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01/22/2024

Mean Ghouls

We're hitching a ride with the apex predator and making fetch happen in this week's grool episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/22/2024)
Mean Ghouls
By Carsten Haese
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08/28/2023

Back to School, 6th Edition

Now with a Very Slightly Updated Foreword

Summer is almost over and school is back in session, so sharpen your pencils, open your notebooks, and pay close attention in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/28/2023)
Back to School, 6th Edition
Now with a Very Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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03/21/2022

Equiznox 4: Kamigawa Drift

Spring is here, and it's time to take stock of what you have learned. Fasten your seatbelts and join us in this week's quizzical episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/21/2022)
Equiznox 4: Kamigawa Drift
By Carsten Haese
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03/29/2021

Moko's Sweet Sixteen

This article has spent sixteen years in the making! It is the CI anniversary article, and we have jam packed this edition with all of the answers to those pesky rules questions you have! So join us as we get our party hats on and celebrate in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more balloons!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/29/2021)
Moko's Sweet Sixteen
By Carsten Haese
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09/07/2020

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Football season is gearing up again and as the NFL teams prepare to start their season, we have prepared yet another fantastic article for you. So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/07/2020)
Are You Ready For Some Football?
By Nathan Long
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08/31/2020

Back to School, 5th Edition

Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword

It is that time again, dust off your textbooks, buy some new notebooks, pencils, erasers, pens, and all those other supplies to gear up and gain some knowledge! The same goes for us here at the CI offices, we have prepares some lovely information to help educate you in the rules of Magic, so you can go forth and conquer all of your foes! So join us for this weeks didactic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/31/2020)
Back to School, 5th Edition
Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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06/29/2020

DOG!

This week we review some of the finer species of canine, as we delve deep into what makes dogs some of the cutest animals! Wait, what... the article is still about Magic rules? Ahem, as M21 drops join us where cats and dogs living together are causing mass hysteria! Read on, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/29/2020)
DOG!
By Nathan Long
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01/13/2020

...And They All Lived Happily Every After

Theros Beyond Death is just around the corner, so today we'll take one last look at the rules questions that Throne of Eldraine has to offer while it's still the current set, so join us in this week's fairy-tale ending edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/13/2020)
...And They All Lived Happily Every After
By Nathan Long
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08/19/2019

Back to School, 4th Edition

Now with a Brand-New Foreword

Summer is coming to a close and that can mean only one thing, School is starting again! So to celebrate we are breaking out all the higher learning we have and sharing that with you! So join us for this week's educational edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with fewer textbooks!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/19/2019)
Back to School, 4th Edition
Now with a Brand-New Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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04/01/2019

A Very Foolish Quiz

This week we are bringing you once again the answers to all those burning Ravnica rules questions you have been pouring into the CI offices! Wait... what is that? A quiz article you say? For April 1st? Is this a prank? No, okay then. Well then, folks, looks like we have another challenging quiz for you to test your mettle against with all the rules knowledge you have been building through CI articles! So read on in this week's silver lined edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(04/01/2019)
A Very Foolish Quiz
By Charlotte Sable
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07/16/2018

Lucky Thirte'en

Luck is on our side as we pass over the 13th day of the month which happened to be a Friday, a bad omen in some places but not here!!! We have luck on our side, or perhaps it was just all the answers to all the right questions! Regardless read on to get all the answers you need in this week’s fortuitous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/16/2018)
Lucky Thirte'en
By Callum Milne
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06/04/2018

Travel Madness

Being on the road a lot brings with it a lot of questions, and so this week we bring you some answers that we've found on our travels! If you need a good distraction between unpacking from one trip and packing for the next one, check out this week’s well-traveled edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(06/04/2018)
Travel Madness
By Charlotte Sable
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04/16/2018

A Taxing Time of Year

Need some tax relief, well have we got something for you! This week’s latest fresh off the press edition of Cranial Insertion! So join us for a bit of a distraction from all those pesky forms and regulations to turn all your rules questions into a nice refund!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(04/16/2018)
A Taxing Time of Year
By Nathan Long
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01/29/2018

Photo Finish

Once again we are taking you on a journey through Ixalan. Our runners are neck and neck! Asking all their rules questions and we are replying as fast and furiously as we possibly can! Though watch out for some of those flying zombie monkey parts. So join us for the exciting conclusion to your rules questions in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(01/29/2018)
Photo Finish
By Callum Milne
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01/01/2018

