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  • Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 20

    Thinking Beyond Mechanisms Ep 20


    Welcome!

    Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the hows and whys of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as well as discuss game history, game design and game players.

    We post a new Ludology episode every other week. In these episodes, hosts Erica Bouyouris and Sen-Foong Lim deep-dive into a single topic within game design, often with a well-regarded guest from the game industry. We generally focus on tabletop game design (mainly board games and RPGs), but we often pull in experts from all forms of games, from video games to escape rooms to slot machines.

    On weeks where there is no flagship Ludology episode, we will alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are happy to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids will be joining us for the next year, providing additional content between our longer episodes.

    Sarah’s segment, Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, is a monthly feature that dives deeper into the other aspects of games beyond the dice and cards we’re all familiar with.

    Stephanie’s segment, TTRPGKids, explores how parents and teachers can use role playing games with children in the home and in the classroom.

    We hope you enjoy the additional content!

    Our History

    We aim for most Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you are welcome to explore our entire catalog. Most of it should age quite well. The podcast was started in 2011 by Geoff Engelstein and Ryan Sturm, with Mike Fitzgerald taking over for Ryan in 2015. Gil and Scott joined the show in 2017 when Mike stepped aside, and Emma joined in 2019 when Geoff ended his tenure as host. Emma left in 2021, and Erica and Sen joined us. Since then, Scott stepped down in 2022 and Gil will be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to carry on this amazing legacy.

    Erica and Sen are working to bring new voices to Ludology and have some great things to announce as gaming expands to include even more people!

    Contact Us 

    Have your own thoughts about our topics? We encourage you to visit us at our guild on Boardgamegeek to get involved in a continuing discussion.

    You can also email us at hello@ludology.net.

    Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.

    If you have questions that you’d like answered on Ludology, let us know by filling out this Google Form; you can also leave an audio question that we can use on the show, if you wish! 

    Burning Questions for Ludology

    Burning Question

    Support the Show

    Ludology is made possible through the support and donations of listeners like you.

    We currently have 3 “First Listen” series that will go out to Patrons well in advance of the audio being released to the wider audience.

    • The Memories that Made Us (monthly) – memories about gaming experiences that helped shape the people that bring modern games to life
    • Tales from the Designer Toolbox (monthly) – tips and tricks from industry pros learned from both success and failure
    • Ludology Live – recordings from conventions around the world

    Patrons will also get extra consideration for any giveaways that we might have!

    Become a Ludology Patron

    Become a patron

    You can also make a one-time or monthly donation here. The link will take you to Erica’s account. People who donate in this way will not have access to the Patreon page – sorry!





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  • How could an online Checkers players to use AI to cheat in real-time?


    I’ve been playing Checkers on CardGames.io, and I’ve noticed some players make perfect moves instantly, almost as if they’re using a bot or AI to assist them.
    I understand that AI solvers for Checkers (like Chinook or web-based tools) require you to input the current board state before they return the optimal move. But this takes time — so how are these players seemingly:

    • Reading the board state immediately
    • Sending it to a solver
    • And executing the move without any delay

    How could a player be getting AI solver moves so quickly?

    For example, are they using browser extensions, scripts, or something else to automate the reading of the board and feeding it to an engine? How technically difficult would it be to pull off without the site detecting it?



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  • Why are enemy color pairs less "cohesive"?


    It seems to be common knowledge that enemy color pairs in Magic have less synergy than allied pairs. As an example, the highest score question on the site, What are the names for Magic's different colour combinations?, asserts without explanation that allied color pairs have "higher deck cohesion". Then it repeats this claim in explaining why wedges are generally less often seen than shards. But I don’t really understand why. It seems to me that every color pair offers something different, and many enemy color pairs seem very cohesive to me. The current meta in multiple formats seems to support this.

    In standard the most popular deck right now according to MTG Goldfish is Izzet Prowess. And the 2 most popular modern decks are Boros Energy and Izzet Prowess.

    I haven’t played much Canadian Highlander, but watching LRR’s North 100 podcast, it seems Jeskai is the most powerful color combination in that format.

    It doesn’t seem like an outlier when multiple formats of varying power levels are dominated by enemy color pairs and wedges. Izzet Prowess seems like a very synergistic deck built off the payoff for slinging a lot of cheap spells. Boros Energy in Modern seems built off the back of several very powerful cards some of which happen to have Energy. But to me, Red and White offer a lot to each other. Red provides reach in the form of direct damage and card selection with rummage/impulse draw effects, while White is a better at going wide and gives non-damage based removal to deal with high toughness or non-creature threats.

    Perhaps I am somewhat conflating power and cohesion, as my examples rely on high performing decks. And I do want to acknowledge that there is a bit of a bias with my examples, perhaps Boros and especially Izzet are just particularly well suited to each other among enemy pairs. However, other color pairs seem similarly synergistic to me. Simic pairs the card draw of Blue with the ramp of Green for a powerful big mana deck. Orzhov pairs the go wide power of White with the sacrifice theme of Black to be the backbone of many aristocrats builds. Golgari pairs the powerful mill and graveyard effects of Green and Black giving a powerful, recursive engine. All the enemy color pairs have a very solid synergy built in, in my opinion.

    So can someone please explain where this seemingly common conception that allied pairs are more "cohesive" comes from?



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  • Ludology 342 Games on the Big Screen

    Ludology 342 Games on the Big Screen


    Welcome!

    Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the hows and whys of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as well as discuss game history, game design and game players.

    We post a new Ludology episode every other week. In these episodes, hosts Erica Bouyouris and Sen-Foong Lim deep-dive into a single topic within game design, often with a well-regarded guest from the game industry. We generally focus on tabletop game design (mainly board games and RPGs), but we often pull in experts from all forms of games, from video games to escape rooms to slot machines.

    On weeks where there is no flagship Ludology episode, we will alternate between two smaller mini-sodes. Erica and Sen are happy to announce that Sarah Shipp of Shippboard Games and Stephanie Campbell of TTRPGKids will be joining us for the next year, providing additional content between our longer episodes.

    Sarah’s segment, Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, is a monthly feature that dives deeper into the other aspects of games beyond the dice and cards we’re all familiar with.

    Stephanie’s segment, TTRPGKids, explores how parents and teachers can use role playing games with children in the home and in the classroom.

    We hope you enjoy the additional content!

    Our History

    We aim for most Ludology episodes to be timeless, so you are welcome to explore our entire catalog. Most of it should age quite well. The podcast was started in 2011 by Geoff Engelstein and Ryan Sturm, with Mike Fitzgerald taking over for Ryan in 2015. Gil and Scott joined the show in 2017 when Mike stepped aside, and Emma joined in 2019 when Geoff ended his tenure as host. Emma left in 2021, and Erica and Sen joined us. Since then, Scott stepped down in 2022 and Gil will be hanging up his mic in 2023, leaving Erica and Sen to carry on this amazing legacy.

    Erica and Sen are working to bring new voices to Ludology and have some great things to announce as gaming expands to include even more people!

    Contact Us 

    Have your own thoughts about our topics? We encourage you to visit us at our guild on Boardgamegeek to get involved in a continuing discussion.

    You can also email us at hello@ludology.net.

    Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.

    If you have questions that you’d like answered on Ludology, let us know by filling out this Google Form; you can also leave an audio question that we can use on the show, if you wish! 

    Burning Questions for Ludology

    Burning Question

    Support the Show

    Ludology is made possible through the support and donations of listeners like you.

    We currently have 3 “First Listen” series that will go out to Patrons well in advance of the audio being released to the wider audience.

    • The Memories that Made Us (monthly) – memories about gaming experiences that helped shape the people that bring modern games to life
    • Tales from the Designer Toolbox (monthly) – tips and tricks from industry pros learned from both success and failure
    • Ludology Live – recordings from conventions around the world

    Patrons will also get extra consideration for any giveaways that we might have!

    Become a Ludology Patron

    Become a patron

    You can also make a one-time or monthly donation here. The link will take you to Erica’s account. People who donate in this way will not have access to the Patreon page – sorry!





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  • What happens when Grond attacks, and then loses his creature status?


    Grond, the Gatebreaker is a 5/5 artifact vehicle with the following text:

    As long as it’s your turn and you control an Army, Grond is an
    artifact creature.

    We were faced with two different scenarios last night, both I think are related. In both scenarios I have Grond, and control a 2/2 Orc Army and no other creatures. Attackers have been declared, and Grond is attacking.

    Scenario 1: Opponent destroys the Orc Army with an instant before blockers are declared. As Grond is now no longer a vehicle, is he still attacking as a 5/5? Or is he removed from combat?

    Scenario 2: Opponent blocks Grond with a grizzly bears equiped with Barrow-Blade. Grond loses all abilities. Presumably, Grond is now "just" an uncrewed vehicle and is removed from combat?

    My guess is both scenarios are essentially the same and Grond is removed from combat. But, wanting confirmation. No rulings on Grond around this issue.



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  • Is a commander send to the command zone by Release to the Wind subject to the commander tax?


    In a Commander game, if my commander would be exiled, I can put it in the command zone instead. And Release to the Wind has the effect

    Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it without paying its mana cost.

    So, if that spell hits my commander, and I choose to put it into the command zone instead of exile, then if I later cast it without paying its mana cost, do I still have to pay the commander tax?



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  • Vraska and layers


    If I have both Vraska, the Silencer and Displaced Dinosaurs in play, and my opponent’s creature dies, then that creature returns as a Treasure artifact. Is that Treasure also a Dinosaur creature?



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  • Can cards that say "deal damage to any target" deal damage to a planeswalker?


    I have a card that says "whenever Karplusan Hound attacks, if you control a Chandra planeswalker, this creature deals 2 damage to any target."

    Does this mean I can target a planeswalker?



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  • What does this card mean in Everdell?

    What does this card mean in Everdell?


    This card confuses me. It’s from the second edition of Everdell.

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    What does it mean? It could be…

    1. Draw two meadow cards. Play one of them for one resource less than it would normally cost.

    2. Draw two meadow cards. Play one of them for one resource (likely less than the original cost of playing that item).

    3. Draw two meadow cards. Play one and gain a free resource. This seems unlikely, but isn’t that what paying -1 resources means?



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  • In Port Royal, if I have a jester and I bust, do I get a coin?


    In Port Royal, if you draw 2 ships of the same color, you bust and "your turn ends", and you don’t get the "trade and hire" phase.

    If you have a jester in your tableau, do you get a coin?

    In my gaming group, we have a disagreement, whether:

    • everyone with a jester gets a coin whenever someone busts
    • other players, but not the active player
    • nobody

    If nobody gets a coin on a bust, then jesters are mostly pointless. But some people say that the first option makes them too powerful.



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