v1.019: Card games with Andrew Yip, former Game Director of Legends of Runeterra

Yip schools us on TCGs, CCGs, DCGs, and all other card-based games.

0:00:00 Introductions, who the heck is Andrew Yip, and the LoR experience

0:17:33 History with card games

0:49:01 Hanging out in settings and MMOs

1:05:51 Mana, variance, and all its implications

1:41:31 Different players, different skill expression

1:53:44 Back to mana (color pie, mana flood)

2:05:32 Making losing fun and making the game approachable

2:24:51 Can more interesting games be made if we didn't try to make more money?

2:37:56 Single player TCGs

Outro music by BotanicSage: https://soundcloud.com/botanicsage/16bit-magic-sped-up

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