The Spoils Introduction

[Pojo]

"From the creative team that brought you Magi Nation, comes completely original world of The Spoils™, the first true “Tournament Card Game” backed by over five years in development and testing. Besides the endorsement (and financial investment) of most famous players in the Magic community, Jon Finkel (Pro Tour/Individual/Team/National/ and World Champion) and David Williams (all time #6 top Poker money winner and Magic Pro Player, and the personal investment of Peter Adkison, former CEO of Wizards of the Coast, Tenacious Games is introducing The Spoils™ with an unprecedented Open Beta Launch: giving away almost 2.5 Million cards, running as many as 2000 free tournaments and supporting larger tournaments with $60,000 in prize money, culminating in the $10,000 Open Beta Championships held Oct. 29th in NYC.

See www.thespoils.com "

I have not tested this game yet. Scott Gerhardt has had a tourney at his store, and said the game is awesome, and everyone loved it. So I make a section on Pojo for it. ;-)

Has anyone else here tried it yet?

[Manjyome Thunder]

OMG this game was so amazing! I played it at Scott Gerhardt Rancho Cucamonga store last night and I had so much fun even though I lost 3 of the 4 rounds.

ANYONE who has an chance to play this game should do so. Not one person hated this game last night, I want more and more Spoils!

[Azurillmaster]

I might get a Starter for my B-Day, but since I'm not the competitive types, it won't be my "Core" card games.

[Manjyome Thunder]

Played again tonight at Shuffle and Cut RC and I am quickly realizing that Gearsmith is the amazing almost as much as Banker and Anarchist. This game has so much unbelievable potential that if this game fails then card games are doomed.

[Azurillmaster]

I wonder what Faction I'll use. Maybe Arcanist.

[Ultamis]

I think this games gonna do pretty well,seeing as how my local store(kings games)has tournies set up.I signed up for the free pack and dled the rule book and card demos,I think bankers and gearsmiths might go together pretty well.As soon as this storm passes im gonna go to kings for a starter deck and maybe a few packs(if they are selling them)

[Azurillmaster]

I thought you could only use 1 faction....

[Cloud Sylver]

Interesting game. Anyone know where I can find a copy of the rules? Maybe a spoiler for the first set...?

[Secran]

rules: www.thespoils.com
spoiler: www.thetournamentfaction.com

the game is very slick. Played in a beta event in madison, ended up top 8, but unfortunately they cut to top 4 (cursed 16 players [one more and it would have been top 8]) for the draft session. I really could have used that sexy sexy custom xbox 360. ^_^

faction wise: Bankers = uber in sealed. Ghostly Auditor can absolutely change a game by doing damage just once, i should know, i lost because of that T_T. Arcanists and forget, assassination, and covert are very slick. I personally <3 gearsmiths for the 1337-speak and the over all feel of the faction.

[Manjyome Thunder]

Two words:

Jacque's Trap

[nimbly]

the game is very slick. Played in a beta event in madison, ended up top 8, but unfortunately they cut to top 4 (cursed 16 players [one more and it would have been top 8]) for the draft session. I really could have used that sexy sexy custom xbox 360. ^_^


only 16 people for the XBox360? It's kinda suprising why that isn't higher...

Yea, I <3 the spoils. Great mechanic. Great art and flavor text. Great gameplay. What more can you really ask for in a game? I'm just really glad that my store is fully supporting the game (holding sealed events at least every 2 weeks for Open Beta, and possibly adding some constructed there too). Plus, I love looking at my set of Top 8 Foil Resources from PAX. :D

[Ultamis]

Archanist etc arent factions.Theres only one faction right now.


*Edit*
Ironic that a mainly yugioh player like me gets his 100 post in a non yugioh thread about a game thats going to make me stop with yugioh for awhile

[the master hakuoh]

I'm trying to sign up for the main and it say I can get free cards. I'm just wondering, do I have to be a store owner or retailer to get free cards?

