Author: Joe Smelosky

The title might seem a little odd here. How would tournament prep be game theory? With FFG’s World Championships coming up, I wanted to go over some more advanced things that players do to prepare for a tournament this size. There are three things I wanted to cover here: Metagaming, Teams, and Gauntlets. Most of you are probably already familiar with these concepts; feel free to skip this if you’re already doing all of this stuff. For the rest of you, let’s get started. Continue reading “Game Theory: Tournament Prep!”

Time for my first character review. Today I want to focus on one of the strongest and most talked about cards in the entirety of Spirit of Rebellion, TIE Pilot (SR4). How can a non-unique character be that good? Well, I’ll tell you. Continue reading “Card Dissection: Tie Pilot (SR4)”

I haven’t actually done a card dissection for a while, and the most wonderful time of the year upon us, so let’s take a look at some new cards. Today I’ll be going over one of my favorite cards revealed so far for reasons we’ll discuss today. So, let’s look at Vibroknife (SR57)! Continue reading “Card Dissection: Vibroknife (SR57)”

Welcome back! I hope you’re ready for some more game theory, I’ve been sick all week and can’t wait to get back to some Star Wars: Destiny. Let’s dive right into one of my favorite game theory subjects, aggro or control. Continue reading “Game Theory Applied to Destiny: Aggro or Control?”

Finally! The first installment of my promised game theory article series. If this is the first time you’ve heard of game theory, it’s basically a collection of mental and theoretical concepts that are used mainly in Trading Card Games (TCGs). These concepts apply another aspect to these games and also help players improve at their game of choice. I’ve talked about a couple in my league articles, Mindset and Skill Plateaus, to be specific. Today, we’re going to discuss Tempo. Continue reading “Game Theory Applied to Destiny: Tempo”

I know I said I would do this in a Podcast Byte, but I’ve been a bit busy this week, and needed to write an extra article, so I decided to do the wrap up in an article. It won’t be super long, and my next article will be about Game Theory for sure! On to the wrap up! Continue reading “Level 1 Game Shop League: Wrap Up”

I want to start this article off with something I meant to put in the end of last week’s. I’m going to end this series now. I figure there’s only so many times you guys want to read “I lost a ton and it was close every game.” I’m planning to do a wrap-up of the entire league in a podcast bite. That should come in about two weeks. Continue reading “League Report: Level 1 Game Shop – Week 4”

Week three has come and gone, and I’m back with more games and more insight! I really mixed things up this week, playing 3 different decks! First, I started out with eDooku/Bala/Trooper, getting in two games. Then, I got in two games with eKylo/eJango, as well as one game with eRey/eFinn. I’ll do a quick overview of the games, then we can discuss what how I’m handling things after this week. Continue reading “League Report: Level 1 Game Shop – Week 3”

Welcome to the fourth Card Dissection of the recent Spirit of Rebellion spoilers! Today we’ll take a look at Rise Again (SR76), my personal favorite card revealed so far. Continue reading “Card Dissection: Rise Again (SR76)”

Week two is here! After going 1-4 last week, I was excited to see how things would go this week. I was determined to redeem myself. While I wasn’t dead last after week one, I wanted to ensure that I could cement myself into the top four early, ensuring that I get either the tokens or full art Kylo Ren (AW11) at the end of the league. Well, things didn’t go so well, my confidence was shot, and a friend helped me come to an interesting realization that I will mention after my short event report.
Continue reading “LEAGUE REPORT: Level 1 Game Shop – Week 2”