diff --git a/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-counter-plugin.jar b/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-counter-plugin.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7114efce248
Binary files /dev/null and b/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-counter-plugin.jar differ
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/MageFrame.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/MageFrame.java
index fe4476349b4..b76ee3e5903 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/MageFrame.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/MageFrame.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 package mage.client;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Cursor;
 import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 import javax.swing.Box;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JLayeredPane;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import javax.swing.JToolBar.Separator;
@@ -130,9 +132,9 @@ public class MageFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
 		else
 			disableButtons();
 		
-		//TODO:
+		//TODO: move to plugin impl
 		if (Plugins.getInstance().isCardPluginLoaded()) {
-		Separator separator = new javax.swing.JToolBar.Separator();
+			Separator separator = new javax.swing.JToolBar.Separator();
 			mageToolbar.add(separator);
 			
 			JButton btnDownload = new JButton("Images");
@@ -147,6 +149,15 @@ public class MageFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
 	        });
 	        mageToolbar.add(btnDownload);
 		}
+		
+		if (Plugins.getInstance().isCounterPluginLoaded()) {
+			int i = Plugins.getInstance().getGamesPlayed();
+			JLabel label = new JLabel(" Games played: " + String.valueOf(i));
+			desktopPane.add(label);
+			label.setVisible(true);
+			label.setForeground(Color.white);
+			label.setBounds(0, 0, 100, 30);
+		}
     }
     
     private void  btnImagesActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/game/GamePanel.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/game/GamePanel.java
index fba89938337..ef6f24d855b 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/game/GamePanel.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/game/GamePanel.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 package mage.client.game;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
 import java.awt.event.ComponentAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JLayeredPane;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
@@ -84,15 +86,11 @@ public class GamePanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         
         //FIXME: remove from here
 		try {
-			/*BufferedImage background = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/green.jpg"));
-			ImagePanel bgPanel = new ImagePanel(background, ImagePanel.TILED);*/
-			
 	        // Override layout (I can't edit generated code)
 	        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 			final JLayeredPane j = new JLayeredPane();
 			j.add(ArrowBuilder.getArrowsPanel(), JLayeredPane.MODAL_LAYER);
 			j.setSize(1024,768);
-			//j.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.green));
 			this.add(j);
 			j.add(jSplitPane1, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
 			
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/MagePlugins.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/MagePlugins.java
index b19e253236a..2f6629046d7 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/MagePlugins.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/MagePlugins.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ public interface MagePlugins {
 	void updateGamePanel(Map<String, JComponent> ui);
 	MagePermanent getMagePermanent(PermanentView card, BigCard bigCard, CardDimensions dimension, UUID gameId);
 	boolean isCardPluginLoaded();
+	boolean isCounterPluginLoaded();
 	void sortPermanents(Map<String, JComponent> ui, Collection<MagePermanent> permanents);
 	void downloadImage(Set<Card> allCards);
+	int getGamesPlayed();
+	int addGamesPlayed();
 }
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/impl/Plugins.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/impl/Plugins.java
index ef786e7562b..872b61f5626 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/impl/Plugins.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/plugins/impl/Plugins.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package mage.client.plugins.impl;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import javax.swing.JComponent;
 
 import mage.cards.Card;
 import mage.cards.CardDimensions;
-import mage.cards.ExpansionSet;
 import mage.cards.MagePermanent;
 import mage.cards.action.impl.EmptyCallback;
 import mage.client.cards.BigCard;
@@ -22,9 +20,10 @@ import mage.client.plugins.MagePlugins;
 import mage.client.util.Config;
 import mage.client.util.DefaultActionCallback;
 import mage.constants.Constants;
+import mage.interfaces.PluginException;
 import mage.interfaces.plugin.CardPlugin;
+import mage.interfaces.plugin.CounterPlugin;
 import mage.interfaces.plugin.ThemePlugin;
-import mage.sets.Sets;
 import mage.util.Logging;
 import mage.view.PermanentView;
 import net.xeoh.plugins.base.PluginManager;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ public class Plugins implements MagePlugins {
 	private static PluginManager pm;
 	private final static Logger logger = Logging.getLogger(Plugins.class.getName());
 	private CardPlugin cardPlugin = null;
+	private CounterPlugin counterPlugin = null;
 	protected static DefaultActionCallback defaultCallback = DefaultActionCallback.getInstance();
 	private static final EmptyCallback emptyCallback = new EmptyCallback();
 	
