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09 May
R&D Blog - An Archdruid Named Fandral
Drew Walker delves into the design history of Betrayal of the Guardian's infamous Archdruid, Fandral Staghelm. -
01 May
OP Blog - Champion of February
We're catching up with Champions of the Month, as we tip our hats to Elizabeth Mackie - the Champion of February! -
25 Apr
R&D Blog - Treasure Pack Design Stories
Caverns of Time Treasure Pack lead designer Phil Cape discusses some design stories behind a few of the newly released cards. -
04 Apr
R&D Blog - Caverns Full of Treasure
Caverns of Time Treasure Pack lead designer Phil Cape discusses the strengths of the Treasure Packs for making Constructed format cards. Treasure Pack previews included! -
28 Mar
Caverns of Time - Let's Do the Time Warp
Drew Walker leads you into the Caverns of Time to show you what this new Raid Deck is all about. -
21 Mar
R&D Blog - Monstrous Legends
Drew Walker concludes his discussion on Timewalkers block hero selection with a look at the green team line-up. -
14 Mar
R&D Blog - Horde Legends
Drew Walker continues his series on the Timewalker heroes with a look at the Horde's heroes for this block. -
28 Feb
R&D Blog - Alliance Legends
Drew Walker discusses the options that were available for selecting the Alliance's Timewalkers Block heroes. -
20 Feb
OP Blog - Chase the Can Winner Announced!
While the true winners for the 2012 Chase of the Can event were the food banks, one store went above and beyond and broke the 2011 record for most cans collected! -
14 Feb
R&D Blog - Khadgar and Danath
R&D member Dan Clark discusses the many different designs that Khadgar and Danath Trollbane went through for Betrayal of the Guardian. -
13 Feb
OP Blog - Champion of January
Volunteer Julia Smith checks in to announce January's Champion of the Month! -
07 Feb
R&D Blog - Karazhan
Players and R&D members alike have waited for Karazhan to make an appearance in the World of Warcraft TCG. With the release of Betrayal of the Guardian, the popular Burning Crusade raid's cast of characters will finally make their appearance! -
06 Feb
OP Blog - Season 8 Realm Championships
Sara Erickson checks in to announce some new details - including some locations - for the Season 8 Realm Championships! -
31 Jan
R&D Blog - Draka and Durotan
In honor of the Betrayal of the Guardian previews, Phil Cape reveals an iconic pair of Horde allies from the new set and discusses some initial designs for the two. -
24 Jan
R&D Blog - Gunslinging History
Drew Walker delves into the history of the Alexstrasza, VanCleef, and Aegwynn gunslinging decks, and what sorts of ideas came to mind when designing the decks for Christina Sims and her various gunslinging events each year. -
23 Jan
OP Blog - February Love
Sara Erickson checks in with some additional details on the Love is in the Air holiday event, the Betrayal of the Guardian Counter Card promotion, and the Betrayal of the Guardian Sneak Previews. -
08 Jan
Betrayal of the Guardian Sneak Previews Announced
Sneak Preview events for Betrayal of the Guardian, the twentieth expansion for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, take place on February 16th and 17th! -
02 Jan
OP Blog - Champion of November and Chase the Can Highlights
Today, we kick off 2013 with the announcement of November's Champion of the Month and a look back to December's Chase the Can events. -
21 Dec
R&D Blog - The Plate Wearers of 2012
The R&D team concludes its look at the state of the classes in the World of Warcraft TCG by delving into the plate classes, where they went, and where they are going. -
14 Dec
R&D Blog - The Mail Wearers of 2012
Drew Walker continues his analysis of the classes of the World of Warcraft TCG with a look at where the mail classes are in 2012, and where they may end up in the future. -
12 Dec
OP Blog - RCQ Season Underway
The Realm Qualifier Sealed Pack season is reaching its end, and the Core Realm Qualifiers are coming up in January! Find a Realm Qualifier near you for a chance to qualify for the Realm Championship later in spring 2013! -
06 Dec
R&D Blog - The Leather-Wearers of 2012
Drew Walker continues his breakdown of the class types in the game. This week, he takes at look at the leather wearers. Where did they start, where are they now, and where are things going for them in the future? -
