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Pokemon X & Y Release
Jack was extremely excited for the release of the new Pokémon game. He installed the poster in his bedroom in anticipation of the release event at Game Stop. We picked up Alexander and headed to the shop around 10:00 PM for a Midnight release. This was Alexander’s first Pokémon release event.…
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Worst Play Ever
You know those times when you make a play and everyone watching just starts laughing. I mean really laughing…Bent over, cannot talk? And then they utter ‘do you know what you just did’…and you have no idea and just stare at your cards like a mental patient? I had one of those yesterday…
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Murder in Baldur’s Gate–D&D Encounters S15 S9
Rain in Southern California is amazing–we all know about STORM WATCH and the absurdity of a little rain being treated as a natural disaster in an age of rapidly expanding natural disasters. But what is not so intuitive is that in Southern California a little rain actually does turn a 20 minute drive into a…
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Matt joins the Crew, Slivers Dominate, Two Head Giant Blow out
Another great week of Tuesday Morning with Magic at Much. My brother-in-law gave us some home grown pumpkins which of course were required to play some Theros! Lisa made some amazing Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. which were served with some fantastic Peet’s coffee. Seventh graders need a note from their moms to drink coffee…
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Sunday Morning Theros
Brian came over Sunday with his new deck to play some Theros. I am still running my great Minotaur Rakdos deck, which matched up nicely with his UW Control deck. Our first match was the longest game I have ever played–it went like 30 rounds. Neither of us could find a…
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Children’s Hospital Orange County
Jack had his infusion at CHOC today. He has uveitis & has to have infusions every 8 weeks. We set up cards in the room–one of the nurses had a brother who played and knew what we were up to. Jack was very excited. While Nurse Uma was setting up the initial medications and taking vitals…
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Gaurdians of Meletis
I love this card. Not just because it is a cheap blocker in a slow set that needs more removal, but because of what it represents.Geeking Out brought more attention to this card in a Vlog episode on Queer Representation in RPG’s: http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/abMlIZ07ioU&source=uds which I think is really important. Celebrating when someone gets it right…
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Movember
This year, the thirteenth year of Movember, and I have decided to create a team of D&D people to participate in this great event to raise money for Men’s Health issues. I first found out about Movember because my friend Barmak grew some amazing Mutton chops three years ago during November and then I heard…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 