In several cases, it's been a witnessing tool, just by virtue of having it in common with someone and being able to talk with someone while we play.

There is literally a 75 page rule book that covers just 'basic' game play.

It's not a serious competition thing, it's just something we do to hang out during our free time.

According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.

I always have a hard time answering this one. There are some symbols in there that maybe be misinterpreted that way, but as far as the game itself, it's just a game. But anything that you would spend any more time on than you would reading scripture or focusing on your relationship with Christ is going to have the same effect.

You drop a land [A certain type of card] and then play cards on top of it. It's essentially a turn based card game, like Spades. The object is either to cause your opponent to run out of cards, or more often than not to reduce him to zero points. Everything you play will either hurt them or help you.