06 Dec
OP Blog - Chase the Can, DMF Jacksonville, and 2013 Honor Season
The OP team's got Chase the Can updates, Darkmoon Faire Jacksonville room block reminders, and 2013 Honor Rewards announcements this week! -
29 Nov
R&D Blog - The Cloth Casters of 2012
Project lead Drew Walker takes a look at where the cloth classes have been, where they ended up this year, and where they may go in the future. -
28 Nov
OP Blog - Champion of October
Congratulations to Donald Barksdale, October's Champion of the Month! -
08 Nov
R&D Blog - Slinging Some Guns
Players got a chance to test themselves against some of the latest decks to come out of R&D in Atlanta last weekend. -
31 Oct
OP Blog - The 2012 World Championship
It's coming! -
25 Oct
R&D Blog - The Ancient Round-Up
R&D member Phil Cape discusses some design and development stories for certain heroes, abilities, and quests found in War of the Ancients. -
24 Oct
OP Blog - Message in a Bottle
There's just one event remaining before Vanessa VanCleef earns herself some much needed R&R. But it's been one heck of a year for her! -
18 Oct
R&D Blog - Ancient Monsters
R&D member Phil Cape discusses the design decisions behind the Monsters of War of the Ancients. -
17 Oct
OP Blog - Chase the Can 2012
Every year, players in the World of Warcraft TCG community join forces to help those in need. -
15 Oct
OP Blog - Darkmoon Faire Jacksonville
The first Darkmoon Faire of the 2013 Organized Play schedule takes place in Jacksonville! -
11 Oct
R&D Blog - The Orcs and Tauren
R&D member Phil Cape digs up some design and development discussion for the Orcs and Tauren in Timewalkers: War of the Ancients. -
10 Oct
OP Blog - Champion of September
September's Champion of the Month is a hard-working gamer who hails from the Philippines. -
04 Oct
R&D Blog - The Humans and Night Elves
R&D member Phil Cape discusses the design and development of the Humans and Night Elves found in Timewalkers: War of the Ancients. -
03 Oct
OP Blog - National Pride
With high numbers in regions like Italy and Poland, it was clear that many players were ready to battle for the coveted title of National Champion back in September. -
27 Sep
R&D Blog - A Timewalkers Introduction
R&D member Phil Cape talks about the basics of Timewalkers: War of the Ancients. -
26 Sep
OP Blog - War of the Ancients Sneak Preview Report
Last weekend, players poured into hobby stores around the world to crack open packs of the newest set, War of the Ancients. -
25 Sep
OP Blog - Season 8 Realm Qualifiers
Realm Qualifiers are back and better than ever! We've made a few great changes that we are excited to announce and we've continued along the path for the things that were working well. -
22 Sep
CZE Tour - Ben Stoll's Return
Ben Stoll got a chance to visit his home turf as part of the CZE Tour. Today, he talks about his experiences at the four stores he visited. -
19 Sep
OP Blog - Champion of August and Honor Rewards
We have two big news updates today: one is the announcement of the Champion of the Month for August, and the other is a reminder that third quarter Honor Rewards are now live! -
17 Sep
OP Blog - The 2012 State Championships
The 2012 State Championship results are in! -
06 Sep
CZE Tour - Phil's Return
Phil Cape visited familiar territory during one of the August CZE Tour stops. Today, he talks about his visit back home. -
30 Aug
Timewalkers: War of the Ancients - Well of Eternity Promotion
Want to get a taste of what type of adventure awaits? Journey to your local Battlegrounds store during September to obtain a card from the upcoming set! -
29 Aug
OP Blog - The Champion of July
Congratulations to July's Champion of the Month! -
23 Aug
CZE Tour - Gary's Trek Through Japan
Gary Stevenson, Japan's Organized Play Manager, recently did his first series of CZE Tour stops. Today, he shares his story of his experiences in Sapporo and Osaka. -
15 Aug
CZE Tour - Patrick Sullivan's Northwest Pick-Up Games
Patrick Sullivan got a chance to visit the Northwest for the CZE Tour. Today, he shares his experiences during the trip, from the insane dual-class hero deck he built for one of the stops to the pick-up basketball games joined in between tour stops. -
13 Aug
2012 World Championship
