Free Candy For Everyone

I sometimes wonder about my decision making skills. I can see when something is a bad idea, but sometimes I do it anyways. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the World of Warcraft trading card game! It came out about two weeks ago and promptly sold out. I had been a bit curious about the game. I like Magic: The Gathering, the trading card game (or collectible card game, as they’re also known).

I got a little… excited when I started playing Magic. I would buy cards all the time. I even ordered some off eBay. I really really liked the collecting of cards. There’s something about tearing open a new booster pack and rifling through to see what you got. I don’t know, it’s probably a bit like gambling. The card packs have a random card assortment with a set number of common, uncommon and rare cards per pack. So you want to see which rare you got, how good is it, will it help you build your deck? I love that.

Anyways. Take that… interest and combine it with my… interest in World of Warcraft and it sounds like maybe a recipe for badness? For my wallet, for my tendency towards… being very interested in things, you know, all that jazz. I had not really intended to give the game much of a look. I wasn’t eagerly counting the days or anything. But then I was talking to a friend at work about it and next thing I know, I’m calling stores to find if it’s in stock. “Sold out everywhere in the city,” they told me, “everywhere but for one store.” Ooh! I called that one store, they had stock because they’d limited people to 5 boosters per person and jacked up the prices. I didn’t care! Now that I knew the supply was super limited I needed in! My friend and I hopped in the car and rode out to buy some cards!

Because there was a limit, of course I bought to that limit! And, well, I had another friend along and he didn’t want to try the game. So, um, I made him buy cards for me. (I paid him back! I just mean he let me get 2x the limit!) Met up with my friend that weekend and we played the game. And it was good. It’s a lot like Magic, so of course it’s good. Plus it has fun WoW flavor to it. You can see some of the ingame spells and critters.

The next week rolled around and the list of people interested in playing was growing. But the supply was still limited. Another co-worker managed to find a place online that had some in stock. He asked who wanted a box. Yes, a whole box of boosters.

I guess I sort of bought one. I’ve played the game several times now and I’m not sure I should have bought so many cards. I like the game - it’s pretty darn fun. But come on! Did I need all those cards?

Heh. Probably.