[Cloud Sylver]

rules: www.thespoils.com
spoiler: www.thetournamentfaction.com

the game is very slick. Played in a beta event in madison, ended up top 8, but unfortunately they cut to top 4 (cursed 16 players [one more and it would have been top 8]) for the draft session. I really could have used that sexy sexy custom xbox 360. ^_^

faction wise: Bankers = uber in sealed. Ghostly Auditor can absolutely change a game by doing damage just once, i should know, i lost because of that T_T. Arcanists and forget, assassination, and covert are very slick. I personally <3 gearsmiths for the 1337-speak and the over all feel of the faction.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[nimbly]

I'm trying to sign up for the main and it say I can get free cards. I'm just wondering, do I have to be a store owner or retailer to get free cards?

No, I believe to get your free pack, you just have to register on their forum and give them your info.

It'll be a while until they actually get around to sending out those packs. After Gencon, then PAX, then re-shipping product to all participating stores, people who get the free pack are kinda on the bottom of the priority list. :(

[GodofGame]

This game is incredible and the rules are fun, challanging and easy to understand. Its so fun in fact, I have almost all the cards from the Beta set when i went to indy.

Bankers are hands down the best in sealed format. but in constructed... Rougues and bankers are a close second. Gears are great swarmers but are weak on their own. and there are many great decks out now already.

[Ultamis]

Theres some pretty crazy things in this game,and its not even realy out.Look at this thing

Emergency Obfuscation 3 (and 3 deception)
You may play this card whenever you could play a tactic.
While this card is in play, both players switch seats. Both players are in control of their opponent's side. If the game ends, the owner of the winning deck wins the game.
At the start of your turn, you must put a token on this card.
At the end of your turn, if there are at least 2 tokens on this card, destroy it.

O_o

[ShadowZ]

If this game does will It will probably be one of the few games since magic to have succeeded w/o a stong 'media advertisement' (show, comic, game, ect...)

[Azurillmaster]

Good point. But you'd be surprised how much I know about Naruto because of the card game. But who knows? There might be ads in the future...

[painted_klown]

I am VERY excited about The Spoils. I strongly encourage everyone to go check it out. Ask your local hobby shop to run a tourney.......it's free for them and you!!!:D A great way to drum up some support for this awesome game. I honestly believe it has the potential to be the biggest game on the tcg market. The industry "players" backing it have great track records and are highly respected in their circles. I can't wait for the official release in November and see the impact it will have on the gaming community! The only thing that may stand in it's path is a little known TCG coming out called World of warcraft............lol I am only kidding of course, WoW is probably the most popular game ever and the cross platform idea was a good one. That and UDE are backing it up. It could prove to be some stiff competition. Thing is though, licensed products such as that seem to "blow over" rather quiclky and gamers know that. No body wants to be sitting with binders full of useless cardboard. The Spoils has great gameplay, art, flavor, depth and the backing and marketing strategy to make it work and for a VERY long time.:) Peace!

[Azurillmaster]

Yes, I can't wait for it to KILL WoW.

[The PumpKin King]

i dont think it will kill WoW there's too many fans for that online game alone and i imagine alot of them will try the card game

this just seems a bit too competitive for my blood

[Ultamis]

I see it like this:

WoW is based off of a popular game,so was the pokemon tcg
The Spoils is an original game with solid gameplay and a reason to play(cash tournaments),just like Magic:The Gathering

So if we look at it that way,which game lasted longer?Magic did.I think that the WoW card game will only be popular as long as the WoW computer game is popular.The Spoils on the other hand is shaping up to be the new M:tG,I could see myself buying spoils packs 10 years from now,thats how good the spoils is,to me anyway.

[Azurillmaster]

Actully, Magic and Pokemon were started by the same company (Wizards) and Pokemon just came later.

[Exiled]

I'm seriously considering playing this game. When is the official release?

[Ultamis]

I'm seriously considering playing this game. When is the official release?
November...

