Leisurely Geeks

So this is my first of many posts here on Leisurely Geeks. I will start off with a quick introduction. My name is Phil Young. I currently work at a game store called The Game Preserve (www.gamepreserve.com) where I am “The Magic Guy” and also their Social Media Specialist.
I have a newer passion to gaming that was sparked by a fellow Leisurely Geek, Joe P. I had always liked video games, but it wasn’t until he introduced me to World of Warcraft, that I decided I actually was a “gamer” of sorts. It followed by a rough and very smashface tutorial to Magic the Gathering during the summer of 2008. After that, I decided that I need to become great at this game. I found out all these great things about Magic the Gathering: it was played every Friday, there were even bigger tournaments not even 4 hours from where I live, and most of all, it was addicting as hell. I went on a whirlwind attempt at “going pro” which ended with me becoming very tired and very frustrated with the state of the game and what it did to people. I took a break and decided to search for new and exciting card games. The first I stumbled across was Fluxx, and then Chrononauts, but all that was great, it was not satisfying the “High Fantasy” (something that I had loved about Magic the Gathering). I then found Ascension (http://www.ascensiongame.com/). My god this game was great. The art was stylized, the game play gave way to experienced TCG players as well as thecasual gamer. It was the rejuvenation and wake up call that I needed. Out with competitive play and in with enjoying my time with friends. This is just a little about me and my relatively short existence in the gaming world.

I would like to share something that has started only about a week ago. The makers of the game I give credit to for saving my gaming soul, Ascension, and Richard Garfield (Creator of Magic the Gathering) have come together to bring us a DIGITAL Trading Card Game! They are calling it, SOLFORGE! I would love if you all check out the Kickstarter.com for it and give feedback and share feeling on this Brave New Adventure these men and fellow gamer’s are going through.

http://www.solforgegame.com/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1965800643/solforge-digital-trading-card-game

Here is a video courtesy of IGN:

How to start. I’m the brother another author, trey. My geeky interests include Minecraft, tabletop games( dungeons and dragons, pathfinder, gamma world etc.) video games, comic books, urban fantasy novels, star wars,fantasy football, and more Minecraft. Some of my non-geeky hobbys are fishing, hanging out with friends, and normal teen things.

Next stop, the glamorous, lucrative world of The Huffington Post!

What’s that you say?  What do you mean, The Huffington Post doesn’t pay bloggers????

Well I guess I’ll just stick around here then.  Might as well introduce myself.

Hi.  My name is Trey and I’m a Geek.  My Geek hobbies include video games, Magic: The Gathering and other various card games, tabletop RPGs (mostly with other authors on this blog), board games, books (especially fantasy), and ummm…probably a few other things I am forgetting at the moment.  My less-nerdy hobbies include fishing, fly-tying, and football (which I even manage to make nerdy by playing Fantasy Football).

I suppose that’s it for now.  Be on the lookout for exciting new articles by me! (and the rest of the gang.)

I like long walks on the beach, the smell of fresh cut grass, and puppies…