Kitchen Table Magic

In this episode, I’m talking to Helene Bergeot, the Director of Global Organized Play for Wizards of the Coast.

Helene shares with us about her role within Wizards, Organized Play and the community at large.

She also answers my questions about the future of coverage, organized play and building partnerships.

Helene also tells us what goes into putting on a Pro Tour.

Helene has big plans to grow the game of Magic by making Organized Play more legitimate and more exciting with bigger future payouts.

I hope you enjoy this very special conversation with Helene Bergeot.

I’m talking to Sid Blair. Sid got an 18 month DCI suspension for hard stylin it with butt cracks at GP Richmond and then posting the photos on Reddit. Of course, it went viral and even Time magazine picked it up. Sid shares with us how life has been and what he’s up to now. I hope you enjoy my hilarious conversation with Sid Blair.

I’m talking to Sid Blair. Sid got an 18 month DCI suspension for hard stylin it with butt cracks at GP Richmond and then posting the photos on Reddit. Of course, it went viral and even Time magazine picked it up. Sid shares with us how life has been and what he’s up to now. I hope you enjoy my hilarious conversation with Sid Blair.

I’m talking to Richard Wheatley, a Magic player from the UK.

Richard has been featured on Daily MTG, the Nerdist, Reddit, Imgur and SCG for playing in prereleases with braille sleeves.

Richard is visually impaired and his love of the game keeps him motivated to learn all the cards from new sets so he can keep an accurate mental concentration of the board state.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Richard Wheatley!

I’m talking to Richard Wheatley, a Magic player from the UK.

Richard has been featured on Daily MTG, the Nerdist, Reddit, Imgur and SCG for playing in prereleases with braille sleeves.

Richard is visually impaired and his love of the game keeps him motivated to learn all the cards from new sets so he can keep an accurate mental concentration of the board state.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Richard Wheatley!

This is episode 18, and I’m talking to popular Twitch streamer and tournament grinder, Jennifer Long, also known as Mrs. Mulligan.

Jennifer tells us how she got started streaming Minesweeper to slowly building up thousands of followers on Twitch.

She now regularly competes in the SCG Tour and writes a weekly column for SCG.com.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jennifer Long!

This is episode 18, and I’m talking to popular Twitch streamer and tournament grinder, Jennifer Long, also known as Mrs. Mulligan.

Jennifer tells us how she got started streaming Minesweeper to slowly building up thousands of followers on Twitch.

She now regularly competes in the SCG Tour and writes a weekly column for SCG.com.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jennifer Long!

In this episode, I’m talking to Josh Monks, a local Seattle player with a passion for commentary and a wide range of knowledge about different decks of the Legacy format. Josh shares with us about he got into commentary and how that contributes to his learning of the game. Josh really cares about the game and the community and commentates on Card Kingdom’s weekly Legacy stream. We also go over some great tips on how to improve. I hope you enjoy this episode with Josh Monks!

In this episode, I’m talking to Josh Monks, a local Seattle player with a passion for commentary and a wide range of knowledge about different decks of the Legacy format. Josh shares with us about he got into commentary and how that contributes to his learning of the game. Josh really cares about the game and the community and commentates on Card Kingdom’s weekly Legacy stream. We also go over some great tips on how to improve. I hope you enjoy this episode with Josh Monks!

In this episode, I’m talking to the beard master, Chris VanMeter. Chris is an analytical thinker of the game and has a math and computer science background. He’s also affectionately known for his bright red beard as it’s rumored to give Chris special powers! Chris is not only a strong competitor in Magic, he’s also an avid teacher, writer and commentator. I really enjoyed sitting down with Chris to record this a few months back. Please enjoy my conversation with Chris VanMeter.