Corunea is a new card game, optimistically called a “role card game” by its publishers, in that it is supposed to be half CCG/half RPG. From my initial read through the rulebook and site, it seems to be more three quarters of a CCG/one quarter of an RPG.

Although given a straightforward fantasy theme and world in the rules, and cards like climate and location, all of the play is combat-related, like a CCG battle. The cards use RPG terminology, but players don’t gain experience, do anything much but fight (or heal, or move), or, in fact, do any role playing. So it’s really just an RPG themed CCG.

As far as the CCG part goes, there are no rare cards. Only one card is allowed per deck, eliminating deck building around a few key cards. This is good or bad, depending on how you feel about deck building.

Play is for 2 or 4 players. The artwork looks fantastic.

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Seth Godin writes in The Spirit of the Game about how some people try to win through finding loopholes, while others try to win through playing well. The loopholes are against the spirit of the game. You can win with them for a short time, but eventually they get closed.

Meanwhile, writing on ProBlogger, Nadeesha Cabral compares bloggers to pawns on a chess board. You start weak, in a mass of people, sometimes come too quickly out of the gate, most leave the board before the end of the game, those that don’t suffer attacks, and those who persevere may get promoted to queen. A bit of an analogy stretch in my humble opinion.

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Crafty Games, publisher of the Spycraft roleplaying game, has released Bag Full of Guns: This is my Gun. The new supplement details the latest in personal military hardware.

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Privateer Press will be adding new tokens, dice, and templates to its Forumla P3 range of hobby tools. These accessories should make it easier for players to track focus, fury, and upkeep spells in their WARMACHINE and HORDES miniatures games.

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Specialty dice manufacturer, Q-workshop is now offering hand-painted dice with figures from Steve Jackson Games’ Munchkin series of card games. Munchkin Dice are 10-sided and available in Premium and Deluxe versions.

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