How to Keep Warm During the Winter

I don't play much online anymore. Small events don't really feel fun enough, and leagues are too much of a hassle to schedule. However, I rarely get the chance to play a 4-strip format, and combined with the size and importance of the Winter Derby, getting to be a part of the discussions and hype …

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Some old rugs

Hello. It's been a while. Why has it been so long? This is a quick recap of the larger tournaments I've been playing. I've mostly stayed out of any leagues, only playing the occasional private 1-day online tournament really, so these are the more major ones. I don't do this for "the community". The community …

2019 Year in Review

I'm not really sure there's any merit to me doing a year in review here. Everything I've done, I've already written about, and a retrospective would probably be mostly depressing or boring or both. Maybe I will say something about Scryings soon, and maybe not. However, in the meantime, I can give you a review …

Not so unchained

This is going to be brief. But at least you do get a post, so don't complain. Time for Team Unified Old School again. This time full-on Swedish rules (but with lax reprint policies), unlike the modified Atlantic at Mobstercon: I was playing the World Cup in London this past weekend. My team had three …

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Or: Taking the Atog to the zoo

I played the following list in the New England Old School October monthly tournament (8 groups of 7, round robin within the group, winner advances to top 8, one tournament a month, seasonal standings for each 5-month season, Atlantic format) and some online games. Having gone 5-0 in the group play (one player unfortunately had …

On Fishliver and (not) writing

I was at Fishliver Oil Cup last week. Hung out with good people:   Played in the EC event: Finished 3-2, lost my win and in for t16, faced some sweet brews like Cyclopean Tomb/Icy/Kismet/Karma, lost to variance. As you can see, I played a bog-standard Hatog list. Did commentary on the main event with …

Almost Getting There Again: N00bCon 11

And here I thought I was the villain. But Martin Lindström is sitting across from me, playing flawlessly like an alien machine from the future, not one hair on his head out of position, perfectly relaxed in his sharp shirt. Looks like a Bond villain, as somebody commented. The Deck versus my Eyetog deck. He …

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Atog Pride

Three weeks ago, I went to Gothenburg to play in a small Old School side event at Swedish Nationals. It was held at GG Bar, Sweden's first esports bar, a five-minute walk from the Nationals site. Ten people showed up, but it was a great crowd, with many old-timers and some new faces. Organizer was …

High Tides Forever

Hello. It was a day like any other. Meeting David, a friend and business associate at the Stockholm central station, slipping the small white nondescript package into my bag, between a couple of pages of a binder, hardly even looking at it. We briefly discuss its contents, the state of the trade in general; as …