in the Hudson Valley area for a coupla days over Thanksgiving week but not in the city, alas. also let me know if you need xerox copies of rules or maps or shit. I don't think I ever played with the region cards, that was an optional thing but I still have a lot of them because they came with the expansion sets.

When I first got those cards ('96 I think) I would set up opposing sets and play a game by myself to study the interactions. My girlfriend at the time came home one day...

her: "You know how I can tell you're really into this?

me: "Uh.. no."

her: "Because you don't have any music on"

xpost

http://dughi.com/heather/images/munchkin_cards.jpg

ENBB was just talking about Munchkin Cthulhu the other day!

have u played it ian? its really dope - less fussy and intricate then magic better for larger groups of ppl

yo ian if u ever want to play one of these hit me up im always down for some ccg aksh

"aksh"? sad i dont have any magic cards

oh lol action got u now

i played in a d&d tournament in saturday was surprised by how many ppl still where in the store buying/playing magic cards

tbh i dont even really remember how to play mtg

lol ive never really played - in middle school/high school had deep shame over nerd impulses then when i started geeking out no1 really played it - be down for a game tho 4 sure

i play magic allll the tiiiiiimmmme.

magic website is amazing btw i really want 2 write a magic novel as well - max? - think i have what it takes to conjure up the terrors and wonders of ravnica and all its myriad denizens

lol still have no idea how to actually play it tho - but once i do my spells will be so v. powerful i can tell

u know lamp no one has ever made an mtg movie... maybe we need to option that bitch

max... me, you, some kwak, the magic decks... could be a beautiful night.

(no homo.)

lol

missed u over at wash. commons tonight ian, I randomly wandered in there and ran into laurel & friends. hope EVR wuz fun

man, i was gonna come for laurel's b-day and shit, but she e-mailed me saying everyone would probably be gone by 11 when i got home.
we'll party down soon though dave.

what beers did you drink?

i just barfed at you mentioning steempunk beer

my roommate and i each have a shoebox+ full of mtg cards.

it is a mostly dark secret altho we were "popped in" on by some girls one night while hi & playing & it was lol

gone by 11 when i got home

yeah it broke up kinda early! I was there from about 7 until 10

what beers did you drink?

coffee stout (12% alc!), Krusovice schwarz, Gaffel Kolsch. all solid

then I went and got Teddy's to bring home

a lot of my friends were Rage geeks.
My downstairs neighbor has like 10,000 magic cards. He doesn't play anymore.

What did you get from Teddy's? I'm a huge fan of their avgolemono soup and lemon potatoes.

Forks: You should ask him if you can buy them for $10.

What would I do with them? Kindling?

xp- straight up gyro n fries

ian i miss u bunnyboo

no one to play mtg w/ up in this state

You'd give them to me? Or make your girlfriend play.

I miss you too Elmo :( I might be home briefly in July, but I do not know.
Also, e-mail me your address--Dustin sent me a facebook message a while back about getting the Ofege record and I will send you guys a copy.

ENBB was just talking about Munchkin Cthulhu the other day!

― ian, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:34 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

I was! How funny.

Ian, you better go to Pvd in July so we can have our Boston FAP you promised to attend.

enbb i will play u @ munchkin ps i am mazin @ this game i win every time

FEELIN THIS:

http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/pictures/Bang.jpg

my friends set is all in italian btw which is pretty awesome

chick i'm seeing not only used to play magic with the nerd boys in high school, but kept her old cards and wants to bust them out. looks like i'll be playing my first game since 8th grade.

went to this humungous comic book store on sunday in worcester and all the nerdz were lined up to get into some stinky room to play something called Legacy (Type 1.5). whatever the hell that is. what do i look like, a nerd? hahahahahahaha! five bucks to play.

(i am actually a dork and kind of a feeb.)

a friend's mom sent him like four binders of o.g. magic cards so i think were going to play tonight!!!

it seems like its kinda hard tho...

so any mtg nerd want to school me? i think im going to try to play w/ white fwiw

Good fans and friends of MECCG!

It has been some time since the last newsletter, sadly there were no major meccg events to report.
but now as winter approaches, our Tookish meccg blood starts to boil again, and the calendar is filled with great gaming opportunities.
And there is other important news as well.

