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Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

#1031: March of the Machine Casual Play Design with Ellie Rice

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

Wizards of the Coast

Duels Of The Planeswalkers, Games, Magic The Gathering, Leisure, Game Design, Mtg, Ccg, Mark Rosewater

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In today's podcast, I sit down with Ellie Rice from the Casual Play Design team to talk about their process for March of the Machine.

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0:00.0

I'm not pulling on my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work at home edition. So today I have another fun interview. I have Elizabeth Rice from a casual playgroup. So Ellie's going to explain what exactly is the casual playgroup. And then we're going to talk about how the casual play group worked with March of the Machine.

0:21.2

So, hello, Ellie.

0:22.8

Hello, thank you for having me.

0:24.7

I'm so excited.

0:25.8

It's my first time.

0:27.0

I used to be a listener, and now I'm here.

0:29.1

I know.

0:29.9

It's wild.

0:31.7

Okay.

0:32.3

So first up, let's explain what the casual play group is because it's a relatively new thing.

0:36.9

I mean, it's been a couple

0:38.4

years i mean at this point it's been there for like two years but still that's relatively new in the

0:42.1

30 years of magic zone yeah yeah so uh casual play team was we started in um November of uh of

0:51.6

2021 officially that's when I started at least.

0:55.2

And our goals primarily as a team is to essentially give wizards us an opportunity into the casual

1:07.1

world.

1:07.5

So people that play commander who play tabletop, you know, with their friends that

1:11.7

aren't necessarily going to tournaments all the time. You know, whereas we have an FFL that's designed to

1:18.8

take care of like constructed and standard play, we're here to take care of and guide what we find

1:25.9

is the healthiest for these other very popular formats,

1:29.2

like primarily commander, but other things within them.

1:33.0

Okay, so it's your job to make sure, like, the way I like to think of it is that the

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