About this episode

The episode explores how digital games like Slay the Spire and Balatro influence and expand upon traditional tabletop design.

Episode 277- Deckbuilding 301 and Slay the Spire Trick-taking wiz Taylor Reiner joins Pete, Jake, and Brendan to take the next step on our deckbuilding exploration. This time we're going digital! How do games like Balatro and Slay the Spire build on physical games and where do they diverge? Also how are we seeing the reverse influence on tabletop games?Check out Taylor's amazing Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClaudeAndTaylor Time Stamps 4:00- introduce Taylor Reiner9:30- digital card games21:30- deckbuilding roguelikes46:45- Slay the Spire 1:26:15- Balatro1:32:00- digital games inspiring tabletop design Preplanners I actually don't know what the next episode will be about! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere…

People in this episode

Hosts: Pete Wissinger, Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen

Guest: Taylor Reiner

Topics covered

• deckbuilding
• digital card games
• tabletop design
• roguelikes
• game design

Keywords

• deckbuilding
• Slay the Spire
• Balatro
• digital games
• tabletop design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hembree, Flash Floods, YouTube, Spotify

Products: Slay the Spire, Balatro

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