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Andy and Anthony discuss board stalls in Cube design and ways to minimize them.

View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a cube’s design would lead to more stalls, and ways they might, as a designer, try to minimize them. This weeks topic was suggested by listener MZ. Thanks, MZ! Discussed in this episode: Lucky Paper Cube Events Page Sam Black’s article describing “big” and “small” games Bun Magic Cube Sacred Geometry 100 Ornithopters Neoclassical Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord . Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Andy’s Pool Adventure 4:14 - Board Stalls 18:33 - Who’s the Beatdown? 22:35 - Equilibrium 26:10…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Mangold, Anthony Mattox

Topics covered

• board stalls
• cube design
• game mechanics
• game theory
• listener suggestions

Keywords

• board stalls
• cube design
• game mechanics
• listener suggestions
• game theory
• combat tricks
• evasion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucky Paper, Cube Cobra, MTG Cube Talk Discord

Products: Bun Magic Cube, Sacred Geometry, 100 Ornithopters, Neoclassical Cube

Books & works: Sam Black’s article

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