Board Stalls and Cube Design

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Andy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a cube’s design would lead to more stalls, and ways they might, as a designer, try to minimize them.
This weeks topic was suggested by listener MZ. Thanks, MZ!
Discussed in this episode:
• Lucky Paper Cube Events Page (luckypaper.co/community/events)
• Sam Black’s article describing “big” and “small” games (articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering…)
• Bun Magic Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/about/andymangold?view=primer)
• Sacred Geometry (cubecobra.com/cube/about/sacred-geometry?view=…)
• 100 Ornithopters (cubecobra.com/cube/about/100-ornithopters?view…)
• Neoclassical Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/about/neoclassical?view=pri…)
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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:
• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/andymangold)
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube (cubecobra.com/cube/overview/regular)
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty (facebook.com/jamesnasty).
Timestamps
• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:01 - Andy’s Pool Adventure
• 4:14 - Board Stalls
• 18:33 - Who’s the Beatdown?
• 22:35 - Equilibrium
• 26:10 - Creature Sizing
• 30:11 - Evasion
• 31:40 - Combat Tricks and Friends
• 33:12 - Equipment
• 35:42 - 2 for 1s and Big vs Small Games
• 42:00 - Great Game in Sacred Geometry
• 44:32 - Ornithopters and Neutral States
• 49:18 - Milling Out
• 55:15 - Conclusion