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Oct 16
10 min

My Top 10 Ranked Most Disappointing Halloween Candies as a Kid

Ahhh, Halloween. Close your eyes with me and think back to that one Halloween evening that you closely remember. That one, unique speci...

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Sep 23
13 min

Orc's Lair Top 30 NES Games (Part 2: 19-10)

#19 Skull & Crossbones I don't know how it happened, but there's not too many pirate themed games on the NES, or really, on any other sys...

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Aug 26
9 min

Orc's Lair Top 30 NES Games (Part 1: 30-20)

When people ask what got me into gaming, a big part of the answer is that I was a Nintendo kid. I remember one fateful Christmas Eve, ba...

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Aug 18
6 min

Outgrowing D&D and What Else is There?

In 1974 the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons was published. By 1979, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons came out. In '89, AD&D got a co...

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Aug 15
3 min

Big Fun with Tiny Leaders (My First Game!)

Commander is a huge success at The Orc's Lair. We have a lot of amazing players who come in consistently for events and casual play all w...

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Aug 14
2 min

New Website, Who Dis? Also, its 2020?!

Yep, Rest In Peace, old Orc's Lair website. Although I designed you like it was 2001, you are now designed like its 2012, and that's the...

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