Comments on: Magic Mountain

By: Nick Hein

Nick Hein — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:21:15 +0000

I meant to say your STORY sounds like mine. I wasn’t so clear about that.

By: Nick Hein

Nick Hein — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:19:31 +0000

HA! You know you might be right about that weenie/denial thing. When I wanted to start buying cards back in ’94, my mom saw the Sengir Vampire and said ‘no way’. Then I showed her the Serra Angel and told her the game wasn’t evil, it just had evil characters (I think my exact words were something like ‘See, it’s really about the epic struggle between good and evil, and good wins…Wrath of God is the best card in the game.’) Then she let me play.

Ok, I was 13…I probably didn’t say ‘epic struggle’. Anyway, I enjoyed readying your entry, it sounds like mine.

By: drfaulken

drfaulken — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:16:03 +0000

Oh, maybe you both misunderstood, and the guy's mom was telling him to play a white/blue deck weenie/denial deck ;) I have been using Magic Workstation to play online with Stilts -- it's also a good way to test out deck ideas without buying a lot of expensive cards. MW is free (with nagware) but you can buy it for like $30. The full registered version also allows you to use the program as an inventory management system.

By: Cailin Coilleach

Cailin Coilleach — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:38:28 +0000

Heh, you’re in exactly the same boat as I am Doc :)

* Used to play Magic in high school, with one particular friend.
* Stopped playing after a few years, but not because graduation. It was the new expansions that did it in for me: they just weren’t fun anymore.
* Would still like to play the game, but have noone to play against :)

Funny thing: when I tried to introduce MtG to one of my classmates in HS, he stayed the heck away from the game. His mom had told him to stay away from -anything- that had to do with (black) magic. :D

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:13:53 +0000

I say we do it! Nerds forever~

By: drfaulken

drfaulken — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:27:51 +0000

Hahah, it spreads. :) I still appreciate the tactics of the game, it’s a good time. I haven’t really played multiplayer since I’ve restarted, that sounds like fun too.

Maybe in 2008? :)

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:06:15 +0000

That sounds pretty good. I keep forgetting you are in the area. We should get together.

By: Configuratrix

Configuratrix — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:51:12 +0000

I trade you green for wheat, er, white?

Seriously, I have spare Magic cards from when I played a lot — not the built decks I’ve saved, but lots of extras of various colors. Ed, you could have some too. I wouldn’t mind playing a few games for old times’ sake! Also I could probably scare up a couple of NoVa Magic players (good peeps, we played at each others’ houses) for a bigger game, if desired.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:23:34 +0000

Hmm, haven’t tried that game in a while. Might be worth looking into game if it can be done on the cheap.