Samara Duncan, Author at Tribality

Drafting in the MF0 Universe

Samara Duncan — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:00:45 +0000

Drafting; where each player starts with a set number of booster packs and makes a deck from them, is a much-loved variant in the world of trading card games. In tabletops, this is a little more difficult as there are usually well-defined tracks for each player to move through in the form of classes. Randomizing stats is common, but randomizing abilities, even within a single class, could quickly lead to characters that are essentially unplayable. But what about a tabletop […]

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Eye of the Tiger: Single Set Army

Samara Duncan — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 11:59:14 +0000

Building up a collection of LEGOs that can create any frame you can dream up takes quite a bit of time. Turning a single LEGO set into the best frame you can is a solid choice for getting started quickly, or just for challenging your creative juices. This week I challenged myself to build an entire army out of a single set, or at several copies of the same set. The Set For your consideration, I present the LEGO Creator […]

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What’s Up With MF0 Turn Order?!?

Samara Duncan — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:27:01 +0000

Perhaps the most perplexing thing about Mobile Frame Zero is turn order. It constantly shifts from round to round, and even within the round. On the one hand, it’s one of those things that “will be easier once you get used to it”, but on the other…. Jeez, that’s a lot to try and understand. Unless you can find an experienced player to calmly explain how this works a few dozen times, learning turn order can be quite the challenge. […]

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Getting Started With Mobile Frame Zero – Part 2

Samara Duncan — Tue, 31 May 2016 05:00:54 +0000

Please welcome our newest columnist Samara Duncan! Last time we talked a bit about getting started with a great new game, Mobile Frame Zero. With two major elements– a tabletop game and creating custom LEGO® models. you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. If you are feeling like giving up before you even start, please don’t. Just apply the principle of KISS (Keep it Simple Sweetheart) to make it manageable. There is plenty of time to add in all the […]

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Getting Started With Mobile Frame Zero

Samara Duncan — Mon, 16 May 2016 13:03:24 +0000

This week we have a guest post from Samara Duncan looking at a tabletop game called Mobile Frame Zero… Tabletops are a great way to spend an afternoon with family or friends. Legos are the building blocks of the imagination for both children and adults. Perhaps the only way to make both these things better is to combine them. Enter Mobile Frame Zero, a tabletop game where both your armies and the terrain are built completely out of LEGO® parts. […]

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