Remaking Magic

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the seventh episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We have a guest: Jay Zeffren Custom Card of the Day: Deathcaster Lich We talk about designing the context of a project We talk about how this effects both limited and other formats Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the sixth episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We discuss Jake's results of the GDS3 essay questions We talk about the definition and origins of Exploratory Design We talk about how we have or haven't used this in our previous projects. Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the fifth episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Reuben gives a shout out to the Beacon of Creation where he recently talked about playtesting. We talk about the GDS3 essay questions We use the questions as jumping off points for a range is design discussions and our thoughts on Magic. Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the fourth episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We have a brief design challenge where we make Jellyfish cards We talk about our design processes We go deep into Resonance and how it is used in magic. Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the third episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We discuss the Ascend Mechanic We talk about the mechanical aspects of the color pie Go briefly go over the flavor aspects of the color pie and how these elements interact. Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the second episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Reuben discusses the goblin artisans preview challenge: http://goblinartisans.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/weekend-design-challenge-122917preview.html We discuss the Custom Magic Discord's Standard format: Join now at https://discord.gg/uk7wn2d Jake talks about his new set he is working on We go over old test questions from the great designer searches Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Our intro and outro music is At the Count by Broke for Free. Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the first episode of season two of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We are back, baby! I introduce my new co-host We talk briefly about the upcoming GDS3 We talk about 3 common design mistakes Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com CustomMagic Discord Channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/BC7zbts Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com Jake Mosby (aka Piar) Email: piarew@gmail.com

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the sixty-first episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We give some small update on the state of the podcast We talk in detail about the new mechanics of Shadows over Innistrad You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben Covington Twitter: @reubencovington Email: reubencovington@gmail.com MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the sixtieth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We return after our extended break due to Faeria and other commitments Episode 59 becomes lost to the void We talk in detail about the returning mechanics of Shadows over Innistrad Dan takes guesses at how these mechanics would be re-implimented while Reuben says how they ended up playing. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc  

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-eighth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Faeria, just entered backer early access and will be out to the public in early march. Reuben has been streaming on twitch We discuss the design behind faeria and our early experiences. Reuben highlights a game that was a tipping point in his strategic thinking that you can find here (Starts about 5 min in). Dan has made another video highlighting the tutorial design You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-seventh episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: The episode comes out late due to Reuben being sick and then distracted by Faeria, Dan's game that has just entered backer early access. You can find Reuben's streaming of Faeria on his new Twitch Channel We talk about "What makes a good mechanic?" We highlight mechanics that make the game feel different. We talk about how mechanics can tap into core psychological positive feelings. Design Challenge: Make an Egyptian mechanic! You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-sixth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Dan's super busy with Faeria, meaning we will be doing another two part ep. We talk about "What makes a good mechanic?" Critique a Card: Herald of Thorns We discuss encouraging or enabling players to do something they like to do. We highlight Solving one of the core problems of MTG You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-fifth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We continue our live design session of Hostile Takeover Check out Dan's article on High Stakes Magic, which we based Hostile Takeover off. Check out the early version of the rulesbook. We talk about dozens of Hostile Takeover cards, mainly operations We discuss how Operations and Reactions differ from Mercenaries in this game. You can find renders of a lot of the cards we talked about on our blog. The full game will be released in the next few days. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-fourth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We do another live design session, detailing our new game Hostile Takeover Dan explains the rules of Hostile Takeover Check out Dan's article on High Stakes Magic, which we based Hostile Takeover off. We talk about dozens of Hostile Takeover cards You can find renders of a lot of the cards we talked about on our blog. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington my guest Martin for the fifty-third episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Reuben interviews Martin Schwesinger, Aka Apoquallyp Martin talks about his projects that you can find on his blog Critique a card: He Who Defies Logic We discuss different types of complexity and the need for context in critiques. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-second episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We give an update on our progress of Hostile Takeover, our standalone version of High Stakes Magic Dan talks a lot about the game he is working on: Faeria We go in-depth on all the new mechanics of Oath of the Gatewatch We discuss Surge and the "alpha player problem" in 2HG Be sure to check out the Visual Spoiler for OGW You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-first episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: Remaking Magic has its first Birthday! We discuss what we learnt over the last year. We talk about our general thoughts on MTG's design in 2015 Dan has been super excited with recent developments in Faeria Reuben talks about wanting Dreamscape to be the best custom magic set ever. We both set goals for the year of 2016 We discuss some of the topics we want to discuss in the future. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fiftieth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We start finish our critique of the Kazundoo custom card booster by Zervintz You can find the full spoiler for Kazundoo You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the forty-ninth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We talk about the OGW leaks We discuss the impact these leaks have on different people We start analyzing Kazundoo custom card booster by Zervintz You can find the full spoiler for Kazundoo We invite our listeners to rate the rest of the booster to test their evaluation skills during our next episode. You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc

Join Reuben Covington, Dan Felder and their guest Alex for the forty-eighth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards. In this episode: We interview Alex Churchill, creator of Magic Multiverse Alex talks about his Turing Complete magic project We talk about the Game of Life turing completeness We mention how MtG differs from the concept in the XKCD comic We discuss about the new Ancient Tomb and the new colorless symbol We discuss the costs of Aesthetics vs Gamplay in OGW Be sure to check out the Steam Works, Alex's latest board game You can give us feedback and discuss the episode on the MTGsalvation discussion thread Contact details: Ask us questions on our blog: remakingmagic.tumblr.com Reuben CovingtonTwitter: @reubencovingtonEmail: reubencovington@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Doombringer Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: minimallyexceptional@gmail.comMTGsalvation Account: Stairc