What I meant was that,although made by the same company,Pokemon and Magic were similar to WoW and The Spoils.So far,games that are based on games(pokemon) or anime(Inu-Yasha,FMA) dont seem to last as long as tcgs with theyre own "world".Magic has lasted what,16 years while pokemon,while still played,is pretty dead right now,and has been since WotC lost the rights to it.

[the master hakuoh]

Seeing how people have saying this game is amazing, I must play it. Also with the cash prizes maybe my lazy store will try to hold some tournaments.

Ultamis: Pokemon is not dead or anywhere near to be dead. It has been stated that is the 3rd best selling TCG in USA. It also has official tournaments in more than 20 countries. So I don't think the game is dead.

[Azurillmaster]

Oh great. First I'm not allowed to play Magic, now I don't like Spoils:mad:

[CyberGoldd]

The spoils are great does anyone know how to be a cotd reviewer

[nimbly]

The spoils are great does anyone know how to be a cotd reviewer

Go to the Pojo Main Site, click The Spoils link. Details there. :cool:

[painted_klown]

Everyone play The Spoils....tell your friends too;) Seriously it is an awesome game. Check it out all!:D Peace!

[CED_Explosion]

I'm so angry I missed the demo at my store.

I've heard some people compare it to VS. is this game really good enough to take control of the market?

[doc8466]

It is designed to do that very thing CED.
Allow me to introduce myself-
I am a The Spoils Judge and one of the CotD writers. (for the moment anyway...we'll see how it pans out!)
I started with The Spoils at GENCON, loved it, and ended up volunteering for them doing demos for about a day and a half.
Since then, I've returned to Annapolis MD where I've run 8 (?) Open Beta events including a $1K event. (that's another story....) And I'll be running at least another 6-8 before Open Beta season culminates in my area on 22 Oct with a $1.5K tourney at Dream Wizards in Rockville MD.

If you haven't read The Spoils introduction article by Scott Gerhardt, do so now! It's a great summary of the game.

Let it be known now... Tenacious games started 5 years ago with the goal of creating a game that is better than MtG. With that goal, they started by asking themselves, what do great games have going for them and what do they have working against them? How can we fix the negatives?

5 years later, we have The Spoils.

Yes, it's marketed as a TCG where the "T" stands for Tournament, not tradable. However, let that not disuade you from playing it casually. It plays just as well in any environment, but at a competitive level, it's going to be better than any other game because of it's design to minimize luck and maximize strategy. If you're not into the math, percentages and stats that go into playing at a pro level, The Spoils is still a blast with some friends or at your local shop on a Saturday afternoon.

If you're not good enough to be a pro (insert any passtime/sport/whatever that you could be making a living at here) does that mean you're not going to do it? I hope not...

And here's the final kicker: YOU CAN TRY IT FOR FREE AND GET FREE CARDS FROM THE COMPANY! Does it get any better than that? I think not.
Anyone who hasn't, go sign up on The Spoils web site and remember to select the option for a free pack of cards. Then hop onto the forums there and join in with a community of over 1900 people (Open Beta started 01 August!) who are actively digging into what we think still needs a bit of tweaking (yes, we're affecting the future of this game by participating in Open Beta) and all the talk about card interaction, rules questions (did anyone mention that the rule book for this game is 2 pages long when printed on standard printer paper?) deck construction etc etc etc!
On the web site you can download demo decks and the rules. So even if you can't get to an Open Beta event, you CAN see if all the speculation that The Spoils will be the next big game and possibly the biggest one day is all it's cracked up to be.

All you have to lose is a couple minutes of internet surfing! :D

Hope to see you on The Spoils boards or at an Open Beta event near me!

