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This blog post is based on my observations, my thoughts and my experience. The goal is to share how I see others, and why I think I among others have too high a standard for what is good or just what is expected of us as judges, both when it comes to my expectations on myself but also others.

Written by: Patrik Fridland   The start During the last regional conference it was jokingly said “and if you take Patrik away from those numbers it looks truly dire.” to showcase how many/few recognitions were written by those that can …

7th of october this year, Spelens Hus is going to host a charity-event for Suicide Zero. Patrik Fridland, a well known judge in the Europe North-region, is one of the drivers behind this event. We had a quick chat with Patrik to know more about this event.

Do you want to know more about our fantastic judge-projects? Getting involved in a project lets you get to know the other judges since you’ll be working together!

Hello everyone! It's almost that time of the year, when we can finally sling brand new cards at each other with the craziest 40+ cards concoctions we can come up with: it's Prerelease time!

For GP Copenhagen, I was originally selected as a Standby judge. This was until about two weeks before the event. This is my story from GP Copenhagen.

Grand Prix Copenhagen was the first time I’ve judged at a GP, and only the second time I’ve ever been to one, the first time being GP Copenhagen in 2015. Needless to say, I was pretty excited.

Conference is… gathering We arrived by plane, from Denmark. From Norway and the Baltic countries, many small groups did the same. Finns mostly opted for car trips oscillating between minutes and hours. A Swedish delegation arrived by ship from Stockholm. It may sound …

This past weekend, the region’s third RPTQ took place at Dragon’s Lair in Stockholm. I had the honor of being head judge, employing the talents of Eskil Myrenberg and Linda Johansson to take care of 50 players from around Europe. …