The Misplay

We're thrilled to have game designer Leonie Grundler from Lioness Games join us. With her game Biome currently live on Kickstarter, Leonie shares the fascinating story behind its creation, her inspiration, and offers insights and advice to kickstart our own board game journey.

What kind of game are we making? The golf game? A trick taking game for tricksters? Maybe a board game to chase away the nightmares. We don't know yet, but listen in on our discussion as we talk about our early concepts and weigh theme vs. mechanics as a starting point.

Go behind the scenes to see what goes into creating a podcast and a board game company. You know, the business stuff. We talk about our partnership agreement and share our roadmap to become board game designers.

The Misplay is breaking into board game design. What's the best way? Make a game, of course. We created and play tested two PnP games that you can download and play. Join our journey as we take a game from nothing to crowdfunding.

This week's episode is the final episode of The Misplay Podcast. Jason and Mark pay homage to the Eternal community, the game, and The Misplay Project. Thank you to all of our patrons, listeners, and the community that surrounded the show for the last 3 years. We are grateful and humbled that you listened along the way.

Jason and Mark preview this weekend's Eternal World Championship. They cover the tournament format and the format shake ups, including the most recent balance patches and the new Mini Set. They have one of the last installments of Mark Can't Possibly Disagree and share their Misplays of the Week. In act two, Team Misplay shares their final fantasy draft of the season. Good luck to all the competitors at this year's World Championship!

Mark and Jason bring in an expert on the beginner experience to share insights that only a new player has eyes for. They welcome TheMill to the show and take his player profile. Mill gives Jason and Mark a guided tour of his beginner experience, they draft the best legendary cards to craft for expedition, and share their misplays of the week. In act two, everyone shares their three pitfalls to avoid for beginning players.

RoninX joins Jason and Mark to celebrate and share some of his insights into what was a tournament winning performance in the Eternal LCQ. They get Ronin's player profile, recap the LCQ, play a round of Name That Card, and share the Misplays of the Week. RoninX shares some high level insights about some of the unique aspects of Eternal strategy in act two. 

Direwolf Digital dropped bombs in their recent news announcements. Jason and Mark break down the announcements and discuss whether or not DWD dropped the ball as well. They talk about the balance patch and the  LCQ coming up this weekend. Mark and Jason swap roles for a season two teaser where Mark is the villain and challenges Jason in a classic "Jason Can't Possibly Disagree." Later they share their Misplays of the Week. In act two Mark leads an exploration of how to select interaction during deck building. 

Jason and Mark go back to their roots with a the classic two act structure.  In act one, they cover their respective runs in the Draft Open, discuss the most recent Eternal headlines, talk early Cold Hunt constructed, draft the most titling cards in the new set, and share their Misplays of the Week. In act two, Mark tries to get Jason to buy flood insurance with some deck building tips and tricks  to stay in the game when drawing way too much power.