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They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 3: Ikoria Premier Draft

May 13, 2020 by Dave

Umori the Collector

Dennis and Dave take another spin through an Ikoria draft on Magic Arena, both of whom have had their win percentages drop a bit in the format. Can they cycle through up against the best deck in the format to ooze their way to victory?

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Tagged With: ikoria, ikoria: lair of behemoths, Magic Arena

They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 2: Ikoria Premier Draft

April 27, 2020 by Dave

Gyruda Doom of Depths

Dennis and Dave are back with their quarantine looks to try out one of the best companion creatures in Limited. Can they EVEN make Gyruda work? Or are the ODDS against them?

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Tagged With: ikoria, ikoria: lair of behemoths, Magic Arena, Magic: the Gathering

They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 1: Ikoria Premier Draft

April 21, 2020 by Dave

Mythos of Snapdax

The new set Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths is out, and draftable against other people on Magic Arena. But they are all still but one head, whereas Dennis and Dave are two.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Tagged With: ikoria, ikoria: lair of behemoths, Magic Arena, magic the gathering

They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 0: Magic Arena Sealed Cube

April 15, 2020 by Dave

They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 0: Arena Cube Sealed

We’ve come up with a new video series called “They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants.” In it, we’ll play games on Magic: the Gathering Arena together, and compare it against our records when playing solo.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Tagged With: Magic Arena, Magic: the Gathering

Interview: Rob Heinsoo on “13th Age”

November 7, 2013 by Mike Shea

On November 5th, Mike Shea of SlyFlourish interviewed Rob Heinsoo, one of the lead designers of 13th Age, live on Google Hangouts.

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 13 true ways, 13th Age, DM advice, gm advice, icons

Steve Townshend on Adventure Design Podcast

March 19, 2012 by Mike Shea

Mike Shea of Sly Flourish and Steve Townshend, freelance WotC designer and trained actor, discuss the ins and outs of great adventure design in this most recent Critical Hits podcast.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Interviews, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, adventure design, heroes of the feywild, improvisation, madness at gardmore abbey, monster manual 3, monster vault, NPCs

Critical Hits Podcast #34: The Id DM and the Psychology of D&D

January 23, 2012 by Mike Shea

Mike Shea of Sly Flourish and Michael Mallen, practicing psychologist and author of the Id DM D&D blog, discuss the psychology of the gaming table. This podcast discusses some of Mallen’s excellent studies into the mind of the players and the dungeon master and statistical studies of the Penny Arcade D&D podcasts.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, DM advice, psychology

Critical Hits Podcast #33: Erik Scott De Bie and Mike Shea on Sandbox Gaming

December 23, 2011 by Mike Shea

Mike Shea and Erik Scott De Bie talk sandbox gaming, specifically in Dungeons & Dragons 4e.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, DM advice, planning, sandbox, sandbox gaming

Critical Hits Podcast #32: Mike Shea and Dave Chalker on Epic Tier Play

November 3, 2011 by Dave

Mike Shea and Dave Chalker talk about running epic tier games in D&D 4e.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, DM advice, epic tier

Critical Hits Podcast #31: Quinn Murphy and Mike Shea on Skill Challenges

September 12, 2011 by Mike Shea

Mike Shea of Sly Flourish talks to Quinn Murphy of At-Will about skill challenges. Learn the top 3 tips for effective skill challenges. Get the hot button questions answered like when to say or hide the fact that players are in a skill challenge, how do you write up skill challenges, how to add interesting choices into skill challenges, how to engage players in a skill challenge, using skill challenges in combat, and much more.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, DM advice, skill challenges

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