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Three Comics You Should Be Reading

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Let’s be honest. No matter how much you love comics, there’s no way you’ll ever be able to read them all. There’s just far too many and you’d have to sell pretty much all your organs on the black market to be able to afford them.  So what I want to try and do with this article, which I hope to be able to do on a semi-regular basis, is to keep people up to date on some of the awesome comics out there so they can give them a shot themselves.  Some will be new comics, some will be old comics, but all of them will be comics you should be reading.

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Why the Veronica Mars Kickstarter is a Very Dangerous Idea

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Let me start by saying I have no opinion about the show Veronica Mars. While I have been aware of the show, I have never watched an episode. I enjoy the star, Kristen Bell, and coincidentally, have in the past very much enjoyed the work of the actor who plays her father Enrico Colantoni in Just Shoot Me and Galaxy Quest. That being said, Veronica Mars is a show I just never got around to. Continue reading

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OZ: The Great and Powerful – Review

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When I first heard that both Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. turned down the lead role in OZ: The Great and Powerful, I had to wonder why.  However, I wasn’t overly disappointed to learn that James Franco was going to play the title role of Oz… and then I watched the movie…

OZ: The Great and Powerful is like a soap opera set in the most colourful place possible, so here is a run down.

*** SPOILERS AHEAD – YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! ***

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Reiner Knizia’s Tile-Laying Trilogy on iOS Part 2: Samurai

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This is the second part of my discussion of Reiner Knizia’s influential and acclaimed tile-laying trilogy.  The first part discussing Through the Desert can be found here.  The next game we are going to discuss is Samurai, an area/influence capturing game set in feudal Japan.  As a bonus, I am also going to review the board game, because I own it and it is awesome. Continue reading

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How to Talk to Your Parents About D&D

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Most every gamer has had that awkward moment of answering the question of “What exactly is this D&D thing you’re doing?”  Sure, it can be an intimidating question to answer, particularly to those who are too close-minded, too judgmental, or downright just ignorant.  Sometimes it leads to acceptance, sometimes ridicule, and (unfortunately) sometimes much worse. This week, MITC contributor Tara Newman regales us with the story of how she came about answering “the question,” and the results may surprise you.

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Reiner Knizia’s Tile-Laying Trilogy on iOS Part One: Through the Desert

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This is the start of a three part series about board game designer Reiner Knizia’s tile-laying trilogy. Reiner Knizia is probably the most famous and prolific board game designer ever, having designed over four hundred games that include dice, card, board, auction, and mobile (iOS) games. In 1997 and 1998 he published three games, Tigris and Euphrates, Samurai, and Through the Desert, that all used a tile-laying mechanic. Though he does not consider them to be a trilogy, they are collectively known in the board game community as the Knizia tile-laying trilogy. Continue reading

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