Changing Things Up CotG Style!

Haven't been here in ages it seems like. Once I get into a way of doing things I try to stick with it. Once in a blue moon personal problems, whether they be home or work get in the way and I walk away from this site. Well no more. Now I an going to take my readers on a grand adventure into time and space. I have to decided to bring to you my take on the wrestling universe known as Champions of the Galaxy. Champions of the Galaxy is a tabletop wrestling card game which was invented by Tom Filsinger. Here is the story of the game:

PSYCH TEACHER INVENTS GALAXY GAME

When Cuyahoga Community College psychology instructor Tom Filsinger became bored with high school classes his creative mind wandered but it didn’t stop working. Ten years later, no longer bored by school, he is reaping the results of his boredom and is marketing the game he literally dreamed up in his high school classes.

His game “Champions of the Galaxy” is a return to those creative days of yesteryear when games were not controlled by joy sticks and TV screens but rather by cards and dice.

Star Warrior, Massif, and Wolf are some of the good guys who wrestle against the likes of Thantos, Conrad (sic) Terror, and the Executioner. The wrestling matches take place on Deimos, a moon of Mars, in the Galaxian Federation founded late in the 21st century.

A roll of the dice indicates the degree of arm twisting, facelocking, or karate chopping exerted against the enemy. The card belonging to each competitor tells the defensive players how badly they are hurt and how to negotiate their next move. Players alternate between defensive and offensive positions. Matches can last anywhere from three minutes to an hour, depending on the luck of the roll.

Filsinger is marketing the game by mail order this year. The characters are drawn by free-lance artist Chuck Carter, and they have all the charm and charisma of the Star Wars gang.

Filsinger says that creative minds, research shows, often don’t do well in school and feel constricted by the structure imposed. He has a few other educational games in mind and has copyrighted the ideas. One involves the process of evolution as players struggle through the Ice Age, the Paleolithic Era, through the Age of Dinosaurs and other beasts to eventually become Homo Sapiens, the eager embryo excited to emerge.

I have invested in the online version of the game and will bring my unique twist to this universe. More details to follow. See you folks later.