The Covenant Cast

The Sorcery TCG Dust launch illustrates a number of lessons in the pursuit of perfection and the reality of the world. Join us as we wrestle with them.

People often optimize for efficiency and fairness, which is often times counter to optimizing for fun. Alpha Clash has pivoted to maximizing fun at their tournaments and now Sorcery with their Avatar prizes. Zach is hot off rebuilding his Earthborne Rangers decks to make them harder to play and Steven has a long history of making weak characters in D&D for greater roleplaying opportunity. With players, to some extent, seemingly going down this road themselves, we ask how companies can support fun over fairness.

The best and hardest part of tabletop games is that they require other people to play. It's what leads to such amazing communities, but also a lot of frustration for those who just want to play their favorite games. Today, we talk about the lessons we've learned from over a decade of bringing people together.
00:06:37 Earthborne Games News
00:16:58 Sorcery TCG News
00:17:56 Flesh and Blood TCG News
00:23:27 Alpha Clash TCG News
00:23:41 Warlord TCG News
00:28:02 Covenant News
00:31:53 Main Topic: How to Start a Community

00:09:03 "Let's Cover the News"
00:09:35 Earthborne Games News
00:18:39 Sorcery TCG News
00:40:40 Warlord TCG News
00:41:45 Covenant News
00:50:49 Main Topic: Say Less

A great game can happen anywhere two people want to gather. With breweries, libraries, and community centers opening their doors to tabletop, what can an LGS do to become that preferred third space?