News:

Erratum Proposal:
After long debate and due considerations, the Council of Elrond proudly presents their first official Erratum Proposal to the community.
We would like you to take a good look at the proposal, and then give us your vote.
If the proposal is accepted, the Erratum will be officially used in all Council of Elrond sanctioned tournaments (including Worlds and Lure).
for the proposal, see:
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=103

Dream Card - First Folk:
The DC team has decided to boldly go where no one has ever gone before. There will be new meccg cards!
After many years of designing, play testing, and glueing their home made prints on meccg cards, the team has decided to professionally print the first two sets of dream cards.
This will remain an exclusive project for the meccg community. Anyone who signs in can buy the cards at cost price, but there will be no distribution otherwise.
to know more about this great new project, see:
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1864

G.A.B. White Mithril Team:
Timo Lutter has reactivated the WM team section at the GAB site. If you are into trading MECCG cards, its always good to find trustworthy traders. More infos:
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1915


Events:
The French will hold a well attended tournament "At the Grey Havens", in Lille, from 28-30 September
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=1919

In Finland there will be the (in)famous FinnTroll, from 20-21 October
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1973

The Germans will hold their national championships at Giessen this year, 3-4 November
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=1980

Finally the Swiss meet for their annual Championships at Frauenfeld on 21th October
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=1986

Lure of MECCG XIII: 1. – 3. March 2013. First details are up already
http://www.lureofmeccg.org/

Fallen-wizard Sealed League Cup 2012 (starting on Sep 27th)
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1979

The Pre-release tournament to the Dream Card expansion First Folk has started already.
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1965
While joining is no longer possible, of course you can watch the games and join the discussions.


So, hopefully we'll see each other at one of these events, and you will join and support us in the new projects.

Wolfgang & Eric

a friend's mom sent him like four binders of o.g. magic cards so i think were going to play tonight!!!

it seems like its kinda hard tho...

― :D-00 (Lamp), Friday, May 27, 2011 1:53 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so any mtg nerd want to school me? i think im going to try to play w/ white fwiw

― :D-00 (Lamp), Friday, May 27, 2011 2:31 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

Ian I have some magic cards now, we should play

only want to play lovecraft & tolkien based games that died a slow death of obscurity and waning playerbase.

i never did find my box of decks. which had my decks for these game too. i just found my boxes of junky common cards from cycles passed.

those are the best anyway

there is a new version of richard garfield's post-magic game netrunner, i never played it back in the day but it looks kinda cool, asymmetric gameplay and cheeseball 90s cyberpunk.

i would like to play jyhad again, or spellfire.

wait, what? I think I played it about twice after ordering the cards on ebay post-2000. Still have them, they look awesome. Is the new one revised or just a reissue?

only want to play lovecraft & tolkien based games that died a slow death of obscurity and waning playerbase.

ian theres a really rad lotr card game out thats non-collectible you should def give it try

my wife barely likes to play scrabble & rumikub, she is def not gonna play a lotr game w me.

really rad lotr card game out thats non-collectible

yeah i really enjoy this, also it is playable solo if all your friends are too cool

Is the new one revised or just a reissue?

it's revised into a "living card game" a la the lotr game, there are like mini-expansions that are the size of an old-school starter deck that all have the same cards. the lotr game is coop, with the players opposing a sort of rudimentary card AI, it works better than it sounds. the netrunner game is still PvP.

i am buying some magic cards from this guy and he also has a bunch of wheel of time tcg cards that i really want to buy but i a) have no one to play with and b) think the cards themselves are ugly as fuck

new netrunner is the greatest game ever

mordy have you played fantasy flight's lotr lcg?

not yet- i'd like to

there's a new netrunner?!?

wheel of time CCG was a nightmare to play iirc.

i think most of my middle earth & mythos cards are in the basement of my ex-employer and i'll probably never see them again.. but i do have my magic decks.

i used to play this
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QF82iS12d8M/TlnbOEezAqI/AAAAAAAAACY/ZOwTQFv3Upg/s640/rage_96_130.jpg

this too

http://www.oocities.org/televisioncity/set/4637/overpower.jpg

or coolest. or whatever. im so excited about legend of the five rings that i cant spell.

― max, Monday, October 8, 2007 1:34 PM

*speaks through time*

max did you ever play this? this is one of only 2 ILX references to legend of the five rings. a friend of mine is about to start up a L5R campaign and invited me to join. i'm trying to figure out whether it will be fun enough to outweigh the hassle/detachment of playing with them remotely.