I'm out!
doc

[CED_Explosion]

I actually go to Dreamwizards. Were you there last Sunday and at the Yugioh regionals? I really wanted to try the game, but I didn't have enough time.

next time I'm at Dreamwizards if I see you guys there I'll try it out. (don't wanna compete just yet. I want to see if I actually like the game first :D

thanks for the help

[doc8466]

I actually go to Dreamwizards. Were you there last Sunday and at the Yugioh regionals? I really wanted to try the game, but I didn't have enough time.

next time I'm at Dreamwizards if I see you guys there I'll try it out. (don't wanna compete just yet. I want to see if I actually like the game first :D

thanks for the help

No way! I'm the bald white guy who wears The Spoils Judge t-shirt!

I virtually guarantee you'll like it. I'd be more than happy to demo it with you, and if you like it (you will!) you can jump in on one of our *FREE* tourneys. Even if that's not your "cup of tea", you'll get the 6 packs of cards and get to know the regular players.
I won't be back to Dream Wizards for about a week and a half, but keep an eye on either the Dream Wizards web site for a list of days/times or the calendar you can find at the top of the forums on The Spoils web site.

Let me know who you are when you do the demo!

Looking forward to it-
doc

[gweedyj]

this game looks sweet how do you get the free pack?

[painted_klown]

Hey Doc! Whats up? I am the same PK from The Spoils site. Great you see you here as well.:) It's awesome to see you here promoting The Spoils and letting people know what it's all about! Doc is a great guy and is a very active member of The Spoils community. He helped me understand the rules and took the time to explain a lot of the finer details to me. All of wich came in very handy when I took the judge test.:) He has also spent countless hours demoing the game and helping the TG staff at larger conventions. If any of you have the opportunity I highly reccomend attending his or any other Spoils event that may be located near you. Peace!

[doc8466]

this game looks sweet how do you get the free pack?
Sign up on www.thespoils.com and make sure you select the option to receive a free pack.
At the same time, you'll be receivnig your Spoils Tournament Player number (that is when you receive the pack of cards) and you'll be able to get right onto the boards there too!

Hope to see you there gweedy!

Additional Comment:
Hey Doc! Whats up? I am the same PK from The Spoils site. Great you see you here as well.:) It's awesome to see you here promoting The Spoils and letting people know what it's all about! Doc is a great guy and is a very active member of The Spoils community. He helped me understand the rules and took the time to explain a lot of the finer details to me. All of wich came in very handy when I took the judge test. He has also spent countless hours demoing the game and helping the TG staff at larger conventions. If any of you have the opportunity I highly reccomend attending his or any other Spoils event that may be located near you. Peace!

There couldn't be two PK's! :D Thanks for the kind words. What can I say, I absolutely love this game and thouroughly enjoy teaching. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to make it to GENCON SOCAL for the soul purpose of demoing for 4 straight days. No playing, no shopping, no gaming...just teaching!

So if anyone out there want's rule clarifications, pointers or suggestions on building a sealed deck, I'll be on daily to answer everything I can!

[CED_Explosion]

I was going to ask if you were the bald guy, but didn't know if that would offend you :p

I look forward to learning the game

[doc8466]

Excellent CED! I'm looking forward to it!

[King Atlantis]

it came from the flop, 'magi nation' people?

ill wait befor ei get into this one....

(goes and plays dreamblade....)

[doc8466]

I think there are 3 people who worked for the Magi Nation game that work for Tenacious Games (the makers of The Spoils).
Don't think of this as Magi Nation reincarnated...though I never played it...so maybe I shouldn't say that.
If you have the chance to play in a free sealed event, give it a try. If you like great strategy games, you're bound to like it!

[Sand-Trap]

Hmmm...I think I'll give this game a try. I like using skill/innovation to win in YGO, and if this game minimizes luck...I'll at least try it out obv.

[zerowing]

ok I used to live in RC but have no clue where this place is (I haven't lived there in about 3 years so my memory is fuzzy), but is it that place on Baseline Road a little past the community center place and iirc Hellman Road? I know theres a window place in that shopping center, please tell me I'm right or at least an address, I'm seriously wanting to go and bring some friends but seeing as how RC is now about 45 minutes away I don't want to travel there for nothing


oh and times, that would be helpful.

