Battling to a Draw

About two weeks ago I posted Journey Into the Splinterlands, explaining why I decided to start playing the blockchain game. Now, after the last few weeks playing on and off, I have 271 battles with a player rating of 842 and ranking of 3362.

I have never played any type of trading card game before, but now that I am learning how to play and am getting a grasp on all the different aspects of this blockchain game called SPLINTERLANDS. I now understand more and more why kids still play those cards games and have major trade show events for them. I don't think they are as popular as they used to be, but just maybe blockchain technology along with games such as SPLINTERLANDS will begin to change that.

My experience playing the SPLINTERLANDS game has been great. I took the time to read a few of the basics to understand a little about the different types of cards and what they can and can't do in the SPLINTERLANDS battlefield. Now that I have played, I highly recommend that new players read up on what the different types of cards are, such as Summoners and their role in the game as well as the Monsters and their abilities on the battlefield.

When you first start to play, the game comes with FREE digital playing cards. As you play, you can either battle other players and also complete some quests on the way, which can reward you with a FREE SPLINTERLANDS Playing Card or enter tournament battles. The free playing cards in the game are just for you to play with, but any you do win while playing can be traded, rented, sold or kept in order to acquire more. Extra cards you acquire can be merged, making those cards stronger in the battlefield and also giving them more value. Also, if you win a battle, you are rewarded in Dark Energy Crystals (DEC) which have value and can be sold, traded and/or used to make purchases to strengthen your SPLINTERLANDS troops. Then, there are also Tournaments you can enter as well. Although I have not entered into a tournament yet, I do see that they have nice rewards for the winners, which again have actual cash value to be kept, traded or sold!

The next thing a beginning player should learn about the game is where to position a monster based on their special abilities in a battle. As I am starting to learn, some monsters attack from a distance and not up close, while some have defensive shields that others do not. Now that I am understanding this concept, I am having more success on the battlefield, and have risen higher in rating and rank. Rank I think is just more for bragging rights, but higher rating helps you acquire more free cards when successfully completing quests. I will follow up with more strategy as I go along and learn, but for now I want to bring up a recent battle that I had.

When I first started playing SPLINTERLANDS, I thought you could only win or lose a battle. I never gave it much thought after that. I battled and lost many more than I have won, but have learned and improved. So after several hundred battles, I started a battle against @smonsang . I lined up my Monsters getting them ready for battle based on my limited understanding of the rules for battle. The battle started as usual, then it went on to Round 2, and Round 3, then Round 5, and then Round 10 and I was like what is going on here. Most battles that I had been in so far usually only lasted a few rounds, but now Round 12?

So it went on to Round 17, and I thought maybe the game had glitched. Then came round 20 and the battle was still going. I thought there was surely something wrong, but then it finally ended after all the Monsters fatigued in Round 23 with a tie or draw. Below is a link to the battle. Hit the fast forward button because it is a long battle.

https://splinterlands.io?p=battle&id=1e380d8a417ba74fc94e453d54ea5af24d139707&ref=streetstyle

I believe there is a phone app coming soon for SPLINTERLANDS, I can't wait!

FULL STEEM AHEAD!

+++ @streetstyle