The World Championship event page has been updated with a ton of new info today, so it seems only appropriate that we talk about the elephant in the room: the reduction of prizes payout for the main event. -
08 Aug
CZE Tour - Drew Korfe's Minnesota Adventure
Drew Korfe came with deck-building goodness, and left with good memories. -
02 Aug
OP Blog - Champion of June
June's Champion of the Month is from the realm of Kezan, better known as Japan in the real world. -
31 Jul
CZE Tour - Christina's Colorado Reunion
Sometimes, your home state welcomes you with some tough love, but in the end, it's all worth it. -
26 Jul
CZE Tour - Dan Clark's Deep South Adventure
Dan Clark had an EPIC, ADRENALINE PUMPING weekend of adventures on the CZE Tour. Today, he shares his stories. Pictures included! -
19 Jul
R&D Blog - From Concept to Card
Drew Walkers talks about three cards that had an interesting life in the set file for Tomb of the Forgotten. -
18 Jul
CZE Tour - Chi-Town Becomes Cape-Town
Game designer Phil Cape traveled to Chicago this past weekend as part of the CZE Tour. Today, he talks about his adventures! -
13 Jul
Interview with Christie Golden
Here at Comic Con San Diego, Cryptozoic hosted World of Warcraft and StarCraft author Christie Golden! -
11 Jul
OP Blog - One Big Weekend
The CZE Tour, Rise of the Champions Draft Rally, and Double Honor Rewards points all start this weekend! Today, we are also announcing some juicy details about our State and Provincial events! -
05 Jul
R&D Blog - You Want to do What?!
Drew Walker talks about the equipment concept that never made it through development from Tomb of the Forgotten, along with why it got scrapped. -
04 Jul
OP Blog - Summer Holidays
One of our Champions of the Black Flame report in from their demos during the Midsummer Fire Festival. Also, he's cute, he's furry, and he's yours if you attend a Brewfest event in August! -
29 Jun
R&D Blog - The Tol'vir
Creative Lead and Set Lead Designer Drew Walker talks about all things Tol'vir in this week's R&D Blog. -
27 Jun
OP Blog - NACC Round-Up
June has been a busy month. Today, we recap the 2012 North American Continental Championship this week, and give you a heads-up for what's on the horizon this week with the 2012 Asia Pacific Continental Championship. -
21 Jun
R&D Blog - Matt Dunn
We've got one last R&D member to highlight, and he recently joined up with Cryptozoic in the late Spring! Say hello to Matt Dunn! -
21 Jun
OP Blog - Honor Rewards Are Here
Ever since we announced honor rewards back at the 2011 World Championships last year, we've been working behind the scenes to improve the experience for players. Here is what we have to offer to our loyal fans! -
21 Jun
OP Blog - Vanessa's Vindication
Christina Sims explains the makings of the the Vanessa VanCleef Gunslinging event that is held at our big events. -
13 Jun
OP Blog - May's Champion of the Month
The Champion of the Month for May has been announced. Also Tomb of the Forgotten Crafting is now available! -
07 Jun
R&D Blog - Dan Clark
The (second) newest member of R&D gets a chance to share what he looks for with game design in this week's R&D Blog. -
06 Jun
OP Blog - The Tour Cometh
The CZE Tour is coming. Here's a sneak peek at who you can expect to play against, and where they'll be! -
01 Jun
R&D Blog - Phil Cape
This week, we get some info from the first of the two recent additions to R&D. -
30 May
OP Blog - Nadina's Rundown
Release parties, Draft Rallies, and a Tomb of the Forgotten preview await you! -
24 May
R&D Blog - Patrick Sullivan
This week, R&D Blog talks with Patrick Sullivan, master developer and natural shooting guard. -
24 May
OP Blog - Champions of March and April
Here are your Champions of the Month for March and April! -
18 May
R&D Blog - Drew Walker
Drew Walker answers the list of questions that Ben Stoll answered in last week's blog. What does he do in R&D, and what types of cards appeal to him the most as a gamer? -
17 May
OP Blog - Summer's Sizzling
Summer means hot weather, running through sprinklers, and eating popsicles. We could all use some way to cool off. At least that’s what Ahune the Frost Lord believes! -
10 May
R&D Blog - Ben Stoll
R&D Blog kicks off a weekly series that introduces readers to the folks who make the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. -
09 May
OP Blog - The Hall of Champions
The Hall of Champions page is now live! -
27 Apr
OP Blog - The CZE Tour!
