I have been playing Splinterlands for just over a month now I guess and I've got to say I'm pretty hooked. It seems to me that if Hive is going to have a killer app, then things like Splinterlands are a pretty good bet. I'll confess to not being super competitive and a bit lackadaisical about it, but I have fun. It is cool just chilling out in the bronze tier for now, learning the ropes, getting some experience and DEC so that I can eventually get more cards.
I'm not going to really get into strategies just yet, but I will say that I tend to prefer the Earth Splinter with Life and Death a pretty equal split behind. I'm not much of a water splinter fan, but that is just me and I may warm up to it. Being a role playing gamer IRL, I gotta say I never really caught on to the collectible card game craze like Magic the Gathering (which is a very close real world analogue to Splinterlands), but I can see the appeal. And hey, having digital card NFTs does make sense to me.
I expect a fair amount of you already are familiar with the game, but for those who haven't checked it out and are looking for a game you can play without having to invest a lot of time in at any single session, I'd highly recommend it. Though it does tend to get into that addictive "just once more" mode for me. So, go check it out and have fun, here's a link and I'll see you in the arena of battle: https://splinterlands.com