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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Account: Doombringer

Dan FelderTwitter: @DesignerDanFEmail: [email protected] Account: Stairc