This summer, we want you to be able to experience the excitement of playing the game you love, with the people who make it happen. -
23 Apr
Affiliate Blog - Noblegarden Celebrations
One Affiliate decided to add a fun - and delicious - twist to his local Noblegarden celebration. -
04 Apr
Community Blog - Champions of the Month January & February
In today’s Community Blog, Christina Sims recognizes our Champions of the Black Flame of the Month for January and February 2012! -
30 Mar
R&D Blog - Keeping Everyone In Mind
R&D member Dan Clark talks about how every card has a purpose, and how sets are designed and tested with every demographic in mind. -
28 Mar
OP Blog - Convention Season
It's been a busy month for the Organized Play team, and the fun's just getting started! After all, it's convention season! -
27 Mar
Affiliate Blog - Bootcamp L.E.
Bootcamp L.E. and its members represent something that is awesome about the European World of Warcraft TCG scene. -
23 Mar
R&D Blog - Breaking Down Some Barriers
New R&D member Dan Clark talks about how in-depth the design and development process of certain cards can be. Just how many iterations did Ice Barrier go through, anyway? -
20 Mar
Affiliate Blog - TCG Browser, and an Introduction
Affiliate Program manager Mike Rosenberg kicks off a new blog this week, showcasing one of the many websites that is part of the Cryptozoic Affiliate Program. -
16 Mar
R&D Blog - Taking On Dragons
Phil Cape looks back fondly on the old school Onyxia Raid. He also talks about how R&D's bringing some of that old Raid style to the Batle of the Aspects Raid Deck. -
09 Mar
R&D Blog - Deck Building Basics
In this week's R&D Blog, Phil Cape shares his wisdom on deck building basics for players new to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. -
08 Mar
OP Blog - Sometimes we get it wrong
After the Honor Rewards announcement, our astute players immediately recognized that what we were trying to do was not very practical in terms of giving out an appropriate number of promo cards. As a result, it was back to the drawing board for this program. -
02 Mar
R&D Blog - Creating with Cape
Phil Cape delves further into the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game creation process in today's R&D Blog. -
01 Mar
OP Blog - Player Rewards and Event Updates
In this week's OP Blog, Christina Sims discusses the Player Rewards program, changes to the Darkmoon Faire Vegas format and gives you more information on the venue for the World Championships! -
23 Feb
R&D Blog - Living in Harmony
In this week's R&D Blog, Patrick Sullivan expounds on the Harmonize keyword mechanic and addresses some of the concerns revolving around it. -
23 Feb
OP Blog - Cloaks and Honor
Discover the new updates to the crafting program and Realm Season points! -
17 Feb
R&D Blog - Raids & Debates
Phil Cape gives us some insight on the R&D card creation process and some teasers of a future release! -
15 Feb
Community Blog - Love is in the Air
Love is in the Air at Cryptozoic, and in our community! -
10 Feb
R&D Blog – Champion Q&A
Today in our R&D Blog, members of our R&D Team answer some questions posed to them by our Champions of the Black Flame. -
09 Feb
OP Blog – Realm Qualifiers and Crown of the Heavens
With the introduction of Crown of the Heavens this week, players globally will be looking at new expansion and how these cards impact deck building for pretty much the rest of the Realm Season. -
08 Feb
Community Blog – Dragon Queen For A Day
The bet began innocently enough. Once a fellow employee mentioned a certain someone's ability to make costumes, the terms of the bet shifted dramatically. “Make the loser wear your Alexstrasza costume!” -
02 Feb
Community Blog – Champions and Cupcakes
Our World of Warcraft Trading Card Game events are exceptional due to the contributions, time, and effort of our rock star volunteers and judges. -
02 Feb
OP Blog – Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles Wrap Up
We’re grateful for all of our fans that took the time to travel and spend the weekend with the Cryptozoic Team at Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles last weekend. A few highlights from the weekend are featured in this photo blog. -
25 Jan
OP Blog – Crown of the Heaven Sneak Previews Events
This weekend there are a number of Sneak Preview locations being run around the world by the Cryptozoic Team. Come join us! -
20 Jan
Community Blog - A Note From Vanessa
Alexstrasza the Dragonqueen may be retired, but there’s a new gunslinging event waiting for you at this year’s Darkmoon Faires! -
17 Jan
R&D Blog - Phil Builds
Our newest R&D member Phil Cape gets this week's blog topic dropped on his desk -- literally. -
13 Jan
Community Blog - Introducing Christina Sims!