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class Plugins implements MagePlugins {
 		pm = PluginManagerFactory.createPluginManager();
 		pm.addPluginsFrom(new File(Constants.PLUGINS_DIRECTORY).toURI());
 		this.cardPlugin = pm.getPlugin(CardPlugin.class);
+		this.counterPlugin = pm.getPlugin(CounterPlugin.class);
 		logger.log(Level.INFO, "Done.");
 	}
 	
@@ -91,4 +92,39 @@ public class Plugins implements MagePlugins {
 	public void downloadImage(Set<Card> allCards) {
 		if (this.cardPlugin != null) this.cardPlugin.downloadImages(allCards);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getGamesPlayed() {
+		if (this.counterPlugin != null) {
+			synchronized(Plugins.class) {
+				try {
+					return this.counterPlugin.getGamePlayed();
+				} catch (PluginException e) {
+					logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage());
+					throw new RuntimeException(e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int addGamesPlayed() {
+		if (this.counterPlugin != null) {
+			synchronized(Plugins.class) {
+				try {
+					this.counterPlugin.addGamePlayed();
+				} catch (PluginException e) {
+					logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage());
+					throw new RuntimeException(e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCounterPluginLoaded() {
+		return this.counterPlugin != null;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/remote/Client.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/remote/Client.java
index 38707263d78..2747fc3b2b5 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/remote/Client.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/remote/Client.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import mage.client.MageFrame;
 import mage.client.chat.ChatPanel;
+import mage.client.plugins.impl.Plugins;
 import mage.interfaces.callback.CallbackClient;
 import mage.interfaces.callback.ClientCallback;
 import mage.util.Logging;
@@ -169,6 +170,10 @@ public class Client implements CallbackClient {
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			handleException(ex);
 		}
+		
+		if (Plugins.getInstance().isCounterPluginLoaded()) {
+			Plugins.getInstance().addGamesPlayed();
+		}
 	}
 
 	protected void watchGame(UUID gameId) {
diff --git a/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/MageException.java b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/MageException.java
index 47b0914e207..202c5bae20f 100644
--- a/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/MageException.java
+++ b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/MageException.java
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@
 package mage.interfaces;
 
 /**
- *
+ * Root application exception.
+ * 
  * @author BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com
  */
 public class MageException extends Exception {
 
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 8340806803178193696L;
+
 	public MageException(String message) {
 		super(message);
 	}
 
+	public MageException(Throwable t) {
+		super(t);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/PluginException.java b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/PluginException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffd0ef8bd97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/PluginException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package mage.interfaces;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown by plugin on errors.
+ * 
+ * @author nantuko
+ * 
+ */
+public class PluginException extends MageException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5528005696138392272L;
+
+	public PluginException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+	
+	public PluginException(Throwable t) {
+		super(t);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/plugin/CounterPlugin.java b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/plugin/CounterPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84efc1537c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Common/src/mage/interfaces/plugin/CounterPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package mage.interfaces.plugin;
+
+import mage.interfaces.PluginException;
+import net.xeoh.plugins.base.Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for counter plugins
+ * 
+ * @version 0.1 14.112010
+ * @author nantuko
+ */
+public interface CounterPlugin extends Plugin {
+	void addGamePlayed() throws PluginException;
+	int getGamePlayed() throws PluginException;
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Card.Plugin/pom.xml b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Card.Plugin/pom.xml
index 2e0ea047534..f8ca19ceb0c 100644
--- a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Card.Plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Card.Plugin/pom.xml
@@ -58,28 +58,6 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>shade</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-							<artifactSet>
-								<includes>
-									<include>log4j:log4j:jar:</include>
-								</includes>
-							</artifactSet>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			
 		</plugins>
 
