I am imagining a 2-3 hour maximum for each match. Say 5 V'Tar points to end it. Each V'Tar point earned by a player in each match would be converted to Tournament Points with additional Tournament Points added for killing an opponent mage. This would allow players to try a mix of strategies during the tournament.

After X number of rounds the tournament points are totaled and ranked to determine the top 6 players and prizes awarded based on that ranking.

5 points only?

The game will be over in 5 turns. I don't think you'll need 3 hours.

the rule on page 21 states:

"If an equipment object of the same name or location is cast upon a Mage, if the spell is friendly controlled, the new equipment object is placed on the Mage, and the duplicate item (the original one which has the same name or location) is removed and placed in its owner’s spellbook. In this manner, friendly Mages can replace equipment on each other with newer or better choices.
"Note that an enemy controlled equipment spell cannot replace equipment on a Mage. In such a case the spell is canceled and discarded without effect."

This means that you can replace your own equipment, since your mage is friendly in regards to itself. This is useful for such purposes as replacing armour that has corrode markers, changing to a new weapon that can counter defences or flying, changing from a spell discount ring to an increased damage ring, and so on.

You can also cast equipment on opponent mages. Generally you wouldn't want to, but equipment like the Eye of Bael can be harmful to some users. 

I’m with you, Puddn!

Slightly more frivolously, it could be construed that "her" is a very unclear term in that it could be referring to any "her" in the arena. 

I will see your frivolous statement and raise you Life Link. I feel sorry for any Priestess that wants to use it, since that spell clearly can be only used by the guys.

"The controller of Life Link may heal up to 3 damage from this creature and place it on HIMSELF as direct damage."


Now this may seem like a flippant comment, and I suspect that nobody will take this ruling seriously. I'm sure Kharhaz will agree that "Of course a Priestess could use Life Link!"

However, if you are prepared to accept that 'himself' in this case means 'controlling mage' then you are accepting that pronoun usage in Mage Wars is not a concrete thing. And if you accept that, then it is a very short step to thinking that "her" of the Force Pull may not necessarily mean "the Forcemaster" but could mean something else, like "the source".

At this point, if you argue that 'her' can only mean the Forcemaster because 'reasons' then you are arguing intent rather than RAW. Which means game on, may the best RAI win. 

If you play Forcemasters in Arena you NEED the Academy Forcemaster set. It opens up so much more for that mage than the other Academy sets do for their respective Arena counterparts.

However, they all contain useful things and are well worth getting.

Well, exid, my second-best-game-ever! is Core Worlds.

Start with a deck of basic units. Draft bigger units into your deck, deploy those units into your attack force, and use that attack force to conquer increasingly valuable planets as the game goes on.

Works very well with two players. Takes about 30 minutes per player. Has deck building/culling and strategic choices ('do I use my energy to draft that card that will be useful later, or to deploy this unit from my hand and take that nice planet over there?'), with a little luck in what cards get drawn onto the tableau.

It is not a patch on Arena or Domination, but a pretty darned good second game.   

You can't bloodreaper a non living creature.

You can't?

The ability simply says "when a friendly, non-legendary demon creature comes into play, you may make it your Bloodreaper." I found nothing more in the rulebook or supplement.

I am really enjoying these writeups.

Keep 'em coming!

I think that Mhegedden's life cost is too much to wear when you combine it with Bloodreapers. Especially if you then double down with your own IoP.

(Frankly, I think that Mhegedden is a waste of time and effort in almost all cases. He saves you some mana now, but can't do anything other than weaken you for three turns, and when he gets active is almost certainly a long way away from the fighting. Almost always better to save some mana for three turns and then put down a new creature at the front line, and possibly rouse it.)