
The bride-to-be, Paige, of L’Jai Amor styled herself and her hubby-to-be in two trendy looks: a black and white glam ensemble and a second low v-cut red dress. The stylish and ever-in-love couple posed before the sleek white backdrops of Achroma Studio. Sam Turner From Staying In and Gardening.Paige and Deron are ready to #turnthepaigetowilson in their Avant-garde engagement session at Achroma Studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Ĭaptured by Muna Coterie member, Shagari Gerard Photography, Paige and Deron’s engagement session was timeless and classic with a flair for the Avant-garde.Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road Board Game.We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned. This review is based on the final retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher.

You can find out more about Achroma by visiting A pleasant surprise that deserves a lot more eyes on it. There's a lot to like here, trying something different and looking as charming as it is. I'm hoping that enough people pick up a deck and give it a go, as it would be a real shame for something which has had this amount of care, work and charm just rumble along before it unfortunately fades like others before it. They are planning to release new decks on a regular basis, with plans to allow card trading and build a tournament scene both off and online. Realm Runner Studios are setting out their stall on this one. There's a friendly and committed community Discord helping Achroma to grow. I'm a fan of card games and I've become a fan of Achroma. There's a clear difference between Draco and Flutterby that you'll notice as soon as you start to look through their respective decks.Īchroma biggest issue is that big huge Magic elephant in the room, and the TCG, CCG, LCG and all the other CGs occupying fairly crowded space. The chance to mix and build your own deck is also interesting and worth investigating further. The move sets on each of the decks are enough to give you differentiation when you are playing different factions against each other, and I'm reminded of how Ashes Rise of the Phoenixborn pushes you towards a certain play style with each of the decks you'll be playing with. This in itself is extremely important when you are entering such a tricky market.

You can argue that is maybe doesn't reach the depth of artwork that you might find on a Magic deck, but it stamps an indentity on the Achroma range that would make it easy to identify. There's a visual contrast between the Chroma and Achrom decks in terms of their vibrancy, and the clarity and line art of both is like looking at still frames from an anime series. I was given the chance to sample both The Siege of Draco Temple and The Fall of Flutterby and the art on both the decks is simply delicious. I'm very impressed with the styling on each of the individual decks. Though I'm interested to see how it would work considering you can effectively log all of the cards in your collection. The app also serves as a method in which to connect to other players for an online game, though I wasn't entirely surely how it worked and I didn't have much success playing with anyone outside of this room and this table. It serves a number of purposes including tracking the cards you have in your collection, acting as a shard counter and comes with an extremely cute augmented reality part so your can see the cards in your collection moving in real life. As I mentioned, it's unusual to see a card game where the combat itself isn't the main driving force behind winning the game and it's very refreshing to see someone take a risk to do something different than the norm.Īchroma comes with an app which can be downloaded to your phone. Leave nothing on the field and your in danger of having your opponent either gain shards unimpeded or drain your supply without restraint.

Deploying too much will deplete your shards and leave you open to you being knocked out more quickly if your opponent manages to drain your shards. Often you'll then have to spend those same resources in order to deploy characters, locations and objects onto the field.

You can trade in cards for shards at the beginning and end of your turn, which will boost your shard count and therefore give you more resources. You have to look on it more that you are trying to keep your force in play past the attack step in order to benefit.
