Waxing poetic about old-school CCGs, and casting a bit of suspicion towards overly-hyped TTRPGs. Intro (0:49) – Scormey’s been playing retro games a lot lately, and Beoulus has been playing “Tavern Keeper”. CCGs (3:47) – Collectible Card Games. Are there any you are nostalgic for, and would like to see rebooted? We have some thoughts […]
Tag: collectible card games
I’m a little surprised WotC hasn’t done this yet
As we all know, Wizards of the Coast owns both the collectible card game “Magic: The Gathering”, and the world’s largest tabletop roleplaying game “Dungeons & Dragons”. With this in mind, as well as knowing that the toy/gaming megacorporation Hasbro owns WotC, I have to ask: Why hasn’t WotC found a way to blend M:tG […]
Toxicity or Passion? – Loot Mechanics #239
Game devs of all stripes tend to call out criticism of their games as “Toxicity”. Is that really fair? Also, is WotC leaving money on the table regarding CCGs? Intro (0:50) – Our week, in brief. Main Topic (7:28) – Is all negative player feedback really Toxicity, or are devs just unfairly blowing them off? […]
Simpin’ for Tiamat
Episode #42 – Today we discuss the upcoming D&D crossover into “Magic: The Gathering”, as well as Scormey has a bit of a rant about Twitch. Intro (0:50) – Our week, in brief. Main Topic (8:44) – Taking a look at the upcoming D&D crossover into “Magic: The Gathering” Rant (25:13) – Can these women […]
Too Big To Fail – Pixels & Dice #137
It’s a simple question: Is “Magic: The Gathering” too big, to entrenched in the CCG market, to fail? Also, we talk about a local Renaissance Faire coming this weekend. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license. See more trash like this at Scormey.com https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/podcast/PnD137.mp3Podcast: Play in new […]
I guess I have to make new graphics…
Ever heard of “Gwent”? Wait, let me step back a bit. I enjoy playing collectible card games, and have been doing so off and on since back when I first got into “Magic: The Gathering” back in 1994. I don’t play the actual, tabletop versions anymore (they are way too spendy to collect), so I’ve […]