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Andy and Anthony are joined by Cube Person of the Year 2024, Ollie, to talk about whether it’s irresponsible to present a cube for drafting without any playtesting. What is the difference between ‘playing’ and ‘playtesting’? Can you design a cube iteratively without playtesting? Just how bad can a cube really be?

Discussed in this episode:

• Upkeep NY/C4AC
• Bodlean Cube
• Creatureless Cube
• Episode 302 — Theory Drafting the Best Decks in Regular Cube
• The Ball Pit
• Episode 206 — The Joy of Gaming with Richard Garfield
• 100 Ornithopters
• Marina Abramovic - The Artist is Present (2010)
• Boston Cube Party

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• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:41 - Secret Project: Obscura
• 9:13 - Playtesting
• 16:46 - The Case Against Playtesting
• 21:03 - Non-Playtest Data
• 23:09 - The Process
• 29:45 - Playing Vs Playtesting
• 35:17 - Cube First Impressions
• 43:33 - Expectations
• 47:28 - Designing for an Experience
• 52:10 - Marina Abramovic and Artistic Intent
• 58:26 - Logistics