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Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

#682: Connecting Set & Story

Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast

Wizards of the Coast

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

4.7801 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, I talk about what we have to do in design to make sure that the set and story align.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm pulling my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work.

0:05.5

Okay. So today is another podcast, sort of generated by a topic that I've been talking a lot on my blog and on social media.

0:17.5

So the thing that prompted it, so the topic today is connecting the cards to the story.

0:25.4

So the things that prompted this conversation is we revealed the car, Lyndon, Queen Lyndon,

0:32.3

who is the leader of the white court and the wife of the king, who is the leader of all five courts,

0:42.3

who disappeared, who's...

0:43.8

She's a stepmother of Rowan Will.

0:47.4

Anyway, she is a major character in the book.

0:54.4

But the complaint was that in the book,

0:57.9

so one of the things they talk about in the book,

1:00.8

little mini spoilers for the book,

1:02.9

I guess I should up front say,

1:05.6

there's a few spoilers as I'm talking today about the book.

1:08.8

So if you really, really have not,

1:09.9

if you haven't read the book and you care,

1:12.1

just heads up, maybe shut this off,

1:15.1

go read the book and then come back.

1:17.8

So in the book, we learn how King Kendrith became the king of all five courts.

1:25.8

And he had to sort of pass this test for five

1:30.4

and he did and he passed a test for five different

1:32.8

he passed all five tests I guess there's a test for each court

1:35.5

and on his card he was the buy-a-box

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