A Clean Slate

Welcome to the first article in this new year! After cleaning house we have decided to kick off this new year right! What better way than to provide you with all the rules knowledge you are going to need in the new year! So read on in this years first exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(01/01/2018)
A Clean Slate
By Callum Milne
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11/06/2017

Autumnal Reflection

Autumn is in full swing here and we have decided to reflect upon the size of our inbox and try to shrink it down somewhat. That being said you benefit from yet another article chock full of the answers you seek! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(11/06/2017)
Autumnal Reflection
By Charlotte Sable
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07/24/2017

Hour of Relaxation

This week we take a relaxing look into the rules of the new set Hour of Devastation! Answering all of your questions to put your minds at ease and pacify all those rules concerns you have been having! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(07/24/2017)
Hour of Relaxation
By Carsten Haese
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07/10/2017

Counting the Hours

With the Hour of Devastation prerelease in the books we are counting down the time until the doom of the multiverse! Oh, hail all powerful Nicol Bolas! So join us in celebrating his excellence in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(07/10/2017)
Counting the Hours
By Callum Milne
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05/15/2017

Just Deserts

Amonkhet is out in the wild, fresh off the Pro Tour in Nashville this past weekend we take a look at those burning questions you have had. So we sit down for another helping of rules questions to help satiate your appetite for knowledge! So join us for this weeks rather delicious edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more Strawberries!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/15/2017)
Just Deserts
By Nathan Long
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04/10/2017

A Belated Birthday Bash

or, The Dirty Dozen

We celebrate our 12th anniversary, albeit a little late, by answering your rules questions! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(04/10/2017)
A Belated Birthday Bash
or, The Dirty Dozen
By Carsten Haese
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06/27/2016

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

The summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere! Our inboxes are heating up with your questions just waiting to be answered. So we take some time to cool off with a refreshing round answers to all of those burning questions. So join us for this week's edition of Cranial Insertion! Hot off the presses!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/27/2016)
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
By Nathan Long
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03/14/2016

Time Travel For Beginners

Better break out your sonic screwdriver and get ready with your rules questions! As the shadows begin to spread over. So join us for this week's timely edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(03/14/2016)
Time Travel For Beginners
By Carsten Haese
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02/15/2016

Roses Are Red

And Fireballs, Too

Hello and welcome to this year's Valentine edition of Cranial Insertion. Where we will be wooing you over with all the answers to the questions your heart most desired answered! So feel the love and join us for this week's impassioned edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/15/2016)
Roses Are Red
And Fireballs, Too
By Carsten Haese
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12/14/2015

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Read this week's article you will. Teach you a great many things about the rules of Magic it will. Beware the Moko for once you start down the path with a zombie monkey forever will it dominate your destiny. May the Force of Nature, or was that Force of Savagery, Force of Will??? aw forget it... Read on for for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(12/14/2015)
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
By Nathan Long
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10/25/2015

Take your base

Batter up! This week we once again take a swing at all of those rules questions you have been sending us! So read on as we once again attempt to hit it out of the park! Moko stop chewing on the bats...

By James Bennett (6 Comments)
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(10/25/2015)
Take your base
By James Bennett
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10/19/2015

The Big Three

Here we are back at it again answering all of your rules questions! As Nathan celebrates his third article, sit back and relax with a nice cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy. No more demon blood for you Moko, no... bad Moko put that down! Read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion. Okay, that is going to take forever to clean up....

By Nathan Long (4 Comments)
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(10/19/2015)
The Big Three
By Nathan Long
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06/08/2015

Bigger Than Ever

Fresh off the biggest weekend of Magic ever, we bring to you some of the hottest rules questions and answers! You asked them and we answered, so join us for this weeks Modern-tastic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(06/08/2015)
Bigger Than Ever
By James Bennett
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11/24/2014

A Feast of Rules

You have been stuffing our inboxes with great rules questions. So while we get ready to stuff our faces, we are going to stuff your head with answers to your questions! No, Moko, no... stop that. So read on witch this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(11/24/2014)
A Feast of Rules
By James Bennett
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11/03/2014

It's In Tents

We are packing our gear and camping out in anticipation of the new Commander 2014 sets coming out! In the meantime we are serving up some piping hot rules question and answers just for you. So join us around the camp fire for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(11/03/2014)
It's In Tents
By Callum Milne
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09/15/2014

It's Morphin' Time!

Armodon! Pteron! Ceratok! Felidar! Tyrannax!

