Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

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#454: Flashback Jul 21, 2017

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In this podcast, I talk about the mechanic flashback. I discuss how it got originally designed and the many different blocks that have used it.

#453: Amonkhet, Part 2 Jul 14, 2017

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This is second part of my two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.

#452: Amonkhet, Part 1 Jul 14, 2017

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I asked for feedback about my podcast, and one of the most common replies I got was that people would like me to occasionally mix in more recent design stories. So, this is part one of a two-part series on the design of Amonkhet.

#451: Becoming a Game Designer Jul 07, 2017

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One of the questions I get most often is "How can I become a game designer?" I answer that question in this podcast.

#450: R&D, Wave Three Jul 07, 2017

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From time to time, I dedicate a show to talking about the many people who have worked on Magic. In this podcast, I'm talking again about R&D—this time covering the group I dub the "third wave."

#449: Counters Jun 30, 2017

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In this podcast, I talk about one of the design tools we use—counters. I go through the various kinds and talk about how counters help us expand what we can do in design.

#448: Other Wizards Games, Part 2 Jun 30, 2017

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Wizards has made many games other than Magic. So many, in fact, that I needed two podcasts to talk about them all.

#447: Other Wizards Games Jun 22, 2017

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Magic is just one of the games Wizards of the Coast has made. Today, I walk through the many, many others.

#446: 20 Lessons: Bluntness Jun 22, 2017

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This podcast is the fourteenth in my 20-podcast series based on a GDC speech I gave in 2016 about 20 of the lessons I've learned designing Magic for 20 years. The lesson of this podcast is "Don't be afraid to be blunt."

#445: Frames Jun 16, 2017

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I talk about the use of different frames and walk through the many times we've used frames to aid the game mechanically.

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