Author Topic: How Did You First Learn About Redemption? (Read 3971 times)

Westok Kiok · « **on:** November 22, 2012, 09:40:32 PM »

For me:
When our church hired a new associate pastor, his kids tought my siblings and I how to play. Probably in 2008?

Just wondering about everyone else...

wyatt_marcum · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2012, 10:04:36 PM »

Went to oakdale and mr.underwood told me bout a tcg he played and taught me. That was in 2010 i thlnk.

Master KChief · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2012, 10:05:34 PM »

Who taught Mr. Underwood? Let's hear that story again...

wyatt_marcum · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2012, 10:08:44 PM »

He taught me. I think he taught himself when he, was in colledge or something.

Warrior_Monk · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2012, 10:25:08 PM »

Wild Bill taught me at a minicamp our church put on (not the Arden Hills one), and he came down to teach Redemption (he and my dad have been friends since college). This was back in...2004? 2003? 2002? I think it was right after kings, so I'll say 2003.

Westok Kiok · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2012, 10:59:05 PM »

Yeah, come to think of it, I must've learned in '06. FooF hadn't came out yet.

everytribe · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2012, 11:14:58 PM »

Bought some cards at our church store and Nathan and I tried to figure out how to play by reading the rule book. Looked up Cactus Games on line and learned that the 2002 national tournament was in Rochester, MN. So we went to see what it was all about. Stayed about 1/2 hour meet Chris Bany and he invited us to a game night and taught us to play. The rest is history!

Drrek · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2012, 12:02:33 AM »

I actually have no idea. I just remember buying packs when I was pretty young. I think Kings came out while I was collecting back then, and I know that Angel Wars was the latest set when I stopped collecting. I never really had anyone to play against though, so I stopped collecting. Then about 2 years ago, someone I know from church, who works with Korunks, found out he had a group who played redemption, so he told my friend who also also had collected back then about it, and after having fun at the group the first night, I've been playing again since then.

The M · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2012, 06:52:06 PM »

Wild Bill taught me waaaaay back in the day at Summer Sunday School, probably around 2003. However, I was 6 then so I didn't start playing seriously until about 2008 and then wasn't any good until 2010.

Bryon · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2012, 07:08:26 PM »

In late 1997, a student of mine showed me his Star Trek CCG from Decipher. I was impressed with the concept of a collectible card game, but wasn't really a fan of Star Trek or Magic, so about the time Kurt was born (1998), I was taking night classes to clear my teaching credential at Azusa Pacific University. During a break, I went to the library (they had the internet!!!) and did a web search for trading card games. I found the old Redemption.com and was very interested. We didn't really have money in the budget to spend on games, but I dropped a hint to my wife, who picked it up at the local Christian Book Store (which no longer exists), and I got it for my first-ever Father's Day present.

PapaSmurf · « **Reply #10 on:** November 23, 2012, 08:05:11 PM »

Mr. Underwood tought me at oakdale, christian academy. He had learned in the "Dark ages" of redemption, when everything was, as you can, not as cool. But he is really cool, always trading with us, and teaching us new things. But that is how i learned about redemption.

Lampy 2.0 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 23, 2012, 08:19:59 PM »

Me? Hmm.... I can remember seeing cards from "Timestream" and thinking that was really cool and then going to a store to look at them and finding Redemption. I got my first cards when I turned 9 in 2004.

Bobbert · « **Reply #12 on:** November 23, 2012, 08:26:01 PM »

Found a ton of cards - including a Nic of Antioch - at a garage sale. My bro and I made decks, but didn't do anything with them (aside from the odd game) for almost a year. I found this place, joined ROOT, and eventually went to a local tournament. Aforementioned bro joined me at the next one.

wmd1999 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 23, 2012, 08:37:04 PM »

Met Thomas Hunter and mentioned bro, they showed me the game and I got interested instantly. Been playing for about a year now.

to_to_toriquah · « **Reply #14 on:** November 23, 2012, 09:12:48 PM »

I had seen Redemption at Creation for awhile and always wondered what it was. One year my brother bought a starter set, and played a few rounds there. Our other 2 siblings dabbled in it for a little shortly thereafter. I didn't start playing until 2011 when my brother was looking for extra practice or something before Creation. Now over a year later, playing during school breaks, I am becoming a more serious player.

Asahel24601 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 23, 2012, 11:42:05 PM »

Quote from: Thomas Hunter on November 23, 2012, 08:26:01 PM

Found a ton of cards - including a Nic of Antioch - at a garage sale. My bro and I made decks, but didn't do anything with them (aside from the odd game) for almost a year. I found this place, joined ROOT, and eventually went to a local tournament. Aforementioned bro joined me at the next one.

Quote from: wmd1999 on November 23, 2012, 08:37:04 PM

Met Thomas Hunter and mentioned bro, they showed me the game and I got interested instantly. Been playing for about a year now.

