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E/F was released right as I started playing

I started with the A/B's too. I still have letters from cactus when I was asking for the "new" burial promo!

Sometime during the summer the unlimited C/D starters were released, so between July and September 2002.

the women set  was the newest one

I remember Kings had just been released when I started playing, but I was afraid to get any at first because they said "Caution, for experienced Redemption players only," or something like that.

yeah, kings did have some awesome warrior reprints

I got the original A/B starters in 1995 while I was living in Virginia Beach and I think Cactus was based right next door in Chesapeake. The starter was a gift from my mother-in-law who knew I liked playing cards. I had never heard of "trading card" games, so I put the starters in the closet and forgot about them.

In 1999, as a youth pastor, the junior highers starting playing Pokemon, so I did too. After thoroughly demolishing all their decks with my unbeatable Pokemon deck, I wondered if there was a Christian version of Pokemon. That's when I remembered the Redemption starter deck. I got online to order the latest release - the box that had all the cards ever released for $99. I played for a few months before we moved back to VA Beach following my father-in-law's heart attack. The cards went back into storage.

In 2006, as a teacher, my administrator asked me to get more involved by starting a club. After much deliberation, I decided to start a Strategic Games Club. Some of the students were Magic the Gathering fans, so I remembered Redemption again, got the cards out of storage and started getting caught up with new sets through eBay purchases.

I found the Message Boards in 2007 and have been on ever since. Thanks to the amazing Reyzen, I eventually became a tournament host.

3 years g/h

The Shipwreckers started playing in summer of 2004, between the time that E/F and Angel Wars came out. It'll be 5 years strong in June of 2009!

Since A/B limited, baby!

...sort of. My mom bought it for me for Christmas when I was six or seven, and I loved it to death. But eventually I ran out of people to play with (and didn't know that Redemption was expanding each year, much less where to buy it), so it got shelved. I found it right after FooF was released after cleaning out my closet, and have been playing ever since.

Since A/B.

I started when the E/F had been around for a while. I would go to the store and see the womens packs and I'd be like "eww, all-women cards"

so ya

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