Amram & Jochebed (Nationals CoW Release)
A long time ago, way back when we released Women of the Bible as the 3rd Redemption expansion, we printed Jochebed.
Continue reading "Amram & Jochebed (Nationals CoW Release)"A long time ago, way back when we released Women of the Bible as the 3rd Redemption expansion, we printed Jochebed.
Continue reading "Amram & Jochebed (Nationals CoW Release)"When I won Nationals in 2015 (read about it here) I got a super cool prize, the ability to create a card! Now you may be thinking “But John, aren’t you […]
Continue reading "Winner Card Insight – Confusion (101 Ways)"A couple weeks ago I recorded this podcast while traveling to visit Gabe. I cover topics like power creep, the state of the game, and where we tried to push […]
Continue reading "Cloud of Witnesses Primer"As Gordon Gecko once said: greed is good. And that’s why all of today’s cards deal with MONEY! We added these three cards onto the list in the middle of […]
Continue reading "Money Money Money (**SPOILERS**)"Welcome back to part two of White Cloud! Last time I broke down four awesome Heroes from the new Cloud of Witness set. This time I’m going to take a […]
Continue reading "White Cloud: Part 2 (***SPOILERS***)"White Brigade is often overlooked and undervalued. It is frequently the brigade that ‘oddball’ characters without major themes get placed. Examples include Zerubbabel and Woman of Wisdom. It is the […]
Continue reading "White Cloud: Part 1 (***SPOILERS***)"I experimented with a few different deck ideas this tournament season. I began the year playing a “Water Garden” variant that played clay brigade guys (Peter and Barnabas primarily). I […]
Continue reading "T1-2P Nationals 2015 1st Place – “Greek gods”"Nationals Day 1 Judges Report In case you haven’t heard, we have a new Glory of the Lord promo for this Nationals. The special ability is the same, but it’s […]
Continue reading "Nationals 2015 Day 1 – Nationals Update"The Parable of the Lost Sheep – “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as […]
Continue reading "Seek and Ye Shall Find"Do you plan to play in the booster draft at Nationals? Will you be drafting with the new Persecuted Church cards anytime in the near future? Are you just curious […]
Continue reading "Nationals Booster Draft Primer: Part 2 – Rares"Ok, so this isn’t Excalibur, but it is a pretty cool Sword in its own right. The final piece of the Armor of God isn’t technically armor at all; it’s the […]
Continue reading "The Sword from the Stone!"Our second to last Armor of God Enhancement is Helmet of Salvation. The Helmet is a really important piece of Armor. It protects our inner-most thoughts, and helps us know […]
Continue reading "That Ain’t a Fedora!"Today we’re taking a peak behind the playtest scene at Shield of Faith.
Continue reading "Shields Up!"Today we’re taking a look at Shoes of Peace. Shoes are very significant in the Bible – They’re mentioned no less than 30 times in the new testament – Usually in […]
Continue reading "Put on Your Dancing Shoes!"We’ve got incoming darts! Do you have your armor on? Yesterday we gave you the Belt of Truth – Today we’ll give you the Breastplate.
Continue reading "Put on your Armor! – Part 2"This week on Land of Redemption we’re focusing on the Armor of God. Ephesians 6:14-17 lays out what the armor of god are – “Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins […]
Continue reading "Put on your Armor! – Part 1"Today I want to introduce you to both a playtesting principle, as well as a gameplay idea. They’re called psychological profiles, and there are three important ones: Timmy, Johnny, and […]
Continue reading "Larry, Curly, Moe"A long long time ago at a kitchen table at 11pm, I was introduced to my first combo deck. It was a brutal 7-0 shellacking during which my opponent took […]
Continue reading "Combo Corner – The Devastator"Have you ever wondered why we have so many errata’s? Why we’ve changed rules year after year? Why I can discard a hand of 0 cards? Here in Combo Corner, […]
Continue reading "Combo Corner – The Winds of Change"That’s right, boys and girls, we’re back after a brief hiatus! This week’s Resurrecting Old Treasures looks at Paul. Obviously a large portion of the new set helps Paul out. Honestly, quite […]
Continue reading "Resurrecting Old Treasures – Robbing Peter to Pay Paul"