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Messiah to me feels like a stepping stone but I don't have anything bad to say about it. It was essential for Paul's character because he

It feels like he's at the height of his prescient powers in Messiah which is important for the above spoiler.

Ah but you see now instead of tanking on three cards in hand they're all tanking on 30 cards in hand. The monkey's paw curls!

Currently reading Heretics of Dune. It's...very different from the first three but only as different as God Emperor of Dune was.

I'm with it. It would be boring if this Spock was exactly the same rather than growing into the Spock we know.

Reminds me of a character in The Expanse who gets illegal hormone gland implants that can be activated for a burst of heightened awareness. The drawback is twofold. When the activation wears off the user experiences debilitating nausea for several minutes. Over the long term the illegal part comes into play because you know those things aren't rated for health and safety. This character requires regular blood transfusions/dialysis due to toxin buildup from shoddy workmanship.

Anyway, that's an entire tangent. I'm excited to see if there are interesting complications from a doctor who's strapped with combat drugs of questionable ethics.

A ~~wizard~~ Vulcan arrives precisely when he means to!

Long may she reign! I can see the enduring appeal of those commanders. They both get everyone in on the action.

It's always good to be able to choose to be the bad guy. I like the honesty that kind of deck lets you have.

The fact that it's an instant is wonderful. "But what about...Second Breakfast!"

I"m the first one to agree with you but I also know people that wouldn't play otherwise. I suppose that LTR is modern legal so there should be great opportunity for fun and easy 60 card decks as well. Although I find that it's often logistically difficult to capture someone's interest in doing a one on one activity as opposed to a group activity.

I teach new players as A Thing I do and even have a gauntlet of decks built for exactly that so I'm confident in my ability to construct games that avoid the major pitfalls. Obviously that's not the same thing as a regular game night but eh.

There was a lot of hype when Kenrith was spoiled that "he's perfect for politics". I'm just saying that hype was misplaced when you're probably going to only target sometime else with his activations on average twice per game if you're not comboing out.

I think LOTR is the perfect set for playing Wizard's Tower, haha. I think one of the in universe wizard's towers is called Orthanc.