[doc8466]

ok I used to live in RC but have no clue where this place is (I haven't lived there in about 3 years so my memory is fuzzy), but is it that place on Baseline Road a little past the community center place and iirc Hellman Road? I know theres a window place in that shopping center, please tell me I'm right or at least an address, I'm seriously wanting to go and bring some friends but seeing as how RC is now about 45 minutes away I don't want to travel there for nothing


oh and times, that would be helpful.

What are you referring to zerowing? Since I'm lost, probably nothing to do with me eh? :)

[Spangleburt]

You should all give the Call of Cthulhu Card Game a try. It's basically the game this one seems quite influenced by in terms of game mechanics (my personal opinion, looks like most of the 'innovative new ideas' are a bit derivative of it.) and it's established enough that you have plenty of variation, a huge cardpool to draw upon, and 7 factions to choose from rather than 1.

That said, I do like the theme of this one, seems less heavy handed. And they're giving away free stuff, which is amicable. Might give it a try :D

(EDITED: To be less insulting and more objective :D )

[zerowing]

What are you referring to zerowing? Since I'm lost, probably nothing to do with me eh? :)
sorry I was trying to speak with Manjyome Thunder, he said he played at a store by where I used to live, but I don't rememebr where it was so I need help finding it, unless you could help me? Its in Rancho Cucamonga is all I know

[doc8466]

From The Spoils web site mesage boards, there's a guy Scott Gerhardt (the one that got The Spoils part of Pojo going) who owns or runs 2 stores in Cali called Shuffle and Cut. One is in Rancho Cucomonga if I remember correctly.

[zerowing]

Yeah I just looked on the Spoils site and I guess he is no longer doing open beta, but please correct me if I'm wrong

[Zambo226]

No offense, but the two aren't even remotely similar. In CoC you're trying to win three stories and there's a set order that each story is resolved. OK, maybe the whole speed thing in Spoils has shades of Terror and Combat phases, but it's much more open ended than that.

If anyone wants to know what Spoils is like (i.e., where its roots come from) in terms of gameplay, try this:

1) Take Magic, subtract specific types of mana for costs to play cards and abilities
2) Add the Stronghold/Faction idea from Legend of the Five Rings
3) Add a rule that allows you to start with resources already in play
4) Add an inherent rule on the Factions that allows you to utilize excess resources to either play more resources or draw more cards
5) Add a mulligan rule that allows you to choose your starting hand (in a limited way, certainly)
6) Add the threshold idea (shades of Battletech, Harry Potter, etc.)
7) Add other ideas from Battletech; multiple attacks per turn, attacking locations, the idea of speed in combat (though Spoils is much better realized).

Voila! There's yer Spoils. Not the most original game in the world (save the world it's actually set in, which is very original), but it's taken the best mechanics from good games to make, what I believe is a truly excellent game.

-Z

You should all give the Call of Cthulhu Card Game a try. It's basically the game this one seems quite influenced by in terms of game mechanics (my personal opinion, looks like most of the 'innovative new ideas' are a bit derivative of it.) and it's established enough that you have plenty of variation, a huge cardpool to draw upon, and 7 factions to choose from rather than 1.

That said, I do like the theme of this one, seems less heavy handed. And they're giving away free stuff, which is amicable. Might give it a try :D

(EDITED: To be less insulting and more objective :D )

[King Atlantis]

i, after researching this game more, have decided not to play.
why?
one: the art work.
sure its only concept art- but its soooo odd. its got lots of blood/gore (which i could handle...) but the thing that REALY turned me off: i saw some card where a bunch of dudes were sucking like, the sperm out of a dragon, and then the next card had the dudes pushing a seringe into a dudes stomach...and the flavor text said that was the sperm :o
two: its 3rd party. and its new. magic and yugioh controll the market right now, and i dont see this going anywhere. look at duelmasters for example- much better game than yugioh, yet it never became very popular cause people had allready put too much $$$ into yugioh or magic....

i dont care how good a game it is- im not wasteing my money on a game unless i know its gonna last, or has play value that i can play with after the gam edies. which, imo, card games dont have, (but minis do...reason im sorta consentrating on dreamblade at the moment...)

you'll can go ahead and play. sorry if i sound/rude/w/e....
ill wait and see where this goes. ive lost faith in 3rd party developers...:(
mabey this game might regain my faith...
in the words of Alexander Dumas through Edmond Dantes:
"wiat and hope"
~*The King*~

[doc8466]

Not that this makes it much better, but catheters don't extract sprem, they extract urine. (still a very nasty thought though!)

