Braden Gardner
Lawful Neutral (LN) is often portrayed in Dungeons & Dragons as stubborn, challenging, and hard to deal with. However, it does not always have to be this way; there are plenty of avenues to play Lawful Neutral that won’t have you fighting against your party. Understanding how the Lawful Neutral alignment works open up many …
Understanding the subtle nuances of D&D alignments can be tricky, especially if you want to make your perfect character! Whether you’re leaning toward a traditional lawful good paladin or looking to spice things up with a lawful good rogue, you’re in the right place! Lawful good characters value honor, law, and order. Their sense of …
I’ve been opening packs of various cards since I was a kid. The trading card game (TCG) I bought cards for evolved as I got older, starting with Pokémon in elementary school, shifting to Yu-Gi-Oh! in high school, and ultimately landing on Magic: the Gathering (MTG) in college. Booster packs were special in my younger …
Once you’re hooked on Magic: The Gathering (MTG), there’s nothing that feels as good as getting new cards. Whether from packs, the local card shop, or in the mail, the anticipation and unexplored strategic possibilities never fail to get me pumped to tune decks and jam some games to test out my changes. These days, …
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (ALttP) is one of the best games released for the SNES, and I’d even argue of the franchise as a whole. Over the last few years, I’ve played through different randomized versions of this classic game, trying everything from basic randomized gameplay to randomized enemies and …
Trading card games may have been a novelty in the early 1990s, but ever since the success of Magic: The Gathering (MTG), millions of dollars have since flowed into collectible cards. MTG, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! have been the franchises that have stood the test of time, but others like Flesh and Blood, MetaZoo, and Weiß …
The idea behind the Smash Up board game is as simple as it is brilliant. Pick 2 factions, shuffle their 20 card decks together, then use your newly assembled deck to establish dominance over bases before your opponents do. Despite a slew of loosely themed expansions, gameplay remains extremely accessible, and the replay value only …
Mana ramp comes in a lot of different flavors in Magic: The Gathering (MTG). Green is the best individual color in the color pie at performing this task, as it provides ample ways to put extra lands onto the battlefield from your hand or deck as well as efficient ways to add extra mana to …