Give a big round of applause to Cryptozoic's latest team member. She'll be your community contact for all things WoWTCG, as well as Cryptozoic as a whole. -
11 Jan
Organized Play Blog - Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles
You are coming, right? See all the new stuff we're doing for 2012! -
10 Jan
R&D Blog - 8 Mile
Detroit's (what!) own Phil Cape joins us here at Cryptozoic Entertainment to begin living the dream: a gamer now making games! -
07 Jan
Community Blog – December’s Champion Contest Winners
For the month of December we ran a contest in which we asked our Champions to show how they could use social media to communicate with their local players and get them excited about upcoming products and events, or other news. The results were extremely positive! -
04 Jan
OP Blog – Battle for Honor, Get Rewards!
Players who play in sanctioned World of Warcraft Trading Card Game events earn honor points. Throughout the year, players earn rewards as they level up. -
22 Dec
Community Blog - Chase the Can Results
Over 50 stores worldwide participated in last week's Chase the Can Charity event and we have the results! -
21 Dec
OP Blog - 2012 Realm Qualifiers
Realm Qualifiers are coming, and we've buffed up the prizes for 2012. See the new 2012 Monster deckboxes right here! -
16 Dec
Community Blog – Tis the Season
Your enthusiasm for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and other Cryptozoic Entertainment products is something that we're thankful for this holiday season. We look forward to interacting with each of you in the New Year! -
14 Dec
OP Blog - Piles of Promos
Dive into this pile of promos like Scrooge McDuck! -
09 Dec
Community Blog - Chase the Can Season!
This year, hobby stores around the world will host their Chase the Can Charity Tournaments on December 17 & 18. -
08 Dec
OP Blog - The Promo Puzzle
And thus you see the puzzle in front of me. Currently, there are 38 cards on my list and each one is for a specific program that has a specific goal. -
02 Dec
Community Blog – Champions of the Month, Oct/Nov 2011
There are a great number of deserving Champions to choose to recognize, when making the decision of Champion of the Month. Today, Cryptozoic Entertainment would like to recognize two of our volunteers who have been consistently great with the titles of Champions of the Month for October and November. -
30 Nov
OP Blog – My Name Is Matthias
Hi, I'm Matthias. When it comes to Organized Play, running events, customer service and other tasks in Europe, I’m the person who is most involved. There are many elements to my job and while not every responsibility I have is all fun and games, I love my job. -
23 Nov
OP Blog – Team Up for Darkmoon Faire Baltimore
Darkmoon Faire Baltimore (April 13-15) will be Team Sealed. Each team will use six packs of Throne of the Tides and six packs of Crown of the Heavens. -
18 Nov
R&D Blog - World Championship
Head Developer Patrick Sullivan addresses the current Core metagame and forum feedback. -
16 Nov
OP Blog – Throne of the Tides Justice Redemption Is Now Live
Recently Justice Redemption cards have followed the flavor from the MMO closely, and Throne of the Tides Justice Redemption is no different. All of the gear that your online character has been outfitting himself (or herself) in as rewards from Justice Points is now available in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game! -
10 Nov
OP Blog – Goblins of Anarchy Wrap Up
Last weekend players globally met at hobby stores in their local areas to participate in the Championship event wrapping up the Draft Rally season; the Goblins of Anarchy Showdown! -
04 Nov
Organized Play Blog - Show Them What They've Won!
