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Starfall (2002)
Learn to read with phonics games: letters, then sounds, then little books.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 5
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +0 to +4 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2002
A free, ad-free children's site that teaches English reading through phonics games and animated books, from the ABCs to beginning reading.
Stephen Schutz, who had trouble reading as a child, founded it on 27 August 2002 with Susan Polis Schutz and Jared Polis; their publisher Blue Mountain Arts and workbook sales pay for it. Time listed it among 50 websites that make the web great in 2011.
In 2002: Founded on 27 August; Pumarosa, its English course for Spanish speakers, followed in 2004.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2002 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2002, then plays a short scene. Want Starfall in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
