How To Play Better Games, With Game Designer Seth Scott And YouTuber Brian Lewis

How To Play Better Games, With Game Designer Seth Scott And YouTuber Brian Lewis

Our guests this week are video game designer and Seth Scott, creator of Membrane for the Nintendo Switch, and YouTuber Brian Lewis, creator of the Magic: The Gathering advice channel Tolarian Community College. We discuss how to use party games and card games as icebreakers, channels for creativity, and full-blown hobbies.

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Discussed in This Episode

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  • Games you can play with no equipment
  • How to run a smooth game night
  • The two ways to win Balderdash
  • How to start playing Magic: The Gathering
  • How to pick a deck of Magic cards
  • How Magic has evolved over 25 years

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