 		<finalName>mage-card-plugin</finalName>
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acd2b7fbf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.mage</groupId>
+		<artifactId>Mage-Plugins</artifactId>
+		<version>0.3</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>org.mage</groupId>
+	<artifactId>Mage-Counter-Plugin</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<version>0.3</version>
+	<name>Mage Counter Plugin</name>
+	<description>Implements game counter to display amount of games played</description>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mage</groupId>
+			<artifactId>Mage-Common</artifactId>
+			<version>${mage-version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.jspf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jspf-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${jspf-version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.9</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+		</plugins>
+
+		<finalName>mage-counter-plugin</finalName>
+	</build>
+
+	<properties>
+		<plugin-version>0.3</plugin-version>
+		<jspf-version>0.9.1</jspf-version>
+	</properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterBean.java b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d931c2753c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.mage.plugins.counter;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Class for storing plugin data.
+ * 
+ * @version 1.0 int version & int gamesPlayed fields
+ * @author nantuko
+ */
+public class CounterBean implements Serializable {
+	
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 6382055182568871761L;
+
+	private int gamesPlayed;
+	
+	private int version = 1;
+	
+	public int getGamesPlayed() {
+		return gamesPlayed;
+	}
+
+	public void setGamesPlayed(int gamesPlayed) {
+		this.gamesPlayed = gamesPlayed;
+	}
+
+	public final int getVersion() {
+		return version;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterPluginImpl.java b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterPluginImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff7b957e5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/counter/CounterPluginImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package org.mage.plugins.counter;
+
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+import mage.interfaces.PluginException;
+import mage.interfaces.plugin.CounterPlugin;
+import net.xeoh.plugins.base.annotations.PluginImplementation;
+import net.xeoh.plugins.base.annotations.events.Init;
+import net.xeoh.plugins.base.annotations.events.PluginLoaded;
+import net.xeoh.plugins.base.annotations.meta.Author;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link CounterPlugin}.<br/>
+ * Stores data in data folder. 
+ * 
+ * @version 0.1 14.11.2010 Initial Version
+ * @author nantuko
+ */
+@PluginImplementation
+@Author(name = "nantuko")
+public class CounterPluginImpl implements CounterPlugin {
+
+	private static final String PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH = "plugins" + File.separator + "plugin.data" + File.separator + "counters";
+	
+	private static final String DATA_STORAGE_FILE = "counters";
+
+	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(CounterPluginImpl.class);
+	
+	private boolean isLoaded = false;
+	
+	@Init
+	public void init() {
+		File dataFolder = new File(PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH);
+		if (!dataFolder.exists()) {
+			dataFolder.mkdirs();
+			if (!dataFolder.exists()) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("CounterPluginImpl: Couldn't create folders: " + PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH);
+			}
+		}
+		File data = new File(PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH + File.separator + DATA_STORAGE_FILE);
+		if (!data.exists()) {
+			try {
+				data.createNewFile();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+				throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't create data file for counter plugin: " + e.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
+		
+		this.isLoaded = true;
+	}
+	
+	@PluginLoaded
+	public void newPlugin(CounterPlugin plugin) {
+		log.info(plugin.toString() + " has been loaded.");
+	}
+
+	public String toString() {
+		return "[Game counter plugin, version 0.1]";
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void addGamePlayed() throws PluginException {
+		if (!isLoaded) return;
+		File data = new File(PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH + File.separator + DATA_STORAGE_FILE);
+		ObjectInputStream ois = null;
+		ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
+		if (data.exists()) {
+			int prev = 0;
+			try {
+				ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(data));
+				Object o = ois.readObject();
+				CounterBean c = null;
+				if (o instanceof CounterBean) {
+					c = (CounterBean)o;
+					prev = c.getGamesPlayed();
+				}
+			} catch (EOFException e) {
+				// do nothing
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				throw new PluginException(e);
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+				throw new PluginException(e);
+			} finally {
+				if (ois != null) try { ois.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
+			}
+			
+			try {
+				synchronized (this) {
+					oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(data));
+					CounterBean c = new CounterBean();
+					c.setGamesPlayed(prev+1);
+					oos.writeObject(c);
+					oos.close();
+				}
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				throw new PluginException(e);
+			} finally {
+				if (oos != null) try { oos.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.error("Counter plugin: data file doesn't exist, please restart plugin.");
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getGamePlayed() throws PluginException {
+		if (!isLoaded) return -1;
+		File data = new File(PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_PATH + File.separator + DATA_STORAGE_FILE);
+		if (!data.exists()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (data.exists()) {
+			ObjectInputStream ois = null;
+			try {
+				synchronized (this) {
+					ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(data));
+					Object o = ois.readObject();
+					CounterBean c = null;
+					if (o instanceof CounterBean) {
+						c = (CounterBean)o;
+					}
+					ois.close();
+					return c.getGamesPlayed();
+				}
+			} catch (EOFException e) {
+				return 0;
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				throw new PluginException(e);
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+				throw new PluginException(e);
+			} finally {
+				if (ois != null) try { ois.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.error("Counter plugin: data file doesn't exist, please restart plugin.");
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/pom.xml b/Mage.Plugins/pom.xml
index 85f01e4458a..cc3e4fe558c 100644
--- a/Mage.Plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	<modules>
 		<module>Mage.Theme.Plugin</module>
 		<module>Mage.Card.Plugin</module>
+		<module>Mage.Counter.Plugin</module>
 	</modules>
 	
 </project>