At UCLA, a unique competitive scene is arising from a small group of students. Armed with dice, coins, calculators and binders, these student collect and duel against each other in “Yu-Gi-Oh!”, a trading card game based off a manga and the popular Saturday morning cartoon of the same name.
For the first time at UCLA, the Bruin Duelists’ Association, possibly better known as the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” club, organized a sanctioned tournament on campus this past weekend. Daily Bruin Radio senior staffer Stephen Phan entered the tournament to find out why the these duelists think the fan base of the game is so strong and how they see the new Bruin Duelist Association club expanding in the future.