As per the norm at GenCon, Magic the Gathering seemed to be the dominate card game, although not by much. It seems that they now have half of the tournament hall, while Upper Deck had the other half. It’s kind of a weird setup, because Wizard no longer runs the Magic event, instead a company called Past Time Games runs all the magic events at GenCon. Been that way for a few years now I’ve noticed.

Anyways, most of you have heard of Magic The Gathering before, and I’m sure you know that World of Warcraft has their own trading card game. I’ve played it before, and it’s not really a bad game, pretty decent system. There just isn’t anyone really in my area that plays it, so I haven’t looked into it much after I learned how to play.

Yugi-oh is still Yugi-oh, your deck consist of some of the craziest card names out there, and through some odd force can combine to create even more absurd creature names that would give any Scrabble judge a brain aneurysm just trying to comprehend the thought behind the name.

As my friends and I roamed the vendor hall, we came across a few new card games we wanted to try. Now these aren’t CCG’s or TCG’s, just normal type of card games. Example, the first one we tried was called Fishing For Terrorist. Basically, Go Fish on crack + making fun of the FBI/CIA.  You play the role of an agent from your agency, and ask a particular player “Have you heard anything about insert one of the terrorist names here activity?” I suppose you don’t have to say that, but it helps make the game a little crazy. If someone says yes, you collect the terrorist from them and capture them. If they say no, you draw from the deck. (Ask for a 3, get told to go fish). They also added crazy event cards, counters, the ability to steal other terrorist, and the whole goal is to have the most terrorist by the time the deck runs out to see who wins. Fun little game when you and some pals are bored.

The next game we tried was made by the same company, so expect something odd.  This game was called Red Dragon Inn 2. It can also be played in combination of Red Dragon Inn, and the thought behind this game is, what the adventurers do after dungeon crawling in say D&D.  You play a character of a particular race, I remember I was a half-orc. You have your cards, some gold, and cards that consist of different alcohol. I guess if you break it down, you’re characters are gambling, playing cards and drinking. The entire goal of the game is to be the last player with gold and not drunk. It was interesting, but $35, so we didn’t pick it up.

The last game we all tried was actually one produced by one of our friend, friends. Got it? This game was called Burosh. This game was definitely a twist on poker and dice. I believe the max players was six, you have one playing card deck with a few extra cards that are wilds. The playing board is a nice wooden board, that is a big hexagon with hexagon tiles for the game board. I’m not sure if I can explain this game without showing you how to play it, as it sounds confusing even in my head.  You roll a d6 (six sided die) and place it on the game board. If it is next to any of your dice, all the surrounding dice gain a point up to 5. If it is next to enemey dice, they all go down one, to being removed if below 1. If your die number ties any enemies around it, you challenge that player. Basically you try to have the best poker hand to beat them. The catch is, lets say you have a 2, and your challenging an enemy against a die that is a 2. You are only allowed to use a max of 2 cards to make your poker hand.

There you go, once again, goal is to have more points than the other plays once all the spots on the board are taken and no one else can play a die.

So there you have it, the card games I encountered last week. Oh, and in my swag bag for attending GenCon, I had a booster pack of what you see above, which is weird.