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Re-Making Magic Ep61 - SOI Mechanics Review pt2

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the sixty-first episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.

In this episode:

We give some small update on the state of the podcast

We talk in detail about the new mechanics of Shadows over Innistrad

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

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Re-Making Magic Ep60 - SOI Mechanics Review pt1

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the sixtieth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.

In this episode:

We return after our extended break due to Faeria and other commitments

Episode 59 becomes lost to the void

We talk in detail about the returning mechanics of Shadows over Innistrad

Dan takes guesses at how these mechanics would be re-implimented while Reuben says how they ended up playing.

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 Email: [email protected] MTGsalvation Account: Stairc

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Re-Making Magic Ep58 - Faeria

Join Reuben Covington and Dan Felder for the fifty-eighth episode of Re-Making Magic, the podcast about game design and custom magic cards.

In this episode:

Faeria, just entered backer early access and will be out to the public in early march.

Reuben has been streaming on twitch

We discuss the design behind faeria and our early experiences.

Reuben highlights a game that was a tipping point in his strategic thinking that you can find here (Starts about 5 min in).

Dan has made another video highlighting the tutorial design

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

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Re-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

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Re-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

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Re-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

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Hostile Takeover Number of Players 2-5. Best with 2. Objective Total corporate domination. As the CEO of a dystopian megacorporation, your goal is to destroy your competitors by any means necessary. Hire mercenaries to damage your opponents, reducing their influence (along with their reputatio...

We’re releasing the print and play files tomorrow, barring global cataclysm. In the mean time, check out our amusing rulebook’s first edition draft. You can leave comments on the doc through the magic of google, pointing out anything from confusing passages to hilarious jokes.

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Re-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

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