The Top 16 of the World Championship will take home individually numbered Cairne, Earthmother's Chosen. -
20 Oct
OP Blog – Throne OP Policy Patch Notes
As a nod to MMO fans, we present the Throne of the Tides changes to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Policies Appendix in World of Warcraft MMO patch note style! -
11 Oct
Community Blog - WoWTCG Cup Recap
This week in the Community Blog, enthusiastic Champion of the Black Flame, Aric Jack, recaps The Cup series. -
05 Oct
R&D Blog - Throne of the Monsters
Did you not buy World of Warcraft Cataclysm? Well, go out and get it! And if you didn't, Drew Walker can guide you through the Monster races found in Throne of the Tides. -
22 Sep
OP Blog - State Championship Photo Blog
Over 600 World of Warcraft Trading Card Game players across North America brought their best Worldbreak block decks to compete against other local players in State Championships. -
02 Sep
Community Blog - Champion of the Month
Congratulations to Tobias Wagner, our Champion of the Month! -
30 Jul
Community Blog - Convention Season
Duck season. Convention Season. -
21 Jul
OP Blog – Twilight of the Dragons Sneak Preview Photo Blog
The Twilight of the Dragons is almost upon us, and the Cryptozoic Team had a great time seeing all of you last weekend at the Sneak Preview we hosted at our office. -
14 Jul
OP Blog – Block It Up
The last part of the Worldbreaker Block, Twilight of the Dragons, releases globally on Tuesday, July 26. Once this set releases it will become legal for Constructed play for all tournament formats, including the one I’m discussing today: Worldbreaker Block Constructed. -
09 Jul
Community Blog - Champion of the Month and Origins
In this week's Community Blog, Community Manager Mike Girard discusses our awesome booth at Origins Game Fair and he crowns his Champion of the Month. -
07 Jul
OP Blog – A Local Place to Play
Cryptozoic Entertainment is very committed to the idea of “fans first,” and we want to support our players wherever they play our games. We also want to give back to the gaming community, and provide support to the places that work hard to give you a consistent place to go play. -
01 Jul
OP Blog – Go With the Flow… Chart
Each year has a full schedule of tournament events ranging from your local hobby store’s weekly Battleground tournament to the World Championship. Included in this blog is a flow chart to help explain the flow of OP events. -
23 Jun
Community Blog - Cleaning Up Your Content 2
Last time, I wrote about pinning down what you want to write. For today’s feature, we’ll discuss the actual process of writing. -
15 Jun
OP Blog – Acing That Interview (Part 2)
We’ve had some openings in the Organized Play team, and we’ve been interviewing potential candidates for the last few weeks. Job experience is probably one of the most attractive things on a resume, but how does the average World of Warcraft TCG enthusiast get appropriate experience for the job? -
14 Jun
R&D Blog - Class Starter Decks
A significant change was giving each deck a theme. The first round of Class Starters was full of “stuff”. Some allies, some named abilities, maybe a striking weapon or two. -
12 Jun
OP Blog - Judge Seminar
I’ve hinted at this in other locations, but it’s time to officially announce it here. This year, the North American Continental Championship will play host to the 2011 Judge Seminar. -
09 Jun
OP Blog - Designing an Organized Play Program
To put it simply, the goals of our hobby store OP programs are to give World of Warcraft TCG fans a reason to get their game on and get them organized at the local hobby store level. Designing a good program that gets players to do this, maybe for the first time ever in the case of new players, is where our team comes in. -
02 Jun
Community Blog - Cleaning Up Your Content
If your goal is to eventually publish this work for the public to read, these are the questions you’ll need to ask yourself before you even hit the keyboard. -
01 Jun
OP Blog - What’s your OP up to?
I figured this would be a good time to bring you up to date on what Cryptozoic’s Organized Play team is working on globally. -
01 Jun
R&D Blog - Acing that Interview
Even if you aren’t interested with working with us specifically, these lessons can be applied just about everywhere. -
28 May
Community Blog - You Gnome Me
Today we are going to be talking about gnomes, judges, Bluegrass, Gen Con, oh…and what next week’s blog is all about! -
25 May
OP Blog - I Want My Shiny
A big component of making local hobby store events like Holiday Celebrations, or big regional events like Darkmoon Faires successful, is making sure that players are excited about the cards that they can acquire by attending, voluteering, or succeeding at these events. -
21 May
Community Blog - The World Wide Web
This week's blog entry covers strategy websites, forum clutter, the APCC, and localization. -
19 May
OP Blog - World Championship Weekend
We wanted each round to count a bit more, and the changes to the threshold give us a little more granularity in the levels. And no one lost honor, so this is just a "win-win" for everyone involved. -
12 May
Community Blog - Volunteer of the Month and More
He has been active in the community and helped organize one of the biggest World of Warcraft Trading Card Game tournament series in all of Europe, Triple Play V. -
10 May
R&D Blog - Fan Favorites
I asked the guys to take off their R&D hats and give me a card that they liked from a player perspective. -
06 May
Community Blog - What's Happening?
