Episode 38 - The Second Episode of the Trilogy
Ned and Parker talk Trilogy Format, our second episode on the topic!
Ned and Parker talk Trilogy Format, our second episode on the topic!
This episode is long and bad, but Parker's earned it!
Ned and Parker welcome Ben from Unlimited Limited to talk about card evaluation in a limited context and the unexpected richness of the Minneapolis Top 8.Unlimited Limited: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlimitedLimitedSWU
How many episodes do we have to record before Ned wanders into an iconic Star Wars phrase by accident? Ned Math says one of the sets is worse than the others! How wordy is JTL? Is The Force #StarWarsUnlimited's first novel mechanic?
What is the deal with keywords? What is the deal with rogue decks? Ned and Parker blather on and on and on.
Ned wants to talk about Nash Equilibria and Metagames, and Parker struggles to count down from 10. I think this is the core of our show.
What do these two things have in common? Absolutely nothing! It's segment after segment after segment, dear listener! We've got math, we've got TCG theory, we've got practical jokes. This episode has it all!
What does Ned think about Tyler's article on Year 2 balance? What does Parker think about four more months of podcasting with Ned? FIND OUT.
We're a bit late to the party, but we're here to talk about Jump to Lightspeed base math. And then, there's only one person who can talk about Ned Math. And it's Parker
Ned was on KBOO Community Radio talking about board games! Also, we talk about other stuff. Ned on KBOO: https://kboo.org/media/125231-playtesting-ned-damon Browser Article: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/ swudb.net: swudb.net
Is Twilight wordier than Shadows? Ned and Parker talk applied sideboarding in anticipation of Parker's BIG WIN at the Portland PQ. - KTOD John Tatta SCG Con Columnbus 2K: https://swudb.com/deck/view/oKfgGWcPQbdz - PQ Bologna: https://swudb.com/deck/view/IuTwGYSAwH - PQ Sao Paulo: https://swudb.com/deck/view/AefcrsDdSleJ
What better way to celebrate SWU Year's Eve than listening to Ned and Parker talk about lesser known Star City Games articles from the past?
Ned talks about PAX Unplugged and then we talk about the tiny things we hope to see in 2025 for SWU.
What were the most unloved cards in Shadows? What are the most popular leaders so far in Twilight? What does a bad math segment look like? STICK AROUND AND FIND OUT. (Our audio quality is better than ever, but Parker finally sat down and learned Squadcast/Descript, which left no time for charts or visual lists. The graphs - as always - are over on Ned's github, found at our website. There's no handy image grab of the Top 10 to post on Discord.) theforceunlimited.com...
For Twilight of the Republic: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. theforceunlimited.com Ned's Borrowed Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/sTBuHjAp Parker's Borrowed Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/DJPVUbQPAd
Ned and Parker are back! It's mostly math. So much math. But it's user-submitted questions getting answered with math! theforceunlimited.com
Ned and Parker interview Alicia and Tyler at PAX West. theforceunlimited.com
Ned and Parker talk about Drafting the Hard Way and Drafting the Correct Way. Then we revisit Ned Math: Are rarer cards better than more common ones? Drafting the Correct Way, by Paolo Vitor Dama di Rosa: https://www.threeforonetrading.com/en/drafting-the-correct-way Drafting the Hard Way, by Ben Stark: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/Stark-Reality-Drafting-the-Hard-Way/397b71cd-11d4-4644-9e77-5c08846d30c0/
Ned and Parker talk about mapping boxes, the importance of removal effects, and what the Top 10 Leaders on swudb were in the first week of Shadows of the Galaxy for #starwarsunlimited theforceunlimited.com
Ned and Parker talk about mapping boxes, the importance of removal effects, and what the Top 10 Leaders on swudb were in the first week of Shadows of the Galaxy for #starwarsunlimited
Ned and Parker get married! What does that have to do with Shadows of the Galaxy? theforceunlimited.com
Oh no, Ned and Parker are arguing! Don't worry, Dear Listener, it's a bit. Ned and Parker take sides regarding various facets of the first set of Star Wars: Unlimited. (Apologies for the audio, life is life.)
Ned and Parker run through a blitz of subjects to short to merit segments of their own. Then Ned takes his first pass at Shadows math. https://www.theforceunlimited.com
After talking about Parker's showdown experience, Ned and Parker talk Lines of play, and Heuristics for play. https://theforceunlimited.com
Ned and Parker talk about Winston, Two-Headed Dragon, Padawan and Youngling, Cube, and what the hell is going on with Pokemon formats. https://theforceunlimited.com...
Parker has questions about "niche" keywords. Ned and Parker talk "better" versus "strictly better". Then Ned talks through the math of 4 card Turn 2 super-combos. https://theforceunlimited.com
Ned dives in to the Twickenham results and has thoughts about Boba. Parker talks about girl scout cookies. One of these men is shouldering the entire TFU brand. https://theforceunlimited.com
As Parker nears a complete collection of Spark of Rebellion, Ned talks about how insufferable people with full collections are and gives advice on how to maximize your investment in Star Wars: Unlimited if you're not going to spend a lot of money. https://theforceunlimited.com
Ned and Parker sit down with FFG Dev Ryan Serrano to talk about designing Star Wars: Unlimited. https://theforceunlimited.com
The quarter zip gang talks about playing for expression versus playing to win. Parker walks through his thoughts on strategies for the prerelease and Ned tries to get a word in edgewise. https://theforceunlimited.com Parker's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/IyCkyqhDeRof Ned's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/BgEtqIcKyqb