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My Splinterlands Self Challenge #14 – The End Of Another Frustrating Season

Welcome to another update on my attempt to challenge the Splinterlands ranked leagues with only the initial set of cards!… Plus, whatever I can earn or win. Well, to spoil the ending, I took another frustrating run at making the top 20 in Bronze and didn’t make it. With only a couple of days left in […]

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Thunkgaria – (Season Zero/Open Beta)

This is, in part, a correction to my previous Holybread article. It appears that the developer is not planning on updating that game, but has instead released a new game, Thunkgaria. Thunkgaria is a relatively simple browser-based fantasy game with a focus on acquiring items and experience for your characters. The game has four basic […]

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Random Musings

Happy Thanksgiving 2020!

Hello All! Rather than post a full game review, I am taking a small break today and just posting some updates to previous articles: As a correction to my previous Holybread , the developer does not appear to be planning on updating the game. Instead, he has released a new game, Thunkgaria. I will be […]

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My Splinterlands Self Challenge #13 – Midweek Update, Renting Power, & Bronze League Thoughts

Welcome to another update on my attempt to challenge the Splinterlands ranked leagues with only the initial set of cards!… Plus, whatever I can earn or win. After making a frustrating push to try to get into the top 20 of the Bronze league last season, and falling short, I started this week back at the […]

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Blockchain Games Reviews Mobile Money Series

Mobile Money # 17 – RollerCoin

Who doesn’t want to get paid for playing video games? This series follows mobile applications, some of which are borderline games at best, that claim to reward users with cold hard cash (or gift cards). In my pursuit of extra cash to blow on games, or Steam gift cards to add to my collection, I […]

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Splinterland Self Challenge

My Splinterlands Self Challenge #12 – The End To Another Season

Welcome to another update on my attempt to challenge the Splinterlands ranked leagues with only the initial set of cards!… Plus, whatever I can earn or win. Since I was already relatively high on the leader board by the middle of the week, I did make a last minute run at trying to get into the […]

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Board Game Reviews

Fluxx (the card game)

Today I’ll be doing something a little different and taking a look at a physical card game, Fluxx. The first version of Fluxx was published in 1997 by Looney Lab Games. The version that I personally own is the fourth edition, which was published in December 2008. About a decade ago, one of my coworkers […]

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My Splinterlands Self Challenge #11 – Mid-Season update, Twitch Still My Biggest Source of Packs

Welcome to another update on my attempt to challenge the Splinterlands ranked leagues with only the initial set of cards!… Plus, whatever I can earn or win. With the new season starting, I was back to 400 rating in Bronze and ready to start climbing my way back up. With the season half over at this […]

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Holybread (the Game) – Early Access

Today we’ll be taking a look at the blockchain browser based game Holybread. Holybread was developed for the Steem/Hive blockchain by @simplemind and the initial version was released around January 2020. It can probably be best described as a free-to-play idle fantasy game with a small player-versus-player component. The current version of the game consists […]