#1189: Game Knights Live with Josh Lee Kwai, Jimmy Wong, and Becca Scott

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

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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At MagicCon: Las Vegas, I was honored to participate in Game Knights Live. I have my three fellow players, Josh Lee Kwai, Jimmy Wong, and Becca Scott, on the podcast to talk through all that went into putting it on and share a bunch of the behind-the-scenes stories.

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0:00.0	I'm not pulling in my driveway.
0:02.0	We all know what that means.
0:04.0	It's time for the drive to work at home edition.
0:07.0	Okay, guys, today we're talking about something that was really exciting that I got a chance to do in Vegas.
0:12.0	Game Nights Live.
0:14.0	So I have not one, not two, but three special guests.
0:19.0	So Josh Lee Kwai, Jimmy Wong, and Becca Scott, welcome.
0:23.3	Yay.
0:24.1	Hello.
0:25.4	Thanks for having us, Mark.
0:27.3	Okay, so Josh, why don't we start with you?
0:30.5	Let's, what exactly is Game Nights Live?
0:32.9	Where did this whole idea come from in the first place?
0:35.0	Explain to the audience what it is.
0:39.3	Game Nights Live is live Magic Commander gameplay on stage in front of an audience of, I believe, at Vegas, we had
0:46.5	somewhere between 12 and 1,400, maybe 1,500 people. Chearing. It is big. There's a lot of pageantry, and it involves the audience. We call people on stage. We roll a huge dice. It really is just a giant live spectacle, you know, across between live theatrical performance and magic gameplay.
1:10.5	Okay, so one of the things I want to explain today is a lot of work goes into this.
1:13.5	This was the actual gameplay on stage was about three, four hours, I assume, something like that.
1:19.4	Around three.
1:21.2	Yeah, so we actually all got into Vegas.
1:24.2	So the event was on Friday, and we all got there on Tuesday. So I just want to walk
1:29.4	through sort of all the prep we did to get ready for the show. So Jimmy, we'll throw it to you. So walk us
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