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dub3's pixel tribute to Armed Forces Day in 2009: a Modern-era government site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page

dub3 card · www.armedforcesday.org.uk

Armed Forces Day (2009)

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Cost
4 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Tech
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 2 less.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.

The site, in 2009

The website for Britain's annual Armed Forces Day, held in late June to mark the service of men and women in the British armed forces.

First held on 27 June 2006 as Veterans' Day, it took its present name in 2009. It is not a public holiday and is now held on the last Saturday in June, at different places around the UK.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page.

Put it on your site

Run Armed Forces Day, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Armed Forces Day is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2009, then plays a short scene. Want Armed Forces Day in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.