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2013-10-30

Haste! w/ Special guest Smiles. Gamer Wisdom, DDI Goes Dark, Tabletop SFX, and More!


Another great episode of Haste which I listened to while on my jog.

I am impressed that they are still able to be podcasting as the reforging nears completion. 

It was nice to have a special guest on this episode.


Know Direction 70 - Late September 2013


I listened to this while sitting at a table at Taco Bell across from UCI while waiting for Jack to finish up at Water Polo.

I think that this is the only Pathfinder Podcast that I am currently listening to it--I really enjoy the hosts spirit and high energy. They have a lot of system expertise and combine that knowledge with some fantastic insight into not just the rpg industry and trends, but more importantly to the games that occur at the table.

The show notes do not really match up that well with what I remember listening to, but I do remember enjoying it.

Two Headed Donuts!

Special Halloween Edition of Tuesday Morning with Magic! Kate made this amazing decoration.
Lisa made muffins & we had donuts for the boys


The kids came charging into the house this week--they are starting to arrive earlier.


The kids card storage tools are still poor. I need some generic cheap tips on how to store cards so that the kids can move out of mom's Tupperware!

The Go tokens we use for counters is working very well.
Andrew, Matt, and Dylan had some one on one matches to start the morning


Alexander, Jack, and Derek all won, I think--kitchen side continues to be the strong side.




The kids all have iPhone's and have downloaded counters which is working very well.




I do still use paper and pen, mostly just so the kids learn how to do it for when we take the show on Tour.






Matt going Donut--in fact, all the kids went donut




The kids had to wait until the one on one matches were complete before starting the Two Headed Giant match which was really what most of the kids are interested in. This is the reason that the come.




Jack is leaping out of his chair during THG!





But then Derek's green deck started to go off




And then Team J&M had to go back to the planning stages



2013-10-29

Ruling on the Whip

Brian

and I


Met for Lunch at Veggie Grill in Irvine for some Magic: The Gathering & some trash talking


We also talked work & started gearing up for NaNoWriMo


Brian has a lot of cards in his bag


I am still running a very simple Rakdos deck





Brian has been crushing me lately with a UW Deck--it Mills, it has Planeswalkers, & it has some white creature spamming






We did have a tricky rules situation come up again. Brian was milling me and I had like 10 creatures in my graveyard so I attempted to use the Whip of Erbos


to pull a Gray Merchant of Asphodel out of my Graveyard

doing four to Brain. 

He attempted to respond to the Whip with Cancel


but I argued the Whip was using an Ability not a Spell. Brian agreed & took four--but I have no idea if this is the correct rulling.

We then we had a discussion about if there was any way to prevent the Whip from returning the Gary and causing damage. So, this weeks question, is mostly about "is there a difference between 'enter the battlefield' effects when a creature is cast as opposed to manipulated by some other Ability"?



Skull & Shackles Session 5