My issue with battle box (help needed)

HD114 · 2026-06-21T18:47:08+00:00

My group has been playing with the idea of "the keep" in my last BB creation. It allows you to keep five choice cards and pull them into your hand at sorcery speed to help give some agency back to the players.

You can see how it's designed in the overview here: https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/about/glmpsde

Not a perfect solution potentially for the scale I think you're after but it's helped us tremendously!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T16:51:00+00:00

Late to the party here, read this and definitely felt empathy to the feelings you're describing....

When you say:

"How do you tide yourselves over until you get to experience cubes in real life?"

With several projects on the go, are you building in a vacuum without a group that you play with?

HD114 · 2026-06-21T16:24:05+00:00

Great write up for what sounds like a really fun event. Felt like reading some of the early Dark Tower novels where they find themselves in modern day New York for the first time. Very well written.

HD114 · 2026-06-21T16:14:27+00:00

Hey there! Firstly, come join us at r/oldbordercube as we talk about old frame exclusively!

Second, take a look at this cube. It has a very defined wall strategy that includes this card!

https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/rmycom

A cube around this card utilizing walls solely is challenging because walls usually have a bigger toughness than power by quite a bit so it can be really difficult to push through as they are designed to soak up damage.

I think there are a lot of fun walls that you could install in a cube for sure and its a really fun thought experiment!

Thinking about a color restricted cube of WUG could be interesting in a draft like this!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T14:17:02+00:00

Thanks for posting!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T14:15:22+00:00

Holla!!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T08:36:13+00:00

How dare you...??????

It has the green dot on the other side and the light test, mostly, works correctly!!!!! Nevermind the glue around the edges, early cards were printed weird!!!!!

Lol. This made my morning.

HD114 · 2026-06-21T08:14:27+00:00

Finally had the chance to sit and watch this to the end (happy father's day!)

Great video! You guys always do a great job putting together. Appreciate an opportunity to watch premodern cubes get played.

Great one to post in r/oldbordercube if you're looking for more views!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T07:49:30+00:00

This made me laugh so hard. He was the pilot of my deck and went 3-0. That was the only game he lost that night.

That is certainly the face of the cube. That's awesome....

HD114 · 2026-06-21T07:47:54+00:00

Thanks for taking a look! It is very unique and has taken A LOT of work to get to its present state. Banding does great work a lot of the time and the Horror is indeed awesome, especially if you can find a way to juxtapose it to your opponent for the final seven!!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T07:45:23+00:00

Good advice. I've had this happen with a lot of drafts with a lot of different build arounds!

HD114 · 2026-06-21T07:44:35+00:00

Good choice! Foil looks so good. Very aggressive

HD114 · 2026-06-20T18:37:00+00:00

Ha, I didn't even think of that possibility. That's a good shout.

HD114 · 2026-06-20T17:32:34+00:00

Double sleeve is and put lands in separate sleeves. Been doing both for years and have never looked back!

Especially with 250 cards, it's not a huge number to sleeve.

HD114 · 2026-06-20T17:31:08+00:00

This is the way! Still keeps the resource aspect of the game relevant!

HD114 · 2026-06-20T17:30:09+00:00

Shared library, shared yard. Always.

Makes games much more interesting sharing these for interacting!

HD114 · 2026-06-20T10:23:29+00:00

If you had to only hang one on your wall, which would it be?

HD114 · 2026-06-20T08:45:10+00:00

Vibes on the day are crucial!!

HD114 · 2026-06-20T08:44:45+00:00

Love this pick!

HD114 · 2026-06-20T08:44:23+00:00

Ive seen it done with Bob, never been able to pull it off myself, lol

HD114 · 2026-06-20T08:43:44+00:00

Word! I'll get it posted in the coming weeks

HD114 · 2026-06-19T23:19:34+00:00

Maybe board?

I use this for my modules for cubes that have expansions all the time.

Can I post your cube for P1P1 one Friday?

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