
#1216: How to Make Losing Fun
One of the truisms of game design: make sure your players enjoy losing your game. How do we do that? This podcast walks listeners through six key lessons.
14 Helmi 202533min

#1215: BroadwayCon 2025
Every year, my eldest daughter, Rachel, and I go to a convention dedicated to Broadway called BroadwayCon. It's interesting going to a convention from the perspective of a fan. In this episode, I talk...
14 Helmi 202535min

#1214: Why Is Magic So Good?
I do a lot of interviews. A question I often get is, "Why is Magic so good?" I have a lot of answers to that question, enough for a 30-minute podcast.
7 Helmi 202531min

#1213: Aetherdrift Set Design with Yoni Skolnik
In this podcast, I sit down with Yoni Skolnik, the lead set designer for Aetherdrift, to talk about the design after it was handed off for set design.
7 Helmi 202530min

#1212: Drawbacks
I talk about the history of drawback mechanics, what they are, how we design them, and how they've changed over the years.
31 Tammi 202532min

#1211: Fresh Out of Design – Aetherdrift
I recorded this podcast two years ago when I handed off the Aetherdrift vision design to the Set Design team. Hear my thoughts on Magic's latest set as it came fresh out of design.
31 Tammi 202532min

#1210: Rarity Changes
In this podcast, I walk through the various reasons why we reprint cards at a different rarity.
24 Tammi 202531min

#1209: Protection
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the protection mechanic, starting from Limited Edition (Alpha) to present day.
24 Tammi 202531min






















