These were all from the first set, with brand spanking new arrangements. We are still utterly blissed.
Entries Tagged as ‘Weekend in Heaven’
July 26, 2009
It Is Called “Marvel Superstars”.
It is the news we have all been waiting for, and it is official. Upper Deck will continue to produce the highest quality trading card games in the world using the most spectacular characters in the universe. The first new product will be called Marvel Superstars, and it will debut at GenCon Indianapolis on [...]
July 4, 2009
Disco Forth.
July 4th, 2009. Land Shark Stadium. Florida Marlins. Pittsburgh Pirates. KC and the Sunshine Band. Fireworks with forty thousand friends.
I love you Miami!
June 28, 2009
Sunday Mandala: Tributes and Remixes.
What a fanglorious Sunday morning this is. Basking in the glow of one human masterpiece reinterpreted by another artist. If you open your ears all the way, you can hear countless cover versions and re-mixes of Michael Jackson’s exquisite catalog coating the entire surface of the Earth. Inevitable synchronicity dragged my eyes across the sizzle [...]
June 14, 2009
Three Views From Our Window.
Those are three actual photographs from where we live. We don’t have to travel, we don’t have to roam. It is always that beautiful, right here at home.
April 3, 2009
Spring Break = Regeneration.
I need sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. Spring Break starts in two hours, the pillow is calling my name.
March 21, 2009
Hellboy + Liz Sherman = Bliss.
(The best Liz Sherman I have seen, by Roc Upchurch.)
Flipping cards has never been finer. For the second weekend in a row, Nina and I have been turning Hellboy and Liz sideways on the kitchen table until the tentacles explode the moon and rain down from the heavens. Last night our seven-game series [...]
March 15, 2009
Heavenly Hellboy.
The Hellboy Essential Collection contains the only 60-card constructed Vs. System decks ever produced for public consumption. It remains the pinnacle of mythological madness and trading card game bliss. Mike Mignola personally painted a large portion of the exquisite artwork, while Matt Hyra made sure the mechanics were magnificent tightness. It worked perfectly, in ways that still [...]
March 14, 2009
Save-It Saturday: Sadu-Hem.
This Weekend In Heaven will be spent with the Thule Society and its creepy cardboard characters, playing the Hellboy Essential Collection until our eyeballs fall out and sprout Ancient Godlings. While we turn Mike Mignola’s terrific translations of the Old Ones sideways on our kitchen table, you can wallow in an article almost exactly [...]
January 10, 2009
Vs. System Camicia: A very alternate format.
Last night Nina and I were battling it out in our weekly Friday Midnight Championship for the usual prizes. We were playing a game that no human being had yet experienced.
Vs. System Camicia.
I found the game by serendipity. It was the first 2-player game listed alphabetically in the “C” group.
It plays [...]
