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.

Digital Playground

Boredom of Draenor?

(Editor’s Note: Do I really want to pay 15 bucks a month to play Pokemon?) I have played World of Warcraft since just after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion. My journey began, as I suspect many did, with a free trial account. I started a Night elf druid for potential role playing possibilities. […]

On the Tabletop

Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!

(Editor’s Note: ‘NERDS!) I haven’t written about Dungeons and Dragons yet for a couple of reasons that are closely related. ‘Mainly, because Chris doesn’t play, we haven’t made it a part of our monthly game nights. ‘More generally, I haven’t played D&D since AD&D 2nd edition and haven’t even though about the game since moving

Digital Playground

Does Hearthstone still suck?

(Editor’s Note: In keeping with 2 Guys Gaming’s attempt at catching up from our insane holiday schedule, I am going to offer a cursory review of the new Hearthstone expansion Goblins vs. Gnomes.) TLDR: No. I have talked on the podcast and written here on the website about Blizzard’s digital CCG Hearthstone. Most of the

On the Tabletop

Tempting Fate

(Editor’s Note: Stay tuned for a more in depth look at the set in next month’s episode of the podcast. For now, I just wanted to catch up after a busy holiday season and give a first impression of Fate Reforged.) I have been keeping an eye on spoilers as they’ve been revealed and Chris

On the Tabletop

RIP WoW: TCG

(Editor’s Note: This is the same editor’s note as on the main page. I had been working 3 jobs and had precious little time to devote to the pages. However, two of those jobs are on winter break, so I have more time and will be updating the pages on a more regular basis.) (2nd

On the Tabletop

Gotta Draft ’em All

(Author’s Note: Apologies for the weeks of no communication. I’m still trying to figure out a writing schedule with my new job. Hopefully, things return to normal soon.) Liam’s birthday–number 10, which is considered a big one–was this past weekend. He wanted to have a sleepover with a Pokemon theme. That gave me an idea.

On the Tabletop

Graveyard Shift

(Note: I am continuing the Entertainment Compendiums week-ish long Halloween celebration with a themed deck list. I’ve already posted my zombie deck, so here is my first attempt at graveyard/deck manipulation in the form of Sultai.) Spells (16) Bitter Revelation (2) Diabolic Tutor (2) Dutiful Return (2) Reclaim (3) Strength from the Fallen (2) Taigam’s

On the Tabletop

Noob’s Guide to Khans of Tarkir

(Note: I also want to make this into a Youtube series, but I wanted to test it out here first. Be on the lookout for that.) What is Khans of Tarkir? Khans of Tarkir (further referred to only as “Khans”) is the latest expansion set for the trading card game Magic: the Gathering. It was

Digital Playground

He is the one who sacks

(Note: Due to the missed deadline last week, I am switching my normal schedule of “On the Tabletop” on Tuesday and “Digital Playground on Thursday. Today, I will Break Madden in the digital playground and Thursday I will pit DC vs. Marvel Heroclix on the tabletop. This change is also necessitated by the fact that

On the Tabletop

Why did it have to be Slivers?

The 2014 core set brought Slivers back in a big way. I noticed that as I opened my 2015 core set booster box they have continued that trend into this year. I haven’t worked any of those cards into this deck, but I might see what I can do with them. I know that the

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