New Casual Chronicler--Unsanctioned House Rules

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Howdy all. Been three weeks or so since my last Casual Chronicler, and I was so hoping to keep these things weekly! Anyway, the new article can be found here:
The Casual Chronicler: Unsanctioned Tournament House Rules

I talk about some zany new ideas to apply to unsanctioned tournaments, House Rules style. Sideboard alterations, card access variants, draft expansion, and even a new twist on ante.

As a side note, I wanted to mention though my issue rants have been put within the Casual Chroncler umbrella, I have an idea that I don't think would fit with the issue rants of that column. Expect to see one more Mad Dog Rant here at CPA soon. "Mad Dog Rant: Big Points with Little Substance" or "Get Your Furries Porn Out of My Game!"

Oh, and while I'm here doing article promotion, I'd like to mention Houts' new article at Brainburst:
http://www.brainburst.com/db/article.asp?id=4393

 

[train]

Liked the article...

Do you just try to make the game more interesting by coming up with the new playing variations?...
(I'm more of the deck format type of person, instead of game rules)

It even had an enchant world picture along with it!...

 

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I often think of a lot of little house rule ideas, all the time while playing. I rarely write them down, though, and have never actually played with many of them, because the people I play with tend to just go for the normal rules of the game.

I was hoping to run a tournament with the "growing draft" rules in mid-August, by sponsoring a junk draft tournament at the local store, but the stupid owner just said she liked it and delayed constantly. Stupid! What a moron! I was dontating all the draft cards (except lands) and even donating a foil 8E Birds of Paradise. What a friggen stupid fat f***er!!!

Must be the BoP. That thing is completely and utterly cursed, I tell ya. I don't belive in curses, but this thing bends reality to curse the space and time around itself. I swear I'm gonna light that son of a b**** on fire pretty soon! (Already 6 months late in lighting it up when I last said I would, so its time is coming!).

 

[orgg]

Instead of burning it, why not hold another contest with it as a possible prize?

 

[Oversoul]

The whole curse thing, I think...

 

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Yes, the curse thing. When I intend to finally burn it, I am suddenly lacking a camera to record the event. Sorta like the messed up snowmen on my New Mexico trip. When I could make a snowman I was either asleep or without a camera, and when I finally had access to cameras...well, the snow melted. Stupid snow!

 

[train]

Offer it to the highest bidder...

then tell them they must pay for it with pesos after winning...

 

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Actually, I gave up, and decided to just keep it. I hate foils, but I have three foil decks: One R/G all-foil "chronicler" deck (has a foil card from every single set and promo set that has had foils, except I'm missing a card from Legions and Fifth Dawn. Other than that, it has all bases covered, including beatdown box, DCI, arena, etc) which is actually decent, a mono-black turd deck that attempts to be a "chonicler" but its missing a ton of stuff.

The third deck is at the moment mono-white or WU (working on it, just barely 40 cards and hoping to get it up to 60) deck, also entirely foil, but the theme is "Goddam You!" The reason? I play all foils in this deck, too, but I am working on putting in really nice foils and playing it without cases. So far it has Windspeaker Muse, Global Ruin and Wasteland in it as good foils. Hoping to get more. Thinking of making it WG and putting the Birds in here. And the Living Wish.