Titan’s Revenge: Fighting against the Metagame
It was a harrowing weekend in Nagoya. After 5 days of matches, my WGB Token deck finished a middling 7 win and 11 loses. It started well enough on Friday. I came in… Continue reading
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What the Helvault?!?! (Pre-release info and first Impressions of Avacyn Restored)
Is anybody else getting excited about Avacyn yet? Do the cards seem overpowered or what?? There are going to be so many possibilities for the meta game it’s going to be chaos the… Continue reading
Attack of the Pod People! (and playing in the rain, off the beaten path)
Originally, my friend and I had planned on meeting up for some play testing over at my apartment today on my day off. However, I had some errands to run and one of… Continue reading
New Hobby Store opening and the Mutating Metagame
Osu Kannon is really the place to go for gaming in Nagoya it seems. There are now 3 stores located within walking distance of each other: Amenity Dream, Hobby Station Osu, and now… Continue reading
Nagoya Traveller 1: Osu Kannon
I haven’t had the time to take pictures and collect information until recently, so today I’m starting a new feature here on The Japan Hobbyist featuring places to see in Japan. This could… Continue reading
The Wrap Up (The Final Nagoya Hobby Store profile and current metagame)
It’s been a lot of work going around town and collecting the information about all the hobby/card stores in Nagoya, but now it’s finally coming to an end. Today’s store is the other… Continue reading
Kyoto is more than just Temples and Tea it seems . . . (More store profiles)
I went to Kyoto this last weekend for the 7-8th time or so. I saw most of the temples and shrines there a long time ago and have been there during every season.… Continue reading
We all live on a . . .(the latest Hobby Store profile!)
We all live on a Yellow Submarine, a yellow Submarine, a yellow submarine . . . Today’s hobby store profile is of Yellow Submarine. YS is a chain store located all over Japan… Continue reading
Talk the Talk: A MTG vocab lesson in Japanese (+ a store profile)
I thought it would be useful to all those starting to play at Japanese hobby shops to know what each ability or term is in Japanese. With a basic understanding of hiragana, or… Continue reading