This week, we are joined by Dan from the channel MainDeck today! We had a blast talking all things TCGs with Dan, but more specifically, Dan talks about 4 of the most featured trading card games on their channel on todays episode. We hope you sit back, relax, and enjoy the episode!

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Another week, another conversation born from a debate/discussion between the two of us during the course of playing a card game 😂. This week, we discuss the "evolution" of a TCG in the game itself and design of the game over time. We discuss a little bit of power creep, gameplay fundamentals, and really whether or not Disney Lorcana is going to have equippable item cards in the future. We hope you enjoy the discussion!

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This week, we finally talk about Sam Black's article "Resources and Game Design." We briefly mentioned the article in last weeks episode with Todd Anderson, but we wanted to devote an entire episode to the topic. We read through the article in it's entirety, as it is a fairly short article, and give you our opinions on Sam's takes. We hope you enjoy the episode, and be sure to let us know what you think by shooting us an email!

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We've got another great episode for you this week! Today, we are talking with Magic: the Gathering veteran and recent Disney Lorcana convert Todd Anderson! Todd has a long history in the MTG community, and has recently started a podcast and YouTube channel focused entirely around Disney Lorcana. We were able to meet Todd and GenCon this year and learned that has recently gotten interested in Lorcana, and immediately knew we had to get him on episode of the podcast. We hope you enjoy the episode as we talk A LOT about Lorcana, get his thoughts and opinions on the game, and just have a good time!

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We are continuing last weeks theme of recapping GenCon 2023, and this weeks episode we are talking all about Star Wars Unlimited! We had an amazing time finally playing and demoing Star Wars Unlimited at GenCon this year and we're gonna tell you all about it. We were able to demo the game with one of the designers Aaron Haltom, and we're able to talk with him shortly afterward and had a great discussion. Join us this week as we talk more about what we saw from FFG and Star Wars Unlimited at GenCon 2023!

Oh yeah, we also may have a special surprise in store for this weeks Card of the Week segment...stay tuned!

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We are back from GenCon, and finally back to podcasting! Sorry for the few week hiatus...but GenCon really took a lot out of us! It's great to get back to the grind and back to creating content however. This weeks episode we are talking all about Disney Lorcana at GenCon, and we are joined in studio with a guest! We are joined by Teddy from the Glimmer Gang! The Glimmer Gang is a competitive Disney Lorcana podcast focused on the competitive side of Lorcana. Now that Lorcana is out, Teddy and the rest of the gang are really excited to dive deep into the competitive aspect of Disney Lorcana. Dan, Jim and Teddy go over the wonderfulness (is that even a word?!?), the craziness, and the fiasco that is Disney Lorcana at GenCon 2023. Sit back and enjoy this weeks episode!

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Kind of surprised we haven't devoted a podcast episode to this topic yet, to be quite honest. In todays episode, we talk all about the "Legendary Rule." This term was coined by Magic: the Gathering, but this same principle pops up in plenty of other trading card games. Some games call these type of cards "Legendary" some other games call these types of cards "Unique." We talk about the rule, and really how it applies to the design of a card game, and why we think it's interesting. This topic really got started because of a live stream from FFG a few weeks back when they were talking about the design of Star Wars Unlimited. Strap in, and hold on as we talk all about this really cool topic!

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Welcome back to Episode #101 of the podcast! Today, we are again talking about a fairly relevant topic in the TCG space, especially right now. We're talking all about MSRP and market pricing in trading card games. Back in episode #68, we talked all about the secondary market in card games, and gave our reasons why it is a good thing to have. However, with the current, for lack of better word, 'debacle' that is the first print run of Disney Lorcana, we felt this was a perfect time to revisit the topic, and this time really hone in on what MSRP is as well as market pricing. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think!

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We are at episode #100!! We can't believe we've made it this far, and we couldn't have done it without all you listeners, so thank you so much! Today, we are doing a deep dive into Star Wars Unlimited. When we last talked about this new TCG, we didn't really know much about it. All we knew was this it was a Fantasy Flight Games title, and they were doing a Star Wars card game. Now, we have a lot more information on the game, including Quick Start Rules, and a lot of cards to look at. So with that, we take a close hard look at the game...and we're now super excited about it. Join us!

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We are back to talking with some of our fellow card game content creators, and todays conversation is a special one. Today we are chatting with the amazing DMArmada. Stephen has been producing quality card game content on YouTube for quite a while, and we are ecstatic to be able to host him on the podcast. We had the pleasure of hanging out with him and some others at a local Flesh & Blood event recently, and we had an absolute blast. So sit back, and enjoy this conversation as we just chat about card games!

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