Remaking Magic

By Reuben Covington & Dan Felder

Join Reuben Covington and Jake Mosby for the return of Remaking Magic, the podcast all about game design and magic the gathering.

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How many episodes does Remaking Magic have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.

Remaking Magic episodes:

February 18, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E07 - Contextual Design with Zefferal
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
44min
February 10, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E06 - Exploratory Design
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
39min
February 05, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E05 - GDS3 Trial 1
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
49min
January 27, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E04 - Resonance
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
32min
January 20, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E03 - Color Pie 101
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
42min
January 06, 2018Re-Making Magic S02E02 - GDS3 Prep
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
39min
December 30, 2017Re-Making Magic S02E01 - A new season
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: [email protected]

Jake Mosby (aka Piar)
Email: [email protected]
...more
37min
June 13, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep61 - SOI Mechanics Review pt2
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: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
...more
1h 5min
April 19, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep60 - SOI Mechanics Review pt1
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
42min
February 28, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep58 - Faeria
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 7min

FAQs about Remaking Magic:

How many episodes does Remaking Magic have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.