I don't really like CCG games. If I wanted another open money sink as a pastime outside of beer guzzling, I'd start going to prostitutes, not game companies. These games are structured to reward the person with the most disposable income; as a professional blogger, that person is not me.

Still, my interest has been piqued by PoxNora, a Magic: The Gathering style browser-based CCG game that has an open beta currently going down. And why is my interest piqued? Simple: not only is the game itself fairly cool and the art attractive and fun to look at, but they are giving everyone who signs up for the open beta $50 worth of free cards to get started.

That's 150 cards to get the ball rolling. Of course, I still suck at the game, but I'm pretty sure I suck a lot less than if I had zero dollars worth of free cards in my stack. If you've got an account, why not jump to the comments and try to organize some matches? Florian Eckhardt

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