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To celebrate the recent release of Cardfight!! Vanguard on DVD, we had a chat with Kiddo from Oz Animart  to bring you a beginners guide to the ultra popular Trading Card Game.  Don't forget to check out our review of Cardfight!! Vanguard Volume 1  from Hanabee which comes with everything you need to play a 'Flash' game. Ryan: What exactly is Cardfight!! Vanguard? Kiddo: Cardfight!! Vanguard is a recently popular Trading Card Game (TCG) made by a Japanese Company, Bushiroad. It is a bit similar to other card games such as Duel Masters and YuGiOh such as it has an anime series screening along with the card game. You can find more details about Cardfight!! Vanguard here. Do you need to have played other card games to understand Vanguard? You do not have to be experienced with other card game to understand vanguard. The mechanism is rather simple, but yet fun. What is it about this game that makes it stand out from other trading card games on the...

Thanks to our pals at Hanabee and Oz Animart we've got a very cool prize pack to give away in celebration of the release of Cardfight!! Vanguard Part 1 on DVD. 1 Lucky winner will get their hands on a copy of Cardfight!! Vanguard Part 1 on DVD AND an English edition of the Blaster Blade Trial Deck which means that you'll be all set to play straight away. Learn the basics from Aichi and then embark on your own journey, battling with the Royal Paladins at your side. All you have to do is fill out the form below and you're in the running to win yourself a prize pack thanks to Hanabee and Oz Animart. Don't forget, you can get yourself a bonus entry just by  following us on Twitter  or  liking us on Facebook! THIS COMPETITION HAS CLOSED E ntries close 11:59pm on Sunday 16th April 2014. Your details will not be used in any way other than for the delivery of your prize. Geek of Oz and Beyond do not take any responsibility for the loss, damage or delay of/to...

Cynicism be damned; I enjoyed Cardfight!! Vanguard Part 1. Sure, it's a TV series designed to sell a card game but I simply do not care. The same can be said for Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! R, the latter of which shares a creator with CV, Akira Ito. Heck, if we succumb to cynicism then we'll be relegated to watching a select few anime series because whether you like it or not, merchandising is a core part of the medium. It's time - Stand up, my Vanguard! Shy third year middle school student, Aichi Sendou, doesn’t have much going for him when he spends most of his time contemplating on the past. But his life is due for a change and it all rests on a card called “Blaster Blade”, given to him when he was young.  “Blaster Blade” is apart of “Cardfight!! Vanguard”, a card game that is sweeping the world by storm for its highly realistic gaming system. Through Toshiki Kai, a highly skilled Vanguard player, Aichi’s boring life will be turned upside down as he...