Hello fellow Shadow Era fans, I would love to give my take on some of the "controversial" cards being discussed in the forums. Mostly the Bloodlust card and the Bad Wolf card. If you are keeping up with the forums, you would have noticed they were hot topics! Discussions abound, and differentiating opinions are thrown around (but all in good nature of course , cause we're all just here to have fun)

Let me start with Bloodlust, I don't have too much to say about this ...

One of the features I would like to see in Shadow Era went it's ready is Drafting.

For Beta I completely understand the need to get the game engine down, and I'm excited to play constructed decks. But one of the coolest things about TCGs is the ability for a "limited" format and drafting.

With TCGs there is a rarity system in place, so when you buy a pack there will be 1 hero, 10 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare or epic.

After a while, when ...

My first blog will be about Engulfing flames. I'd really like to valuate the card but without having played the game that is a little difficult out of context, so I'll break down what we do know about the card and the game so far.

Cost: 4
"Target is set on fire and loses 1 health per turn"

From experience with other card games, the cost of 4 at first seems a little high. But breaking ...

Good morning faithful readers (and possible detractors),

I decided after yesterday's 'stuff' that I would start afresh with a positive post.

Today is the 31st! By all accounts the Closed Beta begins tomorrow. Details have not come from Kyle yet, but hopefully they'll come later today.

I'm surprised how excited I am to see and play the game. This is like the day before your birthday, especially when you suspect that someone is going to throw you a surprise ...

I'm probably going to regret this, because there's an old adage that says "never post after midnight". That saying exists because of the propensity to say something unpleasant that you'll regret in the morning.

On the other hand, I said I would chronicle my Shadow Era Beta experience. I just didn't expect to feel so irritated so early, and before the Beta actually began.

And I know full well that I am over-reacting. It's just that I've come away from a debate ...