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Although I’m still here in D.C. (flight home leaves tomorrow), Grand Prix D.C. has come and gone. Who won? More importantly, what did he win with? Morer importantly, what vastly underrated Rise of the Eldrazi draft card did I stumble across?

Due to various computer issues, along with various forgetting to bring my camera issues, I wasn’t able to post any detailed updates about the Grand Prix D.C. until now. Have you ever wondered how many players it would take to set a world record for the largest Magic Grand Prix ever?

Yesterday I mysteriously alluded to some Robot Viking travel — where will I be, and what will I be doing there? I’ll be in Washington D.C. this weekend, playing Magic until my eyeballs bleed.

The winners have been decided. Of course, I didn’t realize I might not be able to direct message everyone via Twitter, so the winners will have to find their names here to claim their prizes. Hope you’re all still reading (that was sort of the point, after all).

Robot Viking is obviously not a film review site, but Iron Man has long been my favorite fictional character, so I’m stepping outside of the gaming box briefly today to review the latest Shellhead extravaganza. Wondering how the movie looked to a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool Iron Man fanboy? Pretty damn good, but as usual, I have [...]

Sci-fi RPG Battlelords of the 23rd Century hit its 20th anniversary this year, and publisher SSDC has big plans in store for everyone who enjoys “Roleplaying in a Dangerous Future.” Ram Pythons, Eridani Swordsaints, Vector 4 Pulse Cannons and the mysterious Arachnid Threat make the Battlelords universe a fun place to visit, but I wouldn’t [...]

For technical reasons, the results for the Player’s Handbook boxed set giveaway will be delayed 24 hours.

I’ve know for a weeks weeks now that the constructed formats for Magic’s 2010 Community Cup would be unified standard and unified commander, but no clue what the limited events would be. Now we know. What kind of crazy sealed or draft events will I be playing?

Fire up your Xbox 360 — a new Duels of the Planeswalkers expansion comes out today. Challenge Rhys the Redeemed, play with Nicol Bolas’ “Eons of Evil” deck or try one of the five new puzzles.

Guest writer Billy Gibbs (aka ggodo) returns with the long-awaited third part of the 5th Edition Tyranid Codex review. This time, he examines the unique creatures that Warhammer 40K players can use to plague their enemies.

Fantasy artist extraordinaire Frank Frazetta died today, according to a report by the New York Times. His lush style virtually defined the sword and sorcery genre and brought to life the works of Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock and many others.

Here are two more exclusive preview cards for upcoming CCG Dungeon Crawler. Until now, we’ve focused on Dungeon Crawler’s solitaire aspect, but today we’ll talk a bit about how these cards work in the competitive version.

Would you like to get your hands on both the Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook and Player’s Handbook 2 in one swanky boxed set? I’ve got a stack of them to give away, plus a copy of The Plane Above. Entry is easy and free.

Work has been ongoing on the Project: Death Race beta rules. My brother and I conducted an extensive, day-long testing session about two weeks ago. Here are the results, with a gallery of playtest images.