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In the Stars
DC HeroClix Cosmic Justice is on sale now, and Undefeated magazine has the snazziest-looking click spoiler you’ll find anywhere. It contains all 96 regular figures’ dials plus 20 Limited Edition figure dials available only through WizKids’ organized play program.
Magic’s Latest Set Unveiled
Magic: The Gathering celebrates its 10TH anniversary this year with a special surprise for players old and new. Eighth Edition, the latest base set for the perennial TCG, includes at least one card reprinted from every other Magic expansion set.
The Lord of the Rings Special - DOES NOT HAVE YU YU HAKUSHO CARD
Issue #2 of Undefeated magazine explores the world of Middle-earth strategy gaming.
The Lord of the Rings game expert Matthew Egan outlines strategies and tactics for The Lord of the Rings TCG, Fantasy Battle Game, Collectible Miniatures Game, and Reiner Knizia’s The Lord of the Rings Board Game.
Also, get an inside look at Score Entertainment’s new Yu Yu Hakusho TCG with Undefeated magazine’s exclusive card encyclopedia, featuring all 176 regular cards, game rules, plus Tournament pack cards and exclusive promotional cards (like the free Genkai™ character card included in this issue).
Other features include:
Wizards of the Coast gives Undefeated magazine an insider's look at their latest trading card game, the Duel Masters TCG. Includes a look back at the ten years of TCG history and complete Duel Masters game rules.
Power Up Your HeroClix Game
WizKids went and changed the basic rules of HeroClix with the release of Indy HeroClix: flyers got knocked down a notch, Telekinesis is the new "taxi," and powers got a much-needed rewording. Undefeated covers all of that, plus we give our picks for the 12 best characters in this new environment and highlight 4 super teams, as well as a bonus TK blitz team.
Something Has Happened
That something is the Neopets TCG. Mike Elliott, senior designer TCG R&D team shows you the ropes for building your own Neopets deck and avoiding beginner mistakes. Also includes 2 easy-to-assemble deck lists with some bite.
Blend Like a Pro
Up-and-coming professional miniatures painter Marike Reimer takes you step by step through the technique of using blending to create realistic lighting effects on all kinds of miniatures surfaces.
PBeM Made Simple
Play all of your favorite games online, day or night, in real-time or turn by turn. Undefeated magazine's comprehensive guide to play-by-email (PBeM) gaming will help you get connected to an entirely new world of online gaming.
Other features this issue include:
Winning strategies and tactics for Rio Grande Games' Puerto Rico"Winning Decks" for Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, A Game of Thrones, and WarCry
"Winning Armies" for Warhammer 40,000 and Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Exclusive previews of Magic: The Gathering Darksteel, D&D Miniatures‹Dragoneye, Legend of the Five Rings‹Reign of Blood, The Lord of the Rings Online TCG, and more Over 25 game products reviewed
First Anniversary Issue
Undefeated #1 premiered in 2003 at Gen Con Indy, North America's largest hobby-game convention. Issue #7 celebrates both Undefeated magazine's first anniversary and Gen Con Indy 2004. In addition to 8 extra pages the issue also includes a 16-page pullout section for Alderac Entertainment Group's Spycraft CCG and a playable Joker, Laughing Lunatic card for Upper Deck Entertainment's Vs. System TCG. "Strategies" features decks and armies for some of the biggest Indy championship events. "Last Page" celebrity guest columnist, Wizards of the Coast founder, and Gen Con master of ceremonies Peter Adkison shares his thoughts about what makes a great game.
Also in this Issue:
"Get More Wood for Your Sheep" tackles strategies and tactics for the reigning king of hobby board games, The Settlers of Catan.
"Origins Issues" will help you wrap your brain around deck building for Upper Deck Entertainment's Vs. System TCG just in time for the first-ever Vs. System Pro Circuit tournament, with a prize purse of $250,000.
"The Heart of the Cards" offers shortcuts to some of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s best utility cards, synergistic combos, and other smart strategies to help you get a firm understanding of the theory behind the game and build excellent Yu-Gi-Oh! decks.
