Surprised no one commented on this post.

Checked out the battles so far but didn't participate. My cards suck anyways. You're right on the money. Steemmonsters was put together brilliantly from the start and checked off everything a successful project should -- two way communication, functional engagement opportunity, and obviously the need for something to collect while 'playing steemit'.

I'm not a huge rpg player but I'm a big fan of the ability to send the cards as gifts to random people. New users, birthday kids, abuse reporters and so forth. Meant to do a huge giveaway with the 100 pack earlier this summer but the witness failed to generate the blocks to make it affordable, had to put it off. Regretting it some now that the battles launched.