Rita is attacking the city again, and we need to turn up our morphs to repel the attack! What better way to do this then by answering your rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(09/15/2014)
It's Morphin' Time!
Armodon! Pteron! Ceratok! Felidar! Tyrannax!
By Callum Milne
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09/08/2014

I khan't wait!

I khannot believe that we are in yet another preview season! As Khans of Tarkir is right around the corner we are bringing you more of that rules question and answer content you know and love! So read on and join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (11 Comments)
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(09/08/2014)
I khan't wait!
By Carsten Haese
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09/01/2014

Declare Blockers

or, Two's Company

Two blocks are better than one! Magic is changing its block structure but our format is still the same. Your exciting rules questions combined with the answers you seek! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(09/01/2014)
Declare Blockers
or, Two's Company
By James Bennett
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06/02/2014

Summertime

and the rulings are easy!

James is back and summer is right around the corner. Join us as we serve up a heap of rules questions and answers. Though we are not yet ready to hang at the Pleateau. Read on for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(06/02/2014)
Summertime
and the rulings are easy!
By James Bennett
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03/10/2014

Clockspinning

or, Time Travel Made Easy

The times are changing, literally! Join us as we shoot forward an in time to bring you this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2014)
Clockspinning
or, Time Travel Made Easy
By Eli Shiffrin
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(10/14/2013)
Keyword-Induced Headaches
The Best 'Ow!'
By Carsten Haese
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09/23/2013

Dawn of the Gods

or, Welcome to Theros

The light is just breaking over the horizon and the eternities are starting to stir! Along with the rules questions in this weeks exciting pre-Theros edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (10 Comments)
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(09/23/2013)
Dawn of the Gods
or, Welcome to Theros
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/11/2013

For ever and ever

Welcome good souls to the Orzhov Syndicate edition. Your rules question prayers have all been answered, assuming you have made the proper donations of course, in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(02/11/2013)
For ever and ever
By James Bennett
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(01/28/2013)
Raining Rats and Frogs
or, Crashing Some Gates
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/06/2012

Undying Questions

or, Decreasing Confusion

Little-known fact: Increasing Confusion's art was based off of our inbox. Moko is down there somewhere.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/06/2012)
Undying Questions
or, Decreasing Confusion
By Carsten Haese
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01/30/2012

Bad Moon on the Rise

or, One Eye is Taken for Jar of Eyeballs

What is that noise I hear!?! Oh, it is just some CCR playing while Eli answers some scary rules questions! Join us in this for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/30/2012)
Bad Moon on the Rise
or, One Eye is Taken for Jar of Eyeballs
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/31/2011

Gourd Evening!

or, Happy Halloween!

Bad puns, pop-culture references, and Carsten in a bath robe and towel... oh my! It must be Cranial Insertion Halloween edition with hauntingly fun rules questions for the whole family (undead or alive)!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(10/31/2011)
Gourd Evening!
or, Happy Halloween!
By Carsten Haese
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07/25/2011

Magic on the Beach

This isn't the name of an alcoholic mixed drink. YET.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2011)
Magic on the Beach
By Brian Paskoff
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05/16/2011

Mirrodin Pure Evil

or, Rotten to the Core

You see what we did there? With the title?

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/16/2011)
Mirrodin Pure Evil
or, Rotten to the Core
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
03/21/2011

Banana Equivalent Dosage

or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart

Happy Bananaversary!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/21/2011)
Banana Equivalent Dosage
or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
01/24/2011

Mathemagics 2!

Mathemagics 2: Tokyo Drifting to the Electric Boogaloo Strikes Back (and Your Sister is a Werewolf)

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/24/2011)
Mathemagics 2!
By Carsten Haese
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01/17/2011

Snow-Covered Goyf

Could somebody please cast Melting on us?

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/17/2011)
Snow-Covered Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(12/20/2010)
Santa's Hidden Information Violation
or, The DCI's Most Awkward Disqualification
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/22/2010

 

(11/22/2010)
Going South
or, Greetings from Louisville
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
(11/08/2010)
When All You Have Is a Hammer
or, Everything Looks Like a Mountain
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
10/04/2010

Nim Deathmetal

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(10/04/2010)
Nim Deathmetal
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
06/14/2010

 

(06/14/2010)
A Momentary Diversion on the Road to the Graveyard
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(01/25/2010)
Earth Moving
or, Manland questions and other assorted goodies
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
 

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