Today y'all are getting 2 posts instead of one, finally starting to make up for the months where I didn't post anything. From here on out, it'll hopefully be 2 posts like this one a month for the next 6 months, and then it'll shift to 1 post a week.
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Starting things off: Magic: The Gathering. It's a TCG with an expansive lore behind each set and the lore flows nicely from set to set and into the next blocks. For example, the most recent finished block was Battle For Zendikar and Oath Of the Gatewatch, which chronicled the return of the Eldrazi and the fight against them. The previous block had some wibily-wobbly timey-wimey stuff and the eldrazi's returned as a result. That's about as far as I'll go into lore wise but the official site for MTG has a lot to offer on the subject.
I'm not going to go in to how to play very deeply because the aforementioned official site has that explanation too. I will however give a base idea of the game for anyone interested.
There are 5 colors for you to choose from to build a 60-card deck around: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green. White is the color of life, typically playing either a life gain or token generation strategy. Blue is the color of the mind, often countering opponents spells, thusly controlling the battlefield. Black is the color of death, often playing nightmarish creatures like Zombies or Vampires, draining the opponent's life total. Red is the color of aggression, often burning the opponents life totals down at any cost. Green is the color of nature, ramping mana quickly and putting out big creatures before anyone else can, or generating tokens to overwhelm the opposition.
A deck does not have to be mono-colored, in fact most of the best decks in modern (the easiest to play format) have 2 or 3 colors.
The aforementioned official site has more on it so go ahead and take a look. Diving into this TCG community won't disappoint, as I've found it to be one of the best.
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Smash Bros WiiU. Everyone knows smash bros and if you haven't played any of them before, this is a great way to jump into the franchise. The amount of characters is staggering, reaching ~50 with the DLC included. This entry is explicitly designed to be for the casual market but the competitive aspects of the game are practically endless. I won't bother to say to much more as I have school work to do but go find out for your self how fun this game is. You won't regret it.
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Starting things off: Magic: The Gathering. It's a TCG with an expansive lore behind each set and the lore flows nicely from set to set and into the next blocks. For example, the most recent finished block was Battle For Zendikar and Oath Of the Gatewatch, which chronicled the return of the Eldrazi and the fight against them. The previous block had some wibily-wobbly timey-wimey stuff and the eldrazi's returned as a result. That's about as far as I'll go into lore wise but the official site for MTG has a lot to offer on the subject.
I'm not going to go in to how to play very deeply because the aforementioned official site has that explanation too. I will however give a base idea of the game for anyone interested.
There are 5 colors for you to choose from to build a 60-card deck around: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green. White is the color of life, typically playing either a life gain or token generation strategy. Blue is the color of the mind, often countering opponents spells, thusly controlling the battlefield. Black is the color of death, often playing nightmarish creatures like Zombies or Vampires, draining the opponent's life total. Red is the color of aggression, often burning the opponents life totals down at any cost. Green is the color of nature, ramping mana quickly and putting out big creatures before anyone else can, or generating tokens to overwhelm the opposition.
A deck does not have to be mono-colored, in fact most of the best decks in modern (the easiest to play format) have 2 or 3 colors.
The aforementioned official site has more on it so go ahead and take a look. Diving into this TCG community won't disappoint, as I've found it to be one of the best.
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Smash Bros WiiU. Everyone knows smash bros and if you haven't played any of them before, this is a great way to jump into the franchise. The amount of characters is staggering, reaching ~50 with the DLC included. This entry is explicitly designed to be for the casual market but the competitive aspects of the game are practically endless. I won't bother to say to much more as I have school work to do but go find out for your self how fun this game is. You won't regret it.