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In this episode, we clarify what we're looking for with new features.  There's a bit of banter about recent gaming activities.Dave and Evan continue with mail and consider Ant Man's global and the value of alternate art cards. Our feature topic - a look at how new players can get started and how existing players can help to guide new players through the early parts of the game.

What are your thoughts on house rules?

I use them in one case - because my wife loves Carcassone, and I don't, so we play with a hand of tiles because I know that she likes it and it adds enjoyment for me. But in general, I don't like house rules and I think using them is actually indicative of a game that you don't like. In fact, my example above is case-in-point - we use the house rule because I don't like the game! Happy wife, happy life after all.

But is that a problem? It shouldn't be, because we have MANY AMAZING games out there! They don't all have to be perfect for me, or you, or anyone.

In this episode, a lot is going on. Dave and Evan catch up on the backlog of mail and announce some new features that will be coming to the site soon. Then we look at a new mechanism for Uncanny X-Men Dice Masters - Heroic Characters. What works, what doesn't, and everything in between - we'll discuss that within.

There's some stuff we want to try, and to do it, we'll need help from YOU, the discriminating Dice Masters gamer. As we're making video a factor, and as it becomes clear from your feedback and emails that stories of playing are FAR more in demand than we realized (and that the podcast has become the primo feature of the site), we want to enhance all of these things.

First, on the podcast - we'll talk about it this week on the show - we want to add a segment sharing stories of thrilling victories and devastating defeats. This is inspired by a contest that we ran, and we thoroughly enjoyed the entries to that. Expect us to ham it up as we tell these stories. Keep it so that the entry can be fully read in about one to two minutes.

Second, for YouTube - a lot of people ask questions about deck construction. I'd like to start a regular video segment where we go with a starting point - one to three cards (characters or actions) that you'd like to see what could be built with them. Whether you're looking for a single card or a combo of cards, that'll be the base that we build on. Maybe there's a theme you want to see made into reality. Maybe you want us to attempt a viable team from utter garbage.

We want to be interactive! We want to share more stories of playing the game! This is about FUN, not just strategy, and that's what we want to emphasize.

Thank you for your support!

AKA, Cat-wearing-headphones-man.




Only a few more videos that you'll have to deal with hand-held-slightly-shaky camera! Huzzah!

Today... Ant Man! Tomorrow... the WORLD! No, not really.

In this episode, Dave and Evan return from the holiday to read a bit of your mail - among other topics, should you feel OK about selling things? We give our thoughts. Then we look at a new mechanism for Uncanny X-Men Dice Masters - Archvillains. What works, what doesn't, and everything in between - we'll discuss that within.

We'll give video a shot again. No intros, no outros, no frills - these are going to be quick impressions, off the cuff stuff. Little to no editing. Thanks for watching!