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Portal's fine (this includes the Three Kingdoms set, which might be of interest), Unglued isn't. I was going to just paste in the set legality note for Vintage and Legacy that would exclude Unglued, but I didn't actually see one on the official banned list pages, even though those sets are of...

Hm, I thought you meant teenagers. I'm in my 20's myself and I remember seeing Clippy in 1997, the year that it first came out. Now, I do basically live in Microsoftland*, and did then. But so did a lot of WotC employees. I'd think more of the lack of recognition would be down to people not...

The party has the following light sources... Lantern (carried by Arcttus, permanent, active), candle (in Throg's pack, inactive, lasts 2D6 turns), Helm of Farseeing (worn by Throg, permanent, only affects wearer, does not emit light).

I don't know about that. Clippy was pretty infamous. People that never used Microsoft Office generally still heard about it, and even if you mean that the "target crowd" would be young, they wouldn't be that young. Maybe young enough not to assume that someone would make an April Fools Day...

I just realized that I was assuming that the table was out-of-date because the list of previously played games was. In actuality, I can't interpret the table at all. Can't make sense of it. If you find it comprehensible, then I'll leave the table up to you. I'll modify the post some more to...

Updated the tribal administration thread with most of a replacement for that thread's front page (first post, whatever). Head on over and see if there are any changes you'd like to see on that. As for getting a new game going finally, I'll begin building a deck soon. New quarter of school...

Note: I got rid of the previous note because it didn't even make sense anymore, now that this thread is its own thing with a sticky and such. As of October 8th, 2013, I've made some minor updates to this first post. The only important part is that goblins, elves, and zombies are banned. Tribal...

Some time passes. Anton seems to be as awake as he is going to get. Throg and Dorgath make a reluctant return to (almost) total sobriety. Dorgath lifts the magic trap-door, revealing a dark, narrow chute with a rope ladder leading down into the darkness.

Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd (1973).

Arcttus rouses Anton by shaking him. Note: everyone that was wounded on entering this room consumed ale. Through healing items and ale consumption, everyone is now at full Wounds. However, Dorgath and Throg will still be inebriated for another three turns.

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John (1973).

Other than seeming almost insubstantial and obviously being a product of magic, the trapdoor doesn't appear to be dangerous.

I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & the Shondells (1967).

Dorgath plies the femur from Throg. He's still feeling pretty tipsy, but he proceeds anyway. As Dorgath places the bones, a deep thrumming fills the air and an area of blackness coagulates in the corner of the room. As it clears, you see, in place of the alcove, a shimmering trapdoor in the floor.

This one isn't funny either! I'm beginning to doubt their dedication to April Fools Day.

That's exactly what I thought. But I'm pretty sure Microsoft Office moved on from that (I don't use Microsoft Office at home, but I've used it at school quite a lot, and Clippy wasn't around in Office 2007 from what I could see). So the feature of Microsoft Office that was universally derided...

So I don't play MTGO and haven't even seen it in almost a decade. I'm not familiar with things there, but this is an April Fools Day thing, right? I mean, it seems like it's probably kind of funny, but I feel like an outsider on whatever the real joke is...

Goblins, elves, and zombies were off the table for previous tribal games here, with the exception of the highlander tribal game we played. The distinction is that for that game, which was probably bound to be something of a one-off, was strictly highlander, with no duplicates of any cards, not...

Yeah, that'd cover the deckbuilding rules. I mean, we wouldn't want to call it EDH, since that's just the original name for Commander. More like Highlander Tribal. Well, not quite, because the creatures in the tribe wouldn't be restricted. Maybe Quasi-Highlander Tribal.

One key difference: no Commander. That makes all tribes eligible, not just those containing a legendary creature. It also removes the fancy interactions with commanders that are so format-defining. This is basically just another version of tribal. It's even pretty similar to the tribal...