See if you're one of the lucky winners of Undefeated magazine's first (but not last) magical-mystery prize. Every letter published in Undefeated #7 earned the author a Spycraft CCG prize package: 1 of each of the 5 faction-based starter decks and 16 booster packs.
Plus Winning Strategies for:
BY RAIN O'BRIEN & KELLY BONILLA
WizKids ushers in an Age of Destruction with its latest MechWarrior release.
The War Rages On
BY STEVE OWEN
Top-down strategy advice for Nexus Games' War of the Ring board game.
Essential Sligh
BY CHAD ELLIS
Examining the building blocks of a legendary Magic: The Gathering deck full of "bad" cards.
Essential Burn
BY BEN KALMAN
How to light a fire under your Vs. System opponents.
The Traginium Within
BY JOE ALREAD, KENDRICK SUMMERS & MIKE GIRARD
Decipher Game Studio game designers and developers give you a guided tour of Nowhere to Hide, the first Wars TCG expansion.
Undeleted
Reader mail, from readers just like you.
. . . LIKE A PRO 80 Back to Bases
BY MIKE & ALLISON MCVEY
Don't mount you precious miniatures creation on a mere blank slate.
WINNING TACTICS Bang! Zoom! . . .
BY M. JASON PARENT
Reign supreme over Risk 2210 A.D.'s Lunar colonies with this championship-caliber plan.
WINNING DECK The Prodigal Weenie Returns
BY BRIAN DAVID-MARSHALL
With Magic's Onslaught block out of Standard, White Weenie came off the bench for the first round of Champions of Kamigawa?legal Standard.
WINNING DECK Fire Princess Burn
BY MICHAEL SHINALL
The Yu-Gi-Oh! environment is still reeling from the void left by Chaos' demise. For now, duelists can easily fall back on burn.
WINNING DECK Towering Over the Field
BY BRIAN DAVID-MARSHALL
See how Ryan Jones took the Vs. System Pro Circuit Los Angeles with Teen Titans.
WINNING DECK Making a Splash
BY STEVEN MCLAUGHLIN
Blastoise pours on the power, Quagsire rinses off damage counters, and this Pok?on TCG deck fl oods the competition.
WINNING ARMY Dead Man's Gambit
BY F. WESLEY SCHNEIDER
It's a fact: this WARMACHINE army is dying to beat down its opponents.
WINNING SQUAD A Newer Hope
BY JEFF QUICK
A geezer, a hero, a wiseass, and cannon fodder?no, its not a Star Trek away team, it's a Star Wars Miniatures squad.
LAST PAGE Beat That!
BY JOHN ZINSER
The power of tech.
Reviews
A Clash of Kings (A Game of Thrones Boardgame)
Battlestations
Call of Cthulhu CCG
Champions of Kamigawa (Magic: The Gathering)
Chess Heads
Cloud 9
Collector's Tin (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Colossal Arena
Escalation (WARMACHINE)
Exile (Yu Yu Hakusho TCG)
FireRed LeafGreen (Pok?on TCG)
HeroScape
James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game
Keythedral
Khind & Terrah Decks (Blue Moon)
One False Step Home (One False Step for Mankind)
Paths of Glory (Game of the Year Ed.)
Rampage of the Super Warriors (Duel Masters)
Risk Godstorm
Shadowclash of the Blinding Night (Duel Masters)
Soul of the Duelist (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Star Wars Miniatures
Station Master
The Big Idea
Ultimate Sucking Vacuum
Valyrian Edition (A Game of Thrones CCG)
War of the Ring
Warfare Incorporated
Wars TCG
Web of Spider-Man (Vs. System)
Previews
Army Builder 3.0
Betrayers of Kamigawa (Magic: The Gathering)
Clone Strike (Star Wars)
Conquest of the Empire
Death's Bargain (Warlord)
Frankenstein's Children
Gundam TCG
Legacy (DC HeroClix)
Marvel Knights (Vs. System)
Ogre Kingdom (Warhammer)
Nowhere to Hide (Wars)
Pirates of the Crimsom (Pirates of the Spanish Main)
Shaman King TCG
Survivors of the Megapocalypse (Duel Masters TCG)