Enjoy a brief archival recording this week! Jake, Joe, Bones, and I talk about feedback on a quick car ride.

Midwinter: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/midwinter

World War of the Spark: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/wwrav

"Garden as though you will live forever" - William Kent

In this episode, Scott (the mind behind Upkeep New York and Cube for a Cause) shares his insight on The Garden, a context-shifting cube where players start with a Lotus Field in play. We discuss stretch goals, Type 1 cubes, the value of aesthetics in cube design, and much more.

The Garden on CubeCobra

Scott on CubeCobra

C4AC - Cube for a Cause

Scott on BlueSky

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May (also known as Myagic) unpacks finding the fun through May's Fae Cube! In this conversation we discuss aesthetics vs. gameplay, objective subjectivity, cube being like an ant farm, and much more.

May on CubeCobra

May's Fae Cube on CubeCobra

May on BlueSky

May is on the Uber Cube podcast!

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On this episode, Danny guides us through the graveyard-focused Soskube: the Second Hand. We also explore Cogwork Librarian, a tool he developed for advanced cube-building queries and creation. We discuss building toward target gameplay goals, reinventing projects that have lost their spark, using resources to go from idea to table more quickly, and more.

Dive into Cogwork Librarian at: https://coglib.sosk.watch/

Find Danny's personal projects at: https://danielsoskey.com/

Danny (soskube) on CubeCobra

Soskube: the Second Hand on CubeCobra

Danny is .jawnsnow on Discord

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"Creature spells? Where we're going, we don't need Creature spells!" - Ollie, probably

On this episode, Ollie guides us through The Creatureless Cube and - spoiler alert - there may be some creatures along the way. We discuss building with packages, cube as shared game design, serving your players, and more.

The Creatureless Cube on CubeCobra

Ollie on CubeCobra

Ollie on BlueSky

Ollie is @beeksy on Discord

Boston Cube Party official website

Boston Cube Party on BlueSky

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Join us in the Junderdome! In this episode, Tyler - the tyrant of The Jund Cube - guides us through this accessibly harsh tri-color environment. We discuss curating for an ethos, pitfalls and opportunities of color-restricted environments, ease-of-brain, and more.

The Jund Cube on CubeCobra

Tyler on CubeCobra

Tyler on BlueSky

Tyler is tylerpug on Discord

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Me: Can we draft Ikoria?

Mike: We have Ikoria at Home.

This week, Mike guides us through the 'big three' pillars of the Ikoria at Home cube - the iconic cycling archetype, kindred humans, and mutating monsters - and many of the design decisions that impact its ongoing curation. We discuss finding and building cohesion, balancing humility and intentionality, and more.

Mike (BigTears) on CubeCobra

Ikoria at Home on CubeCobra

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This week, Haiyue unpacks the art of casting for coverage and casting ultimatums! We discuss following an emotional cadence, building for greed, holding onto the reins of your own projects, and more.

Oops! All Pips on CubeCobra

Haiyue on Bluesky

Haiyue on Twitter

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"The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow." - Jose Andres

In this thoroughly Modern conversation, Jabs takes us through The Modern Darlings Cube, a nostalgic museum of pre-Magic Origins constructed Modern with some thoughtful twists. We discuss digging deep to support archetypes, testing special seeded packs, not being afraid to seek out feedback, and more.

Jabs on CubeCobra

The Modern Darlings Cube on CubeCobra

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This week, Anthony of Lucky Paper talks through several of the cube design tools he's helped craft as well as the joy of curating cubes and play groups. We explore building thoughtful processes, chains of eroding frustrations, and doing the best you currently can.

All of the tools referenced are hosted on luckypaper.co

Anthony on CubeCobra

Anthony on Blusky

Anthony's Shuffling Article is complete!

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