Author name: Noob of All Trades

Shawn Lucas is the self identified "Noob of All Trades". He is married and the father of three boys, two of whom help with their own podcast every couple of months. Raised on Atari, Nintendo, and Sega, he enjoys all games and will play all of them to the best of his ability, which is often average at best. Currently, he is most interested in Magic, Heroclix, and other games that he can play with Chris and his sons.

On the Tabletop

Dice to Meet You

(Editor’s Note: Yes, it appears that the “bad Dad” joke disease is back for this headline. Hopefully my prescription comes through soon and it is only temporary. Nothing is guaranteed in this current political climate surrounding healthcare, though.) I don’t remember how Chris and I got involved in Dice Masters. I think that it might […]

Digital Playground

Gods in the Palm of your Hand

(Editor’s Note: 2 Generations Gaming is back with a celebration of all things DC Comics over the next couple of weeks due to our enjoyment of the new Wonder Woman movie. Next month is Spidey and Marvel!) I believe I’ve mentioned the mobile version of MKX in one of my reviews recently. Even if I

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Marvel’s Secret

(Editor’s Note: This secret is nothing like Victoria’s. Although, it wouldn’t surprise me at this point if Marvel did a series where it was revealed that a major male character wore ladies underwear.) I’m not a huge presence on social media. Imagine my surprise then, when my feeds blew up a few months ago with

On the Tabletop

Dice, Dice, Baby!

(Editor’s Note: I avoided making the obvious inappropriate joke title for this article because we are trying to cultivate a family image here. Plus, nothing brings in the youth audience like a 30 year old white guy rap reference!) A couple of months ago, I was feeling the loneliness of the gamer who lost his

On the Tabletop

Revisiting Amonkhet

(Editor’s Note: When we last left Noob of All Trades in Amonkhet, he was losing multiple limited events in new and interesting ways. Has that trend continued? Tune in now to find out!) Like the zombies that have become so revalent in the wake of the set, I rise from teh dead of my 0-2

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Noob’s History with Zelda

(Editor’s Note: We did several of these last year with Mario. However, while we dedicated an entire month to Mario, we’re only giving Zelda a single article.) Only one article for Zelda, perhaps one of the most iconic video game franchises ever? Look, this isn’t meant to insult Link and company. I simply don’t have

On the Tabletop

Amon”Khetting Off on the Right Foot”

(Editor’s Note: Okay, I fully admit that it might be time to retire this terrible dad joke headline gag that I’ve been milking for the past few articles. This one really does go too far and I almost want to apologize for it.) Chris already gave you his impression of Amonkhet, the new Magic the

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I am Groot!

(Editor’s Note: I won’t even bother to translate the title. It’s just another lame Dad joke that is becoming an unfortunate legacy of the page. ) I’ve been waiting for this movie since I saw the first one. Sure, Avengers, Dr. Strange, and Civil War are all cool, but my favorite book as a teenager

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Hot for HotS?

I stink at League of Legends. Unlike other players who don’t know that they stink (and I’m not sure how they could possibly remain ignorant because the community is too willing to tell you.) are under the delusion that they can get better (and that may be) don’t care (this is most likely as I

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Star Wars Potpourri

I have a couple of articles that ended with “to be continued”. While I, myself, hate the traditional cliffhanger, in this case it was unavoidable. “Okay, Buddy, that’s the argument that every hack writer makes.” You’re probably thinking at this point. “I really hate this hacky writing device, but I had no choice.” First, I

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