I hope, if given the chance to play in a free Open Beta event, you still give it a try. You can always ditch it if you don't like it.

And I for one won't even say "I told you so" when this game starts supporting Pro events with /\/\4|) cash prizes and you decide to give it a whirl then.

When you change your mind, I'll be here waiting for you! :)

[King Atlantis]

im allready playing a great game w/lots of cash prizes.
see siggy....
~*The King*~
(ps- its good to know at least its urine, and not sperm....still sick though. might give it a wirl later. but, most likely not. i dont plan on wasteing me' money on a game that might die out....id rather spend it on dreamblade (fun/staying power) and avatar/duelmasters (no staying power, but love the show/game play)

like i said, i might, i might not. most likely the later...

[Manjyome Thunder]

Yeah I just looked on the Spoils site and I guess he is no longer doing open beta, but please correct me if I'm wrong

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you zerowing1991, but yes you are correct, we are that card shop you are describing. It was previously called "M&W Cards and Gems", but it's been Shuffle and Cut for the past year. We are worth the 45 minute drive IMO. Tomorrow we are having a $250 sealed deck event. $10 entry for 6 packs and it starts at 1pm.

[zerowing]

oh cool, this weekend might be too busy for me, and I remember Cards and Gems, I used to go there for YGO tournaments, thanks for the reply

[gweedyj]

i might end up dropping yugi for this game if i enjoy it enough.

[Injured_Status]

So, is it just the beta version out, or is the real verison out already? I might play this. But I don't know. I'm already juggling around Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, and Naruto.

[doc8466]

So far only the Beta cards are out. The full release with finished art work and tweaked cards is due out in November.

While I don't want to encourage or discourage you to play The Spoils by saying this, please be aware that it is targeted to a 15+ year old audience. There are curse words in the flavor text, pictures with women in questionable roles and an abundance of blood and gore on some cards.

That said, the game itself is awsome! Deep strategy with a ton of options at every turn. Check the PM I sent you. Maybe you'll be near one of the demos/free tournaments I'll be judging.

[King Atlantis]

While I don't want to encourage or discourage you to play The Spoils by saying this, please be aware that it is targeted to a 15+ year old audience. There are curse words in the flavor text, pictures with women in questionable roles and an abundance of blood and gore on some cards.

thats one of the reasons i dont think it'll last. but who knows >.<
i (doubt) most 15 year olds parents will appreciate it (the curseing/gore/questionable women...)
my 2c (again)

[doc8466]

A very valid point King.

It's been discussed at GREAT length on the TS forums with the final word something like this:

TGI realizes what choices they've made regarding the flavor and style of the game. This is where they want to go. An older audience. An audience that is not offended by these things. An audience who gets the jokes.

It's understood that some people will not play and others will not be allowed to play due to their choices. TG is ok with that and only time will tell if they made a wise choice or not.

[King Atlantis]

im just looking at hecatomb...
a great game, but the art was a little gorey and it failed....this game has less 'creepy' art, but WAY more gore/blood and ''other'' things....

[doc8466]

In my oppinion, Hecatomb simply tried too many different things at once. Pentagon cards, see through windows, nightmareish art...lots of dark over tone in general.

The spoils also tries a couple new things with it's art and flavor text, but IMHO nothing near Hecatomb.

Plus, in the next 2 weeks, we will start getting hints about "The Spoils Experience" style of tournament play.

I think The Spoils is going to be straight up ground breaking!