It's been a while. I hope to update you on a few things we have in store, as well as some fun interactions we've had with the community. -
03 May
OP Blog - For Great Honor
So here’s a preview of the Honor Calculator. It’s using live data, but we’re still doing some testing so it’s possible you might find some rough edges here and there. -
29 Apr
Community Blog - Making Your Own Fun
This week we are going to talk about a few new events that are happening around the world. We will take a look at a big event coming up in Germany and a few Champions have organized the first Facebook Team Face-Off. -
27 Apr
R&D Blog - Specific Generics
How do we go about making attractive generic cards that don’t scream, “Put me into every deck that you build!”? -
15 Apr
Community Blog - Under the Tucson Sun
You don’t have to Top 8 a DMF or win a Realm Championship to become well known in this game; all you have to do is show that you are dedicated, put in the hard work, and have a great personality. -
14 Apr
OP Blog - OP's OGs
Let’s take a look at the exciting life of Organized Play. Some might call this “OP OG”. But not Alex Charsky, because he has no idea who Public Enemy, Kool Moe Dee, or Rob Base are. -
13 Apr
R&D Blog - Grumpherys Vanity Card
The World of Warcraft TCG has a rich history of some less-than-serious cards. I love making these cards, and I think it’s important that we have the right amount of them. Here’s a short and incomplete history. -
08 Apr
Community Blog - North by Northwest
Thank you to all the active community members up in the 1-5 area for doing such incredible things, and best of luck to all the players out there battling for the 1-5 Cup! -
01 Apr
Community Blog - Friends Around the World
This week, the Community Blog features community previews, DMF Beijing, PAX East, and the upcoming Cryptozoic Affiliate program. -
30 Mar
OP Blog - Epic Con
Our plan is simple – we have a chance to give back to the community by sponsoring the convention so there are no badge costs for attendees as we don’t need to make any money from them. -
28 Mar
R&D Blog - Class Distinction
We’re much better off seeding a variety of “sideways” answers to cards that don’t destroy cards outright, but instead give the player a different way of handling the card in question. -
25 Mar
Community Blog - CZE Visits Chicago
...it's 2000+ miles to Chicago, we got multiple plane tickets, packed bags, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses... -
24 Mar
OP Blog - Time is Money
This week we were reviewing my notes from the World Cup, and one of the things I wanted to look at was the time limits, specifically of the quarterfinals. -
22 Mar
R&D Blog - Battlemasters
Players ask us all the time things like “Why can’t Hunter destroy abilities?” First of all, they can. But that’s not what they’re asking. They’re asking, “Why can’t Hunters get Dispel Magic?” -
17 Mar
Greetings From China!
