SurfMonkey, The Ho Crain, and Even More Tabletop Time!

 Monthly game cards night with SurfMonkey. Our really cool, banner-style Vanguard and Luck and Logic playmats arrived and came out amazing. On the night, we played two games of Luck and Logic and two games of Cardfight! Vanguard. I ended the night at 1-1 in Luck and Logic and 1-1 in Cardfight Vanguard. Good times!

The day after SurfMonkey night, the Ho Crain stopped by for one last cards session before heading back to college. I lost every game I played except for a Luck and Logic game vs. Crain. I'm starting to think L&L might just be my game!!

 Maximan has been running a D&D campaign for Jaspersauraus and me. I have to say I am having a blast playing a halfling sorcerer: Tendo Glowfoot and the human monk: Car Bladehand. Jasper is playing Capt. Facepuncher and a Dragonborn cleric named Conroe.

Our heroes have protected two villages from monster incursions and are looking to keep everyone safe for years to come.

There are games of Cardfight Vanguard daily. 

Loving Luck and Logic and am eagerly anticipating the third Trial Deck!

Target had the excellent game Magic the Gathering: Duel of the Planeswalkers for $9.+. I couldn't pass it up. We played a couple of games and had fun doing it!

 We even sneaked in a game of Rune Age.

Maximan has become interested in Imperial Assault. SurfMonkey generously allowed us to borrow his copy. Max won't get his until his birthday in November. We played two games so far, and it is even more fun than I remember.

See you all again soon. School looms on the horizon, with it less time to play games, but we will try to get them in when we can.

Summon SurfMonkey like Magic. It was Epic!!!

It had been five long months since SurfMonkey and I had sat down across from the gaming table for some dice chukkin' and card slingin'. But last night it finally was back to the battlefield. He brought the brand new shiny Magic Arena of the Planeswalkers Tactical Miniature Combat Game. We played two games with me as Jace and him as Chandra. The first game I made a huge tactical gamble and paid for it with Jace becoming surrounded by fire cats and Phoenixes. So much for Jace. Burning for a rematch, we set up another game, same Planeswalkers and went at it again. This time, Jace was wiser and prevailed. 

The production values are great and the gameplay is fast and easily managed. I really like the addition of the spell cards to miniatures combat. I would definitely play it again but am still on the fence as to whether it is a purchase for me or not because I am not sure it replaces my Song of Blades and Heroes/Power Legion/or Fear and Faith for me. But the more I think about it, the more I think it will end up in my collection eventually...

The rest of the game night we played the print and play version of the awesome game I Kickstarted recently from White Wizard Games, the company that brought us Star Realms. It is a Magic-style game without all the drawbacks: Epic the Card Game.

Max and I and The HoCrain played it heavily over the past several days, so it was time to get SurfMonkey in on the action. We played an introductory game then we Solomon drafted decks and played a couple more. It is a fast dueling card game that really lives up to its name. I can't wait until September to get the full game and really watch it explode. I foretell it will be huge!

Summertime gaming has been in full swing here at magehammer's Gaming Table. Dungeons and Dragons, Star Realms, Vanguard, and Song of Blades of Heroes have hit the table in the past couple of days. I have also been playing Sentinels of the Multiverse the Video Game and Battlelore Command like it's my job. I love my hobby!

More gaming goodness coming. Stay tuned!