[Pyro Ardvark]

ONe thing that plagues me is when the official set is released, will everyone that participated in Open Beta get to use the Open Beta release cards? If so that puts them at a big advantage from those they may just be getting into the game.

[LucienofShadow]

Yes, we are allowed to use the open beta cards. And of course it puts us at an advantage. If a new player picks up Yugioh or MtG, they'll be at a dissadvantage too.

[doc8466]

ONe thing that plagues me is when the official set is released, will everyone that participated in Open Beta get to use the Open Beta release cards? If so that puts them at a big advantage from those they may just be getting into the game.

I've spoken with people from Tenacious Games about their First Edition set coming out next week. The distribution of the Open Beta cards covered MAYBE 10% of the people they expect to attract.

Those of us who were lucky enough to be invloved in OB only have an advantage in that we've played a few games and have a better knowledge of the available cards.

This is EASILY overcome. thetournamentfaction.com has a complete spoiler with pics of the cards. If you have no other choice, nearly 1/2 of the set is downloadable from thespoils.com in the form of demo decks. With only a little time investment, you'll be ahead of those who don't find out about The Spoils until it's on the shelves at their local Brick-n-Mortar game shop.

Lastly, if it's a matter of just having a small collection of cards already, The Spoils can be pre-ordered on several sites for mid to low $30 per 12 pack booster box. It won't take all that much to trade out for the cards to make a great deck. Check out the trading folder on thespoils.com message boards and you'll see there are 20 or more of us that are really into trading.

The game is just too good to worry about someone else having an advantage...if you're a good strategist, you'll bounce right up there with us!

Trust me!

[[IXI] Doma [IXI]]

I've played it and it indeed blow me away, obviously.
I'm gonna head on to Neutral Ground this week to pick up MAD booster packs of The Spoils!

WOOHOO!

[blueD]

Our Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG team is considering converting into Spoil. This game look awesome, I need some help!

Aim: bluedotehD

[SmartChild]

I'd like to play but no one here plays it.

[johnsu]

Same here. im the only one that plays VS,Spoils,WoW.

[LucienofShadow]

What areas are you in? Have you checked out the official forums? There are many tournament listings there.

[the_eternal_flame]

I just started today, me and my friend. It looks like a good game that is bound to take off.

[fr0zN]

Great Game! Play it!

[doc8466]

Not ony is it a fantastic game, but have you seen the full extent of their tournament/prize system? I mean a 5 day cruise on the Caribean playing The Spoils for the world championships against 500 others???? OMG!!!

If you haven't seen the full details yet check it here (http://www.thespoils.com/spoils/view.php?pg=tournaments)

[xelavinas]

to me he spoils falls in the same lines as Duelmasters. its very comparable to magic the gathering.

duelmasters was Magic Lite. the spoils is Magic Plus.

i've started playing it. i have a deck. i won't invest too much time on it. the spoils gives me two new things. Great Tournament actions and fresh funny settings. neither of those i really care about.

i'm already playing magic and while the fun has been sucked out of compedative play i dont' play compeditively so my social circle is still excited by magic.

where duelmasters is Magic Lite, and spoils is Magic Plus, MtG itself is Magic Basic. its a pattern thats been familliar for a long time and rather than changing up the pattern theres just new ways to look at it (ie new sets) i see no need to really invest too much in something new when the thing i have hasn't broken yet. especially when card games already hurt my wallet.

i only started playing MtG a little over a year ago and i'm already amazed at how NOBODY wants to make type 1 decks outside of my social circle. to me type 2 is just being intimidated by the old cards. i can understand the broken power nine. but a lot of people don't even try to outdo old decktypes. well aside from the people i actually play with.
my suggestion is that if you're one of those people thats been pissed about magic's compeditive metagames, play spoils. otherwise its doesn't exactly feel 'new' (aside from it being really chain friendly. with enough rescources you could get like ten cards out in a single combo. but then again i have gearsmith and arcanist)