To celebrate Darkmoon Faire Beijing happening this weekend, I'm handing over our community blog to community member IRIS from China with her 2010 WoWTCG Annual Championship Tournament report. -
14 Mar
R&D Blog - How to Succeed in Cards Without Really Trying
The whole thing got me to thinking, “Am I better suited as a competitive card player now than I was when I was actually trying to play card games competitively?” -
11 Mar
Community Blog - We're Hitting the Road
First up is GAMA in Las Vegas. The trade show is for manufacturers, distributors, and hobby store retailers. This is one of the first chances that manufacturers can show hobby retailers new and exciting products that are debuting this year. -
11 Mar
OP Blog - World Cup
Now that I’m back in the office and working on my review, and I was just reading through some of the comments about this weekend and wanted to compare them to my list of things to improve for 2012. -
07 Mar
R&D Blog - The History of a King
My first effort tried to tell the story of Dwarves’ legendary resolve – they became more powerful with the loss of their king. (Also, notice my sweet name.) -
02 Mar
Community Blog - World of Warcraft TCG Affiliate Program
First off, you’ll be able to identify yourself as a World of Warcraft Trading Card Game affiliate by displaying a graphic badge on your website. You’re in the club! Whooo! -
28 Feb
R&D Blog - Intuition
When designing individual cards, there can often be confusing interactions in the rules. This is unavoidable. Still, the desire to fulfill expectations can guide us towards an answer. -
25 Feb
Community Blog - The WoWTCG Cup
Enter a new Champion of the Black Flame run tournament series. A couple of the more motivated volunteers got together and decided to form such a tournament series. This series of events are collectively called the WoW TCG Cup. -
23 Feb
OP Blog - World Cup
We think this is a very cool way to capture the group competition, but also creates a bit of a hurdle. -
22 Feb
R&D Blog - The Card Whisperer
Ben Cichoski writes in this week with an entry about cards getting "blown up"-- sending them back to the drawing board. He'll show you how cards are identified as problems and gives one example of a card that slipped through the cracks. -
18 Feb
Community Blog - Champion of the Month and China
Mike G takes time to congratulate his Champion of the Month, and Will Brinkman dishes a few pictures from his trip to China. -
17 Feb
OP Blog - Fighting for Honor
If you’re reading this, there are two things that you need to do to make sure your Honor Points are always correct and you earn ranks and rewards. -
14 Feb
R&D Blog - Playtesting
Since players “play-test” and R&D “play-tests”, there is an assumption that these are roughly the same thing. In fact, not all of my time is spent doing what most people call “play-testing” -
11 Feb
Community Blog - Picture Time
This image was pulled off of the “the awesome stuff that we are currently working on” corkboard. -
10 Feb
OP Blog - Darkmoon Faire Wrap-Up
We’d like to extend a big “Thank You!” to everyone that braved canceled flights and clogged highways and made it down to hang out with us. -
07 Feb
R&D Blog - The Game is Afoot
You also need to observe how difficult mechanics are to learn, where the fun is, whether people want to play again, game length, turn length, the amount of interaction and a laundry list of other things. -
04 Feb
Community Blog - The Mad House
We all come from different backgrounds; some have extensive high-level tournament experience and others are playing their first TCG. -
02 Feb
OP Blog - Coming Up Through the Ranks
I even got to the point where I knew about 80% of the rules for Star Fleet Battles – if you’ve ever played this game, you know just how scary that is. -
31 Jan
R&D Blog - The Ups and Downs of Development
If we ask the right questions and answer them accurately, I believe we can maximize the amount of fun all players have at every level of play. -
27 Jan
Community Blog - For the Mind and Body
“It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?” – Yahoo Serious. -
26 Jan
OP Blog - It's Your Turn
We’ve been running these things called Realm Qualifiers for the last three weekends. And simply put – response has been insane. Average attendance is well over double what it was in Spring 2010. -
24 Jan
R&D Blog - Why You Should Make Games
They also told other people about it. Not in a “Hey, we have this weird son who makes games out of push pins, and we’re looking for a counselor” way, but in a “Hey, guess what cool thing our son did?” sort of way. -
20 Jan
Community Blog - Hey, That's You!
For today’s Community blog entry, I’m going to talk about one of the best things to come out of Cryptozoic, the Champions of the Black Flame program. -
19 Jan
Organized Play Blog - Why You Should Sanction Every Tournament
Welcome to the Organized Play blog, featuring Director of OP Ben Drago. Today he'll introduce you to the new Honor system (same function, better transparency) and why sanctioning matters. -
18 Jan
Welcome to the R&D Blog
I am often asked, “How did you get this job?” The emphasis is generally placed on one of two words: Emphasis on “How”—Implies “Holy crap your job is cool. How does someone get into the industry?” Emphasis on “You”—Implies “I can’t believe you of all people have this job.” -
17 Dec
Welcome to the World of Warcraft TCG home page!
We know it's been a bit of a wait, but I think it's worth it to have a world class home for the World of Warcraft TCG. It's clean, fast, and will grow with us over the years. We've made sure that every page can be easily updated, so it will also be the authorative source for all things related to the World of Warcraft TCG.
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