With the extended edition coming it at 2 hours and 25 minutes, this is not a quick watch, however the extended edition does add quite a bit of depth to the treatment and allows you to become fully immersed in the film. There is lots of subtle humor throughout the film that becomes clear in later scenes. The film crosses so many other films and TV shows into it just for the fun factor this is a must see just for that reason, A Magic the Gathering vs Karate Kid Scene - Got it Hannibal Lecter vs a Pokémon like character - Got it Destruction of a Super-Mega Rare CCG card - Got it Power Rangers talking sense into Hannibal Lecter - Well almostAlong with all the fun and hi jinks that goes on at a convention this film will let you embrace your inner geek

I was expecting bad movie and got pleasantly surprised. First 5 minutes almost made me stop watching, until cell phone started ringing and ...It is B budget, and B acting, but casting was great, story has plenty of good jokes and if you have ever played in Legend of the Five Rings tournaments, this movies scenes just bring back memories. It is more like LOT5R because of entire focus on Story lines, but they took elements from Magic The Gathering as well.If you have never been into Collectible Card Games nor Role Playing Games you might not get this movie, but then you would not be target audience, so its OK.

As a fan of all works by Dead Gentlemen Productions and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, I was unsure of what to expect with this movie. At a convention panel earlier this year, ZOE showed the first 5 minutes of the film. They also let us know that they would be doing something different with this one. Previous movies have followed a singular storyline, with different plot points along the way. In this installment, characters each kind of follow their own story lines, each to be explored individually. The movie centers around Cass: an "I'm better than these dorks" kind of gamer who breaks most of the stereotypes. He learns to play a CCG (or TCG, depending on your lexicon) to impress a girl. His adventure takes him through character development and growth, and he is a little less douchy for it.Lodge, Joanna, Gary and Leo are all there in some capacity, but much less than in other films. Their story lines are going to be explored in a number of ways by ZOE in the future. Gary provides a good amount of comic relief, but shows a more sensitive side during this film.When I first watched this movie, I appreciated what ZOE did with their budget. Seeing truly creative people get some serious funding allows them to show what they can do. True, this movie wasn't as funny as other Gamers movies, but it was more whole. It showed that even the most elite Gamer can grow, and that forgiveness can be found in the most unlikely of places. Overall, this movie was a better movie than any previous Gamers flick. I can't wait to see the stories that surround the rest of the gang's GenCon experience.Worth the time? Absolutely Worth the money? Definitely

I was astoundingly disappointed with Hands of Fate.With Dorkness Rising I remember feeling like I was making so much noise laughing that the neighbors would wonder what was going on. Hands of Fate wasn't totally without laughs, but there were so few that it was not worth the boredom waiting between laughs.I mean, they have 2 previous movies and both are based off RPGs, both movies are a bunch of people playing D&D, then you see them playing their characters for "real". HoF was based off of a fictional CCG. The scenes in the CCG weren't played by the person playing the game (one of the things that made the other movies fun) because the cards were all being played by Cass, the biggest jerk from the first movie. So basically, they took 95% of what made the first 2 movies great, threw it out the freakng window, and went a whole new way, and tried to convey some messages that I really didn't care about.I was at Gen Con 2013 and was really sad that they didn't have copies of Hands of Fate for sale there. Now I'm glad they didn't, because I'd be mad if I'd blown money on that boring movie.The only redeeming thing about the movie, in my opinion, is the ending. The very end left open the possibility that the 4th Gamers movie might be what the 3rd should have been. I certainly won't be spending any movie on it until after I've seen it though.