I have a name, you know.

Prof Underwood · « **Reply #16 on:** November 24, 2012, 12:06:59 AM »

Quote from: Red on May 07, 2010, 08:40:26 AM

Quote from: Prof Underwood on May 07, 2010, 12:28:57 AM
Quote from: RED on May 06, 2010, 04:56:10 PM
One:What was it like when you started?(the Metagame)
When I first started playing Redemption, it was in the summer of 1995. I picked up a starter deck set and a couple blue packs from the "Lion's Den" Christian Bookstore up in Batavia, NY run by a friendly guy named Daniel. I played the game against myself a couple times, and then when I returned to college, taught it to my friends Dave and Aaron. At the time we were mainly just experimenting with it as a comparison to another strategy card game that I had created based on the Bible as well. Since the game was extremely "limited" back in those days, we didn't like it at all and preferred playing my game instead. So it sat in a box for a decade. The metagame at that point was "play a bunch of 2/2 GEs on your 4/4 GC and hope to end up bigger than the 6/6 EC with it's 2/2 EEs".

When I returned to Redemption about a decade later, I was brought back by a student of mine named Dawn who had come from a playgroup out in Kansas City, led by rpgdirector. At this point, Priests had just come out and the game had evolved significantly. The dominant offense of the time were Angels and the newly feared Z-temple priests. The dominant defense was the minimal standalone splash defense.

SiLeNcEd_MaTrIx · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2012, 11:26:29 PM »

Creation East About 14 years ago.

browarod · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2012, 09:34:25 AM »

My sister and her husband (Ken4Christ), though he was just the boyfriend at the time, started playing back before Angel Wars came out. They'd often play each other while hanging out at our parent's house. I had always been interested in card games so it piqued my curiosity and I begged them to teach me. At first she didn't want to (probably because she wanted to keep it as something she and he could do together, which I totally understand), but eventually she caved and let me learn how to play. Been playing on and off ever since.

Nameless · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2012, 05:24:05 PM »

The M gave me some cards and tried to teach me the game, but I did not under stand it at all. 2ish years later I went to an event at our church which was normally on a different day. I saw The M's parents and asked where he was. I went to the gamenight, learned more about the game, Bill gave me a starter deck and I was hooked. That was 5 years ago.

P.S. I went to my first tournament 5 years ago today.

Arrthoa · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:33:08 AM »

When I was in the 5th grade at Fort Myers Christian School in '03. My class was big into Yugioh, so my teacher who is now my best friend, taught us the game and we had a class tournement at the end of the 2nd semester, cause he took over at the start of the 2nd. After that only me and him played really. It wasn't until this year that we started meeting the guys in Southeast FL.

whoee · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2012, 01:20:47 PM »

I discovered Redemption at the National Youth Workers Convention in St. Louis in '95. They had a booth in the resource exhibit hall. I bought the A/B starter deck and some boosters. I pulled a Goliath and was unstoppable against the group I came with.

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dermo4christ · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2012, 05:47:26 PM »

I started back in 2009 ,when I was in Berean Christian Stores in Lancaster, Pa, and found a Redemption Gift Set (the Red and Gold box with decks G/H (10th Anniversary I believe). I thought the game would be really cool to play with my girlfriend (now wife); so I bought it. I got home and opened it up and just by looking at the cards it reminded me of my high school days when I played MTG. I thought to myself, "I know how to play this game!" Read the rule book for any differences and started playing. Went to Creation that year and had a rep build me a deck from the cards I had. I taught my brother in laws how to play and all three of us have been playing ever since.

Wings of Music · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:04:55 PM »

I was introduced to the game four or five years ago by some friends of mine. I didn't want to play it at first becasue I wanted to be president when I grew up, and figured that presidents shouldn't play redemption (also, I knew I would get addicted)...

...Five years later I'm a stay at home son with no life goals to speak of. That's alright though. becasue I would much rather play redemption.

PS. Redemption didn't actually make me into a stay at home son, my laziness did that!

ChristianSoldier · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2012, 07:16:14 PM »

Mine is an bit of a weird story. A long time ago (I don't remember the year) I was at a giant family gathering (it included second cousins, but I don't remember the limits) But anyway one of the people there had a second edition starter deck, we played a game, I was very interested and the christian bookstore in my city carried cards but I knew no one who played (actually I knew one person but I didn't know that at the time and she didn't really play much anyway).

Fast forward a few years (the summer of 2003) and a friend of mine (who I played Yugioh with, he really was more of my older brother's friend at the time than mine) introduced me to Redemption for the second time, but this time one of my other friends also wanted to start. I eventually (once I could afford it) bought a 2nd Edition starter deck.

My first tournament was that fall and I met the majority of the playgroup (including some people who would become good friends)

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Author Topic: How Did You First Learn About Redemption? (Read 3971 times)

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