Ep. 122: Forest Shuffle & card cost curves

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 Pat Flannery

Today we’re reviewing Tony’s favorite game of GenCon, Forest Shuffle, a small box game card game with a big deck and an even bigger depth of play.

Then, we’re discussing Card Cost Curves, how games with large decks structure the costs and benefits of their cards.

0:52 FYFE
2:59 Nucleum
3:33 Barrage
4:49 Brass, Gaia Project
6:10 Underwater Cities
8:13 Hallertau, Discordia, Hadrian’s Wall, Tapestry
11:27 Federation
17:05 FEATURE REVIEW – Forest Shuffle
28:51 Race for the Galaxy
36:42 Living Forest, Meadow, Ecosystem
36:59 Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars
38:06 Race for the Galaxy
44:54 FEATURE DISCUSSION – Card Cost Curves & Power
48:19 Ark Nova
53:39 Blood Rage
54:33 Magic the Gathering
58:16 Ark Nova: Marine
59:35 Forest Shuffle
1:02:10 Tyrants of the Underdark, Earth
01:02:45 Fit to Print, Point City, Deep Dive

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