Put Your Blue Genes On (A Review of Genegrafter)

If intense stares could kill...

Evolve or perish.

These words conclude the story introduction to the card game Genegrafter, an introduction that promises a tense standoff between various factions of genetically enhanced superhumans.  Set in a futuristic cyberpunk world where these supers are starting to take over, Genegrafter gives you the opportunity to build your own faction of combatants and attempt to wipe out your opponents.

Does it succeed?

Break the Ice! (A Review of Android: Netrunner)

Many years ago, a fellow named Richard Garfield created a card game that found its way into the homes of millions of people and has since continued to grow and expand and thrive.  It is the game that keeps many a game store afloat, it has tournaments worldwide, and it has kept a huge following of players since its inception.

Netrunner is not that game.  But, shortly after Magic: the Gathering, Mr. Garfield went on to create a number of other games, and one of those games was most definitely Netrunner. Alas, it did not achieve the popularity of Magic.

Fast forward a few decades later.  Fantasy Flight Games, seeking to expand its complex and incredibly geek-friendly Android universe, acquired the rights to Netrunner and published it as a revamped, re-themed "LCG" called Android: Netrunner. 

Here is my review.