
Randomness Revisited — Strategy vs. Tactics in Game Design
Andy and Anthony revisit randomness in Magic with more resources and input form listeners. They talk about decision making at large and small scales in games: strategy vs tactics, and how randomness i...
9 Syys 20241h 9min

Using Little Pieces of Paper as a Supermassive Random Number Generator
Andy and Anthony talk about randomness in Magic, and specifically just how much randomness there is in a Cube draft. They talk about where randomness comes from and how different mechanics use the lib...
2 Syys 20241h 2min

Grassroots Cube Event Potpurri
Andy and Anthony talk about some of the past and pending Cube events they are attending. This year has seen a proliferation of new small Cube events. Anthony reviews his experience at the Capitol Cube...
26 Elo 20241h 13min

Spotlight: Recross the Paths
No regular episode of Lucky Paper Radio this week, sadly, but in an effort to not leave y’all empty handed and to help highlight a great new Cube podcast, we’re bringing you and episode of Kade Gofort...
19 Elo 202433min

French Vanilla Face-Off
Andy and Anthony each rank every evergreen creature ability and then, tier by tier, discuss what they love each adds (or doesn’t) to the game. View all cards discussed in this episode. Discussed in th...
12 Elo 20241h

Bloomburrow First Impressions, Mechanics, and Personal Cube Additions
Andy and Anthony take a first look at Bloomburrow, breaking down the mechanics, flavor, and the cards their interested in giving a try in their on Cube environments. View all cards mentioned in this e...
5 Elo 20241h 24min

Book Club: The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz
In the first “book club” episode, Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz. The book sets out to defend the thesis that games are artistic works (or, more descriptively,...
29 Heinä 20241h 32min

Text, Subtext, and Cards with Secrets
Andy and Anthony talk about complexity in Magic. After their discussion on the previous episode on Andy’s Neoclassical Cube comparing arguable simplicity of old school Magic cards, and continued discu...
22 Heinä 20241h



















