Legends of Runeterra

I'm still playing Legends of Runeterra, Riot's card-me-do set in the world of League Of Legends. It remains quite good, albeit deeply familiar. The emotes elevate it.

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When I wrote about Legends Of Runeterra last week, I was having a whale of a time. The whale was formed of mushrooms, and the time was spent filling enemy decks with poisonous puffcaps. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I could still eke out my share of wins. One week on, I've left my mushrooms by the wayside. I'm playing with…

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There is a man in Riot's new card combat game whose job is to throw mushrooms into my opponent's deck. He is really, really into it. "Have a mushroom!", he shouts. "Have three!" Whenever my opponents draw a card with a mushroom attached, their nexus takes direct damage. This is a sneaky and deplorable way to win matches, as evinced by the smug expression on…

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Riot’s freshly announced card game Legends Of Runeterra just finished its first testing period. Though I had some hands on with it at a preview event, it wasn’t an especially natural setting, with all the cards unlocked and a narrow pool of opponents, so I came back to investigate the Preview Patch event to see how well it stands up in its first tentative steps…

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League Of Legends developer Riot Games are making a collectable card game called Legends Of Runeterra. I got to speak to some of the developers and do some shuffling myself at their Dublin offices a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve got the scoop: Yes, there are poro cards, yes, you can build a deck to synergise with them, and yes, the board features a…

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