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Blizzard's amazing Hearthstone is our Editor's pick for game of the week.
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it's good to see you again
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hey this is rob with cult of mac for the
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ios game of the week this week it's
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blizzard's hearthstone available for
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free so get yourself an ipad copy right
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now
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basically hearthstone heroes of warcraft
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is a digital collectible card game in
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the vein of magic the gathering except
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it's set in the fantasy world warcraft
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universe the mac and pc version came out
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last month and it just came out this
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week on ios for the ipad
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basically choose a hero class mage druid
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priest or others to represent you in
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your matches and learn how to best play
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each hero to whittle down your opponents
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hit points from 20 down to zero while
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making sure that they don't do the same
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to you
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each match is turn based with you laying
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down different cards each with their own
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energy cost and every card you lay down
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has its own special attack spell effect
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or defensive capabilities
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there's this clever dance involved in
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playing match and it feels as elegant as
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chess or as brutal as a first person
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shooter game depending on your skill
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level now each match gets you experience
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points which are used to match you up
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with players of similar skill
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it all sounds complicated but don't
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worry about it there's some fantastic
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tutorials and tons of computer
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controlled matches you can get into to
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begin with
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make sure you head on over to the app
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store and grab yourself a copy of
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hearthstone heroes of warcraft for free
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right now
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so you too can play our cult of mac ios
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