The Living Card Guy


The Living Card Guy: Speculating on Star Wars

Speculating on Star Wars In honor of Star wars month I have decided to delve deep into the world of the Star Wars LCG. I just recently started playing this game and I really enjoy it when I get to play it. I wrote an article on deck building a […]


The Living Card Guy: Building Your Deck – Part 1

Building Your Deck – Part 1 In my opinion the best part of playing LCGs is the deck building. I may not be good at it for some games but I have been known to put together some mean combos in other games. The awesome part of all LCGs is […]


The Living Card Guy: The Skin Game

The Skin Game A long time ago a friend and I were discussing B.F. Skinner and how his theories apply to some of our favorite games. Skinner developed the psychological theory of operant conditioning. The idea was that classical conditioning was not complex enough to describe human behavior. How does […]


The Living Card Guy: In The Wake of War

 In The Wake of War There is a lot of sadness in the wake of the passing of Conquest. The lack of ability for Games Workshop to get their heads out of their butts and making generally bad business decisions will hopefully takes its toll soon enough. But let’s set aside […]


The Living Card Guy: The Apex of Competition

The Apex of Competition Welcome back everyone. I would like to start off by saying once again that the FFG World Championships is awesome and everyone should do it once in their life if they love living card games! This article is going to review my experience playing Apex in […]


The Living Card Guy: A Game of Secrecy

A Game of Secrecy   Recently the ever reoccurring topic of deck list secrecy was brought up again on A Game of Thrones (AGOT) LCG 2nd Edition group that I am part of. This not only spurred a lot of good conversation but also made me think about the attitudes toward […]


The Living Card Guy: Big, Expensive, and Bad?

Big, Expensive, and Bad? Today I would like to focus on one of my favorite topics in card games: Big Cards. The ones that you see and you think,”Holy wow! That is a lot of (insert game’s currency here).” Today I want to talk about a few and try to […]


The Living Card Guy: Warhammer 40,000 Conquest Deck Review -The Demolished Throne

Warhammer 40,000 Conquest Deck Review To start off I know the picture is of the Emperor, but a corpse god sitting in a defamed throne is exactly what this deck aims to accomplish. Today I want to do my first deck review! I built a Warhammer 40,000 Conquest  deck using Smasha Gun Battery […]