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New mechanics revealed in MTG preview cards from Murders at Karlov Manor

16 Jan at 21:12

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Image: Jodie Muir/Wizards of the Coast Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 10-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. The first set of cards for Magic:…

Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic Anthology V Reveals Four New Cards (Exclusive)

13.05.2021

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Last week, Wizards of the Coast announced Magic: The Gathering‘s Summer of Legend featuring the releases of Modern Horizons 2, Magic‘s first Dungeons & Dragon set, and Historic Anthology V on Magic: The Gathering Arena. Like past Historic Anthology sets,…

Hand of Fate 2 doubles down on the original’s cool concept

05.04.2016

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A little over a year ago I reviewed Hand of Fate, an action-RPG with deckbuilding strategy and a lot of tough choices. The concept was unique and clever—you create a deck from encounter and equipment cards, the dealer mixes in…

Doom multiplayer beta impressions: the good, the bad and the demons

01.04.2016

Doom, FPS, Previews

The Doom closed multiplayer beta is underway. Right now thousands of helmeted space marines are spamming rockets at each other across rivers of blood and lava. Occasionally, one of them stands on a rune and turns into a hellbeast. It’s kinetic…

Wage war on Martian markets in Offworld Trading Company

25.03.2016

Offworld Trading Company, Previews, Strategy

Every shelf and desk at Mohawk Games’ Baltimore office contains a hand-selected boardgame collection. Each collection says something about the owner of that particular work station: who likes laid-back party games, who wants to sow distrust and dissent, and who…

Planet Coaster: hands-on with Frontier's theme park sim

21.03.2016

Planet Coaster, Previews, sim

Planet Coaster is the spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon, that beloved series of theme park simulators. The basic premise hasn’t changed much—build a park, fill it with rides, keep the punters happy—but now there are many extra layers of complexity.…

VR's first card game will need more than novelty

18.03.2016

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I’m sat on top of a castle looking over a gridded battlefield, with a menacing metal mask staring back at me from the fortress on the other side. Dragon Front, a free to play VR card game exclusive to the Oculus…

Battleborn’s Incursion mode is a true MOBA first-person shooter

10.03.2016

Battleborn, Previews

You don’t have to look far to see how influential the MOBA has been on modern blockbuster games, and Battleborn is the least apologetic when it comes to wearing those influences proudly. Gearbox’s sprightly FPS already has a per-match levelling system…

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