Author Archives: Darwin LaPollo

Darwin LaPollo

Darwin is a Philly-based writer, musician, and game designer who does some of those things professionally. He mostly plays Commander, Cube, and occasionally BearBear, the DanDan variant he made for some reason.

Player Glances at Graveyard, Gets Pinged by Syr Konrad

Darwin LaPollo • October 28, 2026

Satire

Philadelphia, PA — Hours into a grueling Commander game, a player made the fatal misplay of briefly looking at her graveyard while…