That Time Again

It's a good thing I'm not aiming for detailed play-by-play reports anymore. Because the tournament with the most on the line and the one where I played the most interesting deck, the N00bCon itself, has already mostly faded away among everything else happening during the weekend. I hardly have any photos, and my travel stories …

N00bfest 2023

There was to be no real N00bCon this year, but that doesn't mean Easter wouldn't be filled with old school magic in Gothenburg. In fact, what is and what isn't a n00bcon is largely a question of nomenclature. Does it need a shark? Does it need to be at the Rotary pub? Who knows? From …

The time of the orc has come

Hello! Two topics today: the process for choosing a deck for N00bCon, and the tournaments at the N00bCon weekend. I won't, however, spend very much time on the ambience, the hangs, the beers and the misadventures on the way. There's too much magic to be had now. Listen to some podcasts if you want to …

Alpha, Heroes, Vault

Edit: I've re-edited this to be as it originally was. Fuck it. I haven't played a tournament for a month but have a bunch of upcoming events: Mobstercon, Danish Old School 3.5, Magic Island Tour 4, Ivory Cup 4 within the next 6 weeks or so. Also Premodern nationals, which I might write about too. …

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 …

Nine Notes on N00bCon

On The Deck I'm strongly convinced this is the best 75 in the format (if playing in a less blue-heavy metagame than N00bCon, feel free to switch places of the Abyss and the maindeck REB): Still, that is not what I sleeved up for N00bCon. Why? I did put this exact deck together on the …