14th December 2005, 1:10 AM
I've actually played that "yugi" game now. The rules do make sense, but there are a smabillion of them and it's not exactly easy to remember them all.
So hey, if you have time to kill but not quite enough to learn the even more convoluted rules of D&D, play a collectible card game.
Also, you'll need money. A lot... of money...
This whole "open ended" thing probably isn't the best idea, but the worst is that random element in what cards you get. They really should just sell whatever their latest edition of cards is as a COMPLETE box set, with all the cards they just made in it. No muss, no fuss.
However, I understand part of the challenge is from how rare some cards are. Bolderdash! How is the fact that it's hard to get a card any real challenge? Oh sure, the guy who can't find the uber super expensive cards may find the rich kid a challenge, but seriously, one's wallet should not be the determining factor of victory. We play games to ESCAPE reality, and that includes however poor we may truly be.
So hey, if you have time to kill but not quite enough to learn the even more convoluted rules of D&D, play a collectible card game.
Also, you'll need money. A lot... of money...
This whole "open ended" thing probably isn't the best idea, but the worst is that random element in what cards you get. They really should just sell whatever their latest edition of cards is as a COMPLETE box set, with all the cards they just made in it. No muss, no fuss.
However, I understand part of the challenge is from how rare some cards are. Bolderdash! How is the fact that it's hard to get a card any real challenge? Oh sure, the guy who can't find the uber super expensive cards may find the rich kid a challenge, but seriously, one's wallet should not be the determining factor of victory. We play games to ESCAPE reality, and that includes however poor we may truly be.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)