Is there supposed to be a colon in there? I don't know. Anyway, no post yesterday unfortunately, as I really haven't had any ideas on anything to write about lately. I guess I'm still going through a bit of an uninspired period. So, for a change of scenery, I'm probably going to go up to our cottage this weekend. Dunno if it will help any, but can't hurt. Hopefully.
Anyway. Yesterday later on in the day I decided to start playing Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, which is a Magic the Gathering game on Steam. I'd bought it a while ago in a Steam sale, for a couple of dollars. The reason I got it is that I'd been introduced to some of my friends to Magic a little bit, and always thought it looked pretty cool, but it seemed like it would be a bit hard to get into. So I thought that getting the game might be a good way to learn the game better, since I don't really have anyone locally that I could play regularly with. So yesterday I FINALLY decided to give it a try, and so I thought I'd talk a bit about how that went.
First off, I should just point out that I know playing Duels of the Planeswalkers is a bit different from playing the game with actual cards. Not super different, but the game does things like gives you pre-made decks, highlights cards when you can play them, and stuff like that. So it's clear to me that you'd need a LOT more knowledge and experience to play the card game as well, like knowing when you can play what cards, and more importantly, when you SHOULD. But still, I feel like this is a good way to learn and get used to the more basic mechanics and dynamics.
So in playing the campaign, I chose the black zombies deck. I feel like I tend to be drawn to the black, white, and to a lesser extent, red colours. Just because I like dark stuff, and angels, and red has some vampires in it too. But yeah, the zombies are just really fun to play with, because if you get the right cards, you just get an overwhelming force. I feel like I should be trying some other decks to learn about some of the other colours' mechanics, but I just have too much fun with the zombies. I suppose there's plenty of time to learn the other colours, though, and I can do so by fighting against them. So let the zombie hordes reign for now.
Then there are the little challenges that you can do in between battles in the campaign. Basically they put you in a very specific situation, usually with you being on the ropes, and you have to figure out a way to fend off your opponent's attack, and beat them in the next turn. The beginning challenges were easy enough, but once it got into the medium challenges, I got stuck as hell. There are just sooo many little rules and subtexts and crazy strategies, that it's easy to see how one would be able to get engrossed in the game for years. I actually ended up having to look up the solutions to the medium challenges, online, which I am not proud of...but I still felt like I learned from each one. I definitely felt stupid after a couple of them, which seemed to have really obvious solutions that I just missed, but at least I know some more things to look for now.
So yeah, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. I think when Duels 2014 goes on sale I'll probably pick it up. I actually have some real cards too, but I don't know how invested I'll get in the real game, just on account of how expensive the cards are. It might be cool to just become a casual player, though. We'll see what happens!
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