>>29012
Are you playing Ranked? You'd obviously run into meta decks the higher up the tier you go.

Izzet Drakes can suck a dick though. Such a boring deck.

I usually alternate, I play my actual constructed decks in Ranked, and jank and meme decks in unranked.

>>29013
What if I told you I only did Unranked at some point to try and avoid the meta, only to end up with a lot of lazy people who want their cheap wins but don't do ranked either. It's a nightmare for me.

>>29014
I'm sorry for your struggles. May the new set allow you to actually play your brews because the meta is gonna change.

>>29015

>Blue/White is now a thing
>Mono-red just became a thing
>For some reason white/black vampires became more popular

Different dicks, still getting fucked in the ass by them. OH WELL.

>>29017
I thought the vampires were already popular, those were one of the archtypes I usually encountered.

Also, Radkos is OP as fug.

Orzhov's looking sexy, Simic looks fun but difficult to pull off consistently.

4 MANA WRATH!
Esper Control is getting a TON of shit that could be goddamn great: Kaya's Wrath; Absorb; Mortify; the draw spells with Addendum (Precognitive Perception and Sphinx's Insight); Consecrate // Consume. And those are just the new cards that we've seen so far.

I miss the split cards not having Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand).

Most fun card in Ravnica Allegiance! And it's Red!

DONKEY!

>>28890
What chess variant? I like elf-chess.

>>28924
I.. can't believe it's a thing.

>>28931
Still easier to play than the Star Trek 3D Chess Variant.

You asked the slowest board on here. I'm surprised there was more than a dozen posts in 2018.

First, I'll answer all of your direct questions, and then I'll give you tips.

>do i need a miniature?

No, but they're nice to have. You should have a token of some sort to represent your character on the game grid if a grid is used, though. This can be a quarter, a bottle cap, a neat rock you found, a cardboard circle with a print-out of your character's face on it, whatever.

>is it frowned upon to make characters with names that are stolen from media?

It depends entirely on the group you're playing with. In general, it's better to make up a name or alter a famous one than it is to straight up copy a famous name. I personally would rather play with Legolan and Boromik than I would with Legolas and Boromir.

>I dont get alignment, can evil characters be in the same party as good ones?

Most people don't understand alignment. Characters in a party can be of mixed alignments; they just won't likely be happy with each other. That doesn't mean they have to fight or be mortal enemies. You can think your co-worker is a complete fucking jerkass retard and still get the job done. In general terms, alignment can be broken down like this: good characters care about the people around them; evil characters only care about themselves; lawful characters care about how things are done according to the rules, laws, procedures, etiquette, motto, etc while chaotic characters care more about the results. An evil and a good character can often agree on a course of action, but have different motivations or reasoning behind their actions.

>Are there any kind of easier races/classes to play for beginners?

Yes, martial classes are generally easier to play, and humans don't really have racial abilities to bother with. A human fighter or a human thief is the standard "I've never played before" character.

>The book says to round up when rolling a d3 but then later on the same page says to always round down-what?

Round down every die except for the d3. Round down d4s, round down d6, round down d8, round down d10, d12, d20, d100. Round UP d3. Don't worry so much about this; it's the Dungeon Master's job to know and interpret the rules.

>Would it be best to keep reading the book all the way through then go back and make a character?

It's easiest to think of the character you want, and then find options in the book to make that character.

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And now for the tips:
On your character sheet, next to your abilities, write down which book and page you can find the ability in. For example, if you have the Magic Missile spell from the Player Hand Book, and it's on page 147, then make sure your spell sheet says something to the effect of "Magic Missile (PHB 147)." If your character has Darkvision for 60 feet, your character sheet should probably reference the page that says you get Darkvision, and the page that describes what Darkvision is. Example: "Darkvision 60ft (PHB 15)(dwarf; PHB 12)" All of this will help you save a fuckload of time if you ever have questions about how your abilities work.

Make some ability cards! These are quick reference cards you can use to keep track of your abilites and what they do. Just copy the ability from the handbook onto an index card. This can help you keep track of your resources, and you know what everything does.

Have an idea of what you want to do BEFORE your turn comes around. This speeds up play, and keeps other players from becoming bored or frustrated.

Now for roleplay tips:

Don't negate; elaborate! Don't stop another character from acting, and don't undo their work. Instead, react to their actions. If someone says "I kill the hostages", it's better all around not to say "I try to grab your hand before you cut their throats." Just accept that the hostages are dead, and respond to the now-dead hostage situation. Is your character disgusted, horrified, enraged? Act it out.

