Board Game Reviews, Board Gaming

Something Old but New: A Look at Ophidian 2360 – Part 2 of an Unintended Double Feature

“I LIVE! I DIE! I LIVE AGAIN!” – Nux (Mad Max: Fury Road)

One down, one to go. Two reviewish things inside of a week. Maybe I should do this more often…

A long time ago I was on a strange camping trip of sorts with my dad, a friend of mine, and some other family. I say “strange” because most things involving my family justify that qualifier. I was probably around 16 or 17 at the time. There’s not much to tell about the camping trip that relates to where I’m going with this save for one thing: I spent a lot of it excruciatingly bored. Okay, that’s not actually the point, but it was the catalyst. During one of the stops in transit, I came across two game displays sitting on the counter of the store we were in. One was a really cool looking game called Spellfire. It had the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons branding, as well as Forgotten Realms. This was going to be awesome. The other one was some thing I’d never heard of called “Magic: The Gathering Unlimited Edition” Pfft. Boooooring. I bought some of the Spellfire cards and never looked back. Continue reading