Episode 50 – Ten Things Every Game Needs

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Show Notes 

• Ben and Josh discuss the ‘Ten things every game needs’ by Mark Rosewater and a whole bunch of good and bad examples.  
• Intro/follow-up (0-22:43) 
  • Disc Golf World Championship 2021 FINAL HOLE MADNESS 
  • Assume spherical cow of uniform density 
  • Watch: Black Widow NOT: WW84 
• Bad at Husbanding & Josh vs. bureaucracy (22:43-41:34) 
  • To Be Honest by Michael Leviton 
  • Why pull forward in the drive thru? 
  • Refusers to pull forward UNITE! 
• Bad at Magic (41:34-55:43) 
  • MTGA Mirror Mirror event 
  • Eye of Judgement for Playstation 3 
  • Poker Terminology in Magic – an article by Ben Rich 
• Bad at Logic (55:43-58:25) 
  • Logical Fallacy: Appeal to Emotion 
• Bad at English (58:25-1:01:05) 
  • Swings and Roundabouts: n. gains and losses that offset each other 
• The 10 things every game needs by Mark Rosewater (1:01:05-end) 
  • The source article(s) by Mark Rosewater 
  • Josh’s article on ‘How to introduce board games’ to your friends 
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