The Standard mode regularly rotates, with Blizzard removing old cards from play for a “better” metagame. I don’t spend a lot of money on Hearthstone, and I dabble nearly exclusively in the Wild format of the game. But I was a grown-ass woman when Hearthstone came out. I hadn’t been allowed to collect Pokémon cards as a kid, as my parents felt like it enabled capitalist fads. I had never played a collectible card game before Hearthstone, not even Magic: The Gathering.

I’m sure part of this is due to deep personal growth, but a larger part of it is thanks to the game’s single-player adventures. However, recently, I’ve made my peace with the game. There’s one exception to this rule, and it’s Blizzard Entertainment’s collectible card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.įor a long time, my relationship with Hearthstone was marked with constant, low-level irritation that would spike into indignant rage. I have always been able to face most of life’s worries, big and small, with a smile and a cheerful attitude. When my internet goes down, so long as I’m not working, I go and read a book.

I once allowed a freelance invoice to sit unpaid for eight months. I like to consider myself a calm and collected person.