Nerdly Ned is an article series that will focus on the Nedly value of cards, which, if we’re all honest, is one of the reasons we play the game. V.Īnyway, thank you for indulging my bit of waxing on now, for the point of the series.
In many ways, the series was a safe haven for me, and it is perhaps now more than ever with him gone. in Creative Writing from Butler University in Indianapolis) when it came to my books, I found that the world of Westeros (and Essos) always managed to carve out a bit of space in my psyche – a space that hadn’t been completely worn smooth and polished flat and shining by years of workshop and haughty proclamations of “literary” merit. And although I grew older and snobbier (I earned an M.F.A. What always intrigued me about the card game itself, though, apart from the unique mechanics (which I’ll get to in a moment), was the seamless integration of the world of Westeros into the card design. He got me started playing this game, and though I took a long break – an almost 10 year break, actually – I did finally return. He was one of my closest friends and one of my first mentors, and I lost him last week to a war-of-attrition with several infectious diseases, including cancer.
My teacher at the time, who also ran the after-school Adventure Gaming Club (which was just a fancy way of saying we played D&D on Wednesdays or Fridays), was also an avid fan of the books. I may sound a bit sentimental, perhaps even trite, but forgive me this one lapse into overt sentimentality, seeing as I began playing Thrones in the seventh grade (2002-2003) after having read the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire. We’re telling stories and having fun, people. Sure, we all take time to listen to podcasts, debate card values, and mercilessly ridicule each other’s mistakes, but the real value, as has been stated on other websites and podcasts, of playing the only game that matters is the sense of belonging to something that’s greater than any one individual player. However, much of the Thrones community, even the highest level competitors, is managing a life with veritable responsibilities. I’m a semi-competitive player I like to test my best decks against other good players, and I generally have a good winning percentage in tournaments when I can make it to play. On OCTGN, without a table manifest (to flip, of course), the player apparently him-hawed around, lobbed a few insubstantial insults over chat, and quit before the Marshalling Phase even began.
I was talking to Aaron a couple days ago about a guy he played against on OCTGN apparently, the guy blew a gasket over a smart play on Aaron’s part.
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