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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The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.

Remaking Magic episodes:

February 21, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep57 - What makes a good mechanic? Pt2
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
31min
February 12, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep56 - What makes a good mechanic? Pt1
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
35min
February 05, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep55 - Hostile Takeover Live Pt2
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
58min
January 28, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep54 - Hostile Takeover Live Pt1
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 8min
January 21, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep53 - Interview with Martin, Aka Apoquallyp
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
52min
January 13, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep52 - OGW Mechanics Design Review
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 4min
January 06, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep51 - Podcast in Review 2015
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer

Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
1h 9min
January 01, 2016Re-Making Magic Ep50 - Custom Booster Deep Dive Pt2
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
49min
December 23, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep49 - Custom Booster Deep Dive Pt1
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
50min
December 16, 2015Re-Making Magic Ep48 - Interview with Alex, creator of Magic Multiverse
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 Covington
Twitter: @reubencovington
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Doombringer
Dan Felder
Twitter: @DesignerDanF
Email: [email protected]
MTGsalvation Account: Stairc
...more
58min

FAQs about Remaking Magic:

How many episodes does Remaking Magic have?

The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.