Describe your actions as attempts, and try to describe in some small way anything you do. Abilities usually come with descriptions of what they do. Use those descriptions to add more flavor to the game, and if you're up to it, write out a few more similar flavor descriptions for your abilities (and put them on your ability cards for easy reference!)
Examples on what NOT to do: "I use Power Attack on the goblin" "I'm rolling a bluff check on the guard" "I want to check the room for traps." "I'm looking for secret doors."
Examples on how to do the same things, but better: "I raise my axe high, and bring it down wi…

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>>28981
And have fun. Tabletop RPG is also a social event despite what the vidya game versions say.

thanks for the tips. They were pretty insightful. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to go to the adventure league yet. Work got crazy with overtime, then some personal issues came up.
Also there are 2 game stores near me and one plays during the week at like noon and the other is on weekends at 1. The first one, the weekday nooner place is where i went originally and everyone seemed laid back and chill and cool. Later I went to the weekend 1 oclock place to talk about it and the people there seemed pretty abrupt and rude.
The owner even got visibly angry at me for doing research and trying to build a character before hand. I understand his case, as he explained it could be just as harmful to my character as to the campaign if i showed up with some uber mega stat player from nowhere that doesnt even fit the story, but beyond that he suggested it was bad even watching youtube videos and going to circlejerk threads as it would make me play wrong.
I'm not about causing waves, so I havent looked at the PHB since. But i still think it would be better to have a little insight on how to swim before jumping into the deep end. I'd rather go to the first place but it seems unlikely cuz work doesnt let out at 10am.

Anyway ill no bump this since it's a slow thread and give others a chance to move up.

>>28645
rook h5
pawn takes
queen g8
king h6
queen h8++

White chocolate or Dark chocolate chess?

>>28976
16 pawn chess pieces made of milk chocolate in the middle singing "Why can't we be friends".

Black to play
H Brechin vs A Druckenthaner

White to play
K Mekhitarian vs W Arencibia

Is it worth it - Only if you value critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence advancements from deckbuilding and gambling. Financially? No.
Players are usually very familiar with newer players and rarely friends with seasoned players.

>>28940

>Upside of Magic Arena: It's fucking free
>Downside of Magic Arena: Enjooy playing against premade decks 9/10 times

>>28942
I rarely play against honest to god pre-con anymore. Most decks i've play against are some janks or some good brews these days. Got to hop into rank to get that good shit brah.

>>28972
Like most hobbies, easy to get it and best done with friends. Also can get pretty deep in... so watch your wallet & sanity.

>>28896
MtG Arena is the most recent official video game based on Magic: the Gathering.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena
If you like this, try the cardboard version too.

>>28714
These are figures for the Warhammer40k game. It's a game played on table top or special tables with terrain or miniature cities. It's a bit cumbersome to learn to play, but it's pretty fun.

Collecting an army, assembling your figures, and painting them is a major part of the hobby.

>>28715

>Collecting an army, assembling your figures, and painting them is a major part of the hobby.

And also a way to spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours. No regrets, though.

Here enjoy some of my Imperial Guard tonks.

>>28937
I'm digging the SPG on the left, and the tank in the middle with the twin turrets. Looks like one of those pre-ww2 prototype tanks.

Old-school Carnifex!

>>28880
No trained animals in LARP! Get that thing out of here or you're forced to leave and you'll be banned from any future events.

Also let me see the stat card for that dagger, unless it mentions it can pierce armor-IS THAT A REAL DAGGER.

>>28891

>dagger

Not long enough.

>>28909
That's what SHE said.

Women in armor? My word...
Source: http://blog.sunandswords.com/

I move and slash.

>>28967

>>28968

>>28970

Don't speak to me or my sons again.

It was a dark and stormy night

Roll Dex check to ride a bicycle

>Play barbarian. 3.5
>Storming a frost giant fortress, fucking up all kinds of shit
>We get to the room before the boss. His elite guard.
>I attack with my nasty 2 handed sword. 20. We played by instakill rules
>I roll as we all wait for the outcome with bated breath
>20. DM- Roll again n' see. We were excited as this had never happened before
>19
>DM- Your greatsword slices off the top of the giant's head just below the nose.You see as this piece slides and separates from the body, the frantic shifting of eyes.
>Metal as fuck
>When asked DM said it was still incredible luck and wanted to get to the boss where the really fun was (he was right)

The dice always know

>>28101

>When you dump all your skill points in ONE skill, so you don't care what you roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGOKUrgQi5E

>>27939
This never happened.

When you max out your CONSTITUTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL92k6GnV5E

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>>27214
But she is, komrade. Just like the current tsar of USA.

>>28835
Russian Royalty

>>28883
Everybody wants to rule the woooorld

>>28979
At the end of the day none of these versions solve the basic problem that monopoly is a game which you win near the start by basically executing the one winning strategy better (ie rolling better) but then spend hours circling the drain. It's not a very good game but it's iconic and so people play it.

There's a monopoly for every major city too. I can buy one in local stores with landmarks I regularly visit on. It's crazy how many versions of the game exist without it being a very good game.

If you're going to create and play such a monster then say "fuck it" and play eclipse or something instead.