Category: Show Notes
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Juno Challenge Review, part 3
Wrap up our “hatebears” challenge with your best 2 mana 2/2s that slow down your opponents’ strategy. As usual, your submissions drifted from that starting point into some exciting areas.
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Juno Challenge Review, part 2
Continuing our review of your “hatebear” cards, which mix assertive combat with rule-bending counterbalances. These rule-centric cards have HUGE design implications, so stay tuned for, among other things, a review of the layers system.
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Juno Challenge Review, part 1
For June, we asked for your best “hatebear” cards. Small creatures, big roadblocks for your opponents. What different ways can you impede your opponent?
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Sharpie Cube! Change Cards To Your Heart’s Content
Ever want to knock a mana off a creature? Remove a bad drawback from a land? Sharpie Cube is the idea of redacting rules text. Always subtraction, never addition.
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Cooperative Magic Mega-sode!
We go deep on the innovations found in the new TMNT Team Up product, then walk through our community’s pitches for cooperative and multiplayer modes!
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Swamps and Marshes Challenge Review, part 2
Tim and Juliet go on an Adventure reviewing all the submissions and have an Omen for next month’s challenge.
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Swamps and Marshes Challenge Review, part 1
This month we pay homage to our nation’s wetlands by reviewing a variety of black mana producing cards. You might be disappointed by only ten cards, but secretly you get the full 20 thanks to adventures, omens, and prepared spells!
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Noggles, Donkeys & Midsummer Night’s Dream w/Andrew Gillis
Juliet and game designer Andrew Gillis tackle the noblest of beasts and regalest of steeds, the humble donkey.
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The Baneslayer Cube by Redbay
Baneslayer Angel vs Mulldrifter is a spectrum of on-board presence versus pre-loaded value. This week’s episode is a cube design episode about that tension.
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Popcorn! Playing “Telephone” with Game Design
This week we talk about and design for the “Popcorn” game in our Discord community. Design a card based off of the last card, and the next person designs one off of yours. We go over some highlights from the game, then design a pair of cards ourselves!