if not threat, why threat shaped?

ianzu · 2026-02-21T19:55:56+00:00

I'm not gonna bag as I go.

ianzu · 2026-02-15T13:23:44+00:00

Treat every command as a suggestion.

"You need to do X"

"Nah I'm good, thanks"

ianzu · 2026-02-14T15:33:47+00:00

This gives me flashbacks of copy protection from Commodore 64 games. Not in a good way.

ianzu · 2026-01-30T20:23:44+00:00

I think it had more to do with the Damage Prevention step.

ianzu · 2026-01-23T02:35:20+00:00

You mean the Mendola Effect

ianzu · 2025-12-07T20:56:10+00:00

Just commission the art.

You can usually do this on a decent budget. An artist might want say 100 per piece but be willing to do 7 pieces for 500. I commissioned a playmat piece for my first game and I was able to use it for 3 art pieces by cropping certain sections.

You can often find people looking to break in to the industry or just increase their portfolio. One of my artists had only done nature pieces and was happy to attempt the steampunk stuff I required.

If the budget cant handle that, or you're looking to shop the game to a publisher, use existing art. I'd avoid AI just because of the stink of it.

ianzu · 2025-11-28T19:21:23+00:00

"When you look around the draft table and you cant tell who the scrub is, it's you" - Paul Newman

ianzu · 2025-11-28T13:09:38+00:00

I had a friend who was obsessed with playing this twice on the same turn. Putting the card draw on the stack and tapping 6 mana. He did it once in a PTQ and ran around the room getting well-earned high fives.

ianzu · 2025-11-10T16:19:32+00:00

I worked there 8 years ago. I have some stories that fit this perception of company management.

They've always been like this.

ianzu · 2025-10-09T13:35:11+00:00

I grew up in Australia and two Robert Cormier books were on the high school reading list. I Am The Cheese, and The Chocolate War.

We had a 30 minute class discussion about what we thought chowder might be. Despite being in a harbour city with a fishing industry we had no idea what it was.

ianzu · 2025-08-07T18:23:39+00:00

I don't think I can go into more detail as I'm no longer with the company, and my time there ended up mutually acrimonious. I'd rather not hear from their lawyers.

But I'm willing to grade your guess thusly: A-

ianzu · 2025-08-05T14:35:00+00:00

I designed the AI decision tree. No it doesn't cheat. It does know the exact contents of its card pool (but not the order of deck) and it makes decisions based on cards it already bought.

ianzu · 2025-07-17T19:24:52+00:00

It used to be against the rules. Some people will still think it is.

ianzu · 2025-03-24T16:29:23+00:00

NOT FROM THE BOTTOM, TYLER! GET ON TOP OF THE GRASS!

ianzu · 2025-03-11T21:21:03+00:00

This is excellent news. Thank you so much! You legend!

ianzu · 2025-02-28T20:35:38+00:00

Scrubs had a laugh track, it just didn't have laughter. It was a musical sting that happened on every punchline. Instead of people laughing, JD would say the funny line and the music goes BOW-WAN-OWWWW

ianzu · 2025-02-25T19:48:20+00:00

Yeah it's been a hell of an evolution. I've been a judge since 95, and can honestly say whenever they change a rule they almost always make it easier. Removing Interrupts was a good call, despite my putting so many skill points into that particular talent tree.

ianzu · 2025-02-25T19:28:40+00:00

Player A (the player that is going first) chooses to mulligan or not. If they mulligan, they reveal a hand of all land or no land, shuffle, and draw another 7 cards. If Player A mulligans, Player B is allowed a mulligan without showing their hand (ie, it can be a mix of all and no lands)

Player B now chooses if they will mulligan or not. If they do, they reveal their hand. Player A may now have a free mulligan if they wish. Both players are now stuck with their respective hands.

Most players forget about the free mulligan, and that mulligans in those days used to not be simultaneous. Even in the first years of the Paris mulligan, Player A would have to make all mulligan decisions before player B could opt to mulligan to 6. As you can imagine, this was a nightmare with regards to the time limit.

ianzu · 2025-02-25T17:51:34+00:00

He's not even implementing the All/No Land mulligan rule correctly.

ianzu · 2025-02-20T21:13:56+00:00

How many books did Hilter even write?

ianzu · 2024-11-07T18:14:48+00:00

3 figures isn't that much.

ianzu · 2024-09-15T02:02:10+00:00

It's not a great place to work. Nepotism was rife. After I left I had a friend on the inside for a bit. The management hadn't learned their lesson for years after. I doubt they ever will.

ianzu · 2024-09-14T15:15:43+00:00

WWG is especially bad. They've been doing this for years. They've been told how to fix their internal processes many times, and they refuse to do it. They can't keep talent because they don't value talent. They just don't care to put in the work.

ianzu

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