Join Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater as he shares stories, insights, and more while driving to work. Listen and learn more about how Magic is made!
1182 episodes transcribedIn this podcast, I talk about the early design of Outlaws of Thunder Junction.
Before I get into Outlaws of Thunder Junction, I see if I can name every non-core expansion set in order with a bit of trivia about each one....
During my MagicCon: Chicago talk where I listed my top 20 mechanics of all time, I also showed a slide for my top 20 evergreen mechanics and...
During my MagicCon: Chicago talk where I listed my top 20 mechanics of all time, I also showed a slide for my top 20 evergreen mechanics and...
In this podcast, I explain what it was like to play Magic in 1993.
In this podcast, I share what Magic R&D refers to as the "elephant in boots" problems and how we work to solve it.
This is my third podcast in a three-part series talking about the 20 best non-evergreen mechanics of all time. It's based on a talk I gave at...
This is the second of a three-part series talking about the 20 best non-evergreen mechanics of all time. It's based on a talk I gave at Magic...
Recently at MagicCon: Chicago, I did a talk called "The 20 Best Mechanics of All Time," which you can watch here. This podcast covers part on...
In this podcast, I talk about my time at last weekend's MagicCon: Chicago.
Ten years ago, I released a podcast on playtesting, but a lot has changed. In this podcast, I look at how we playtest today.
In this podcast, I talk about the importance of synergy in Magic design.
We spend a long time designing sets, constantly improving on every aspect possible. But how and when do we decide to step away? In this podca...
In this podcast, I talk about the basics of designing puzzles.
In this podcast, I look back at the advertising of the first ten years of Magic.
In this podcast, I sit down with Andrew Brown, co-lead set designer on Murders at Karlov Manor, to talk about the making of the set.
In this podcast, I pay tribute to longtime Magic designer Erik Lauer who recently retired.
In this podcast, I sit down with designer and puzzle-builder extraordinaire Mark Gottlieb to talk about the making of the puzzles for Murders...
In this podcast, I tell the design story of Murders at Karlov Manor.
In this podcast, I talk about many of the products we've introduced to help teach people how to play and walk through how our philosophy abou...
