Best Rosewater Podcasts (2024)

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#1188: The History of Magic Design, Part 7 32:12

14m ago32:12

32:12

This episode is part seven of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1187: Foundations Starter Collection Design with Carmen Klomparens 34:51

15m ago34:51

34:51

In this podcast, I sit down with Carmen Klomparens, lead designer of the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Starter Collection, to talk about the design of the product.By Mark Rosewater

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#1186: The History of Magic Design, Part 6 34:07

23m ago34:07

34:07

This episode is part six of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1185: Foundations Design with Bryan Hawley 41:12

37m ago41:12

41:12

In this podcast, I sit down with Foundations's Lead Set Designer Bryan Hawley to talk about the design of the set's product suite.By Mark Rosewater

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#1184: The History of Magic Design, Part 5 32:25

5d ago32:25

32:25

This episode is part five of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1183: Graveyard Mechanics 35:03

5d ago35:03

35:03

In this podcast, I go through all the mechanics that interact with the graveyard in some way.By Mark Rosewater

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#1182: The History of Magic Design, Part 4 30:51

19d ago30:51

30:51

This episode is part four of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1181: Backwards Compatibility 30:36

12d ago30:36

30:36

When we design new Magic cards and mechanics, we have to be conscious of how those cards will play with the cards and mechanics that already exist. In this podcast, I talk about what we do to make sure they play well together.By Mark Rosewater

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#1180: The History of Magic Design, Part 3 31:53

28d ago31:53

31:53

This episode is part three of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1179: Cardcrafting 30:54

19d ago30:54

30:54

Once a week, the Magic designers get together to talk through technical design issues. That meeting is called "Cardcrafting," and I talk about it in this podcast.By Mark Rosewater

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#1178: The History of Magic Design, Part 2 31:21

28d ago31:21

31:21

This episode is part two of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1177: 2023–24 Mechanics Review 37:45

28d ago37:45

37:45

In this episode, I take all the sets I talked about in my "State of Design 2024" article (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ through Modern Horizons 3) and walk through every new mechanic with my personal thoughts on them and what we've learned about them.By Mark Rosewater

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#1176: The History of Magic Design, Part 1 31:18

1M ago31:18

31:18

This episode is part one of an eight-part series where I go through the entire history of Magic design to talk about design evolution over the years.By Mark Rosewater

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#1175: Duskmourn Worldbuilding with Emily Teng 29:47

1M ago29:47

29:47

In this episode, I sit down with Emily Teng, the Duskmourn: House of Horror worldbuilding lead, to talk about the creation of this brand-new plane.By Mark Rosewater

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#1174: The Un- Line 31:41

1M ago31:41

31:41

In this podcast, I talk about what divides normal Eternal-legal Magic mechanics from silver-bordered and acorn mechanics.By Mark Rosewater

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#1173: Duskmourn Set Design with Jules Robins 33:40

2M ago33:40

33:40

In this podcast, I sit down with Jules Robins, lead set designer of Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the design of the set.By Mark Rosewater

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#1172: Lessons Learned – March of the Machine 33:44

2M ago33:44

33:44

This is another episode in my "Lessons Learned" series where I look back at sets I led or co-led and walk through the many lessons I learned from doing the design. In this podcast, I talk about what I learned designing March of the Machine.By Mark Rosewater

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#1171: Duskmourn Art with Ovidio Cartagena 30:51

2M ago30:51

30:51

In this podcast, I sit down with Ovidio Cartagena, the art director for Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the visual look of the set.By Mark Rosewater

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#1170: Duskmourn Vision Design with Annie Sardelis 29:04

2M ago29:04

29:04

In this podcast, I sit down with Annie Sardelis, the lead vision designer of Duskmourn: House of Horror, to talk about the early design of the set. Annie also led the design of the set's Commander decks, so we talk about those as well.By Mark Rosewater

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#1169: Borders and Frames 31:57

2M ago31:57

31:57

In this podcasts, I talk about the history of various Magic card borders and frames.By Mark Rosewater

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Episode 3 - Ancillary Justice 1:41:38

2M ago1:41:38

1:41:38

I'm warning you with peace, love and crab Shonalika and Adam talk about Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (and also the rest of the Imperial Radch trilogy) Strong spoilers from the very beginning. Shona's stuff // Adam's blog

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#1168: The Nadu Situation 33:55

2M ago33:55

33:55

We banned a card this week that stirred up a lot of talk. I then wrote a blog entry on it that stirred up additional talk. This podcast is me explaining the issue with the extra context that having 30 minutes to talk provides.By Mark Rosewater

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#1167: Ally and Enemy 30:22

2M ago30:22

30:22

In this podcast, I explore why the colors are allies with those next to them in the color pie and enemies with those across.By Mark Rosewater

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Ep 13 | Masquerade: The Historical Fantasy Novel You NEED To Read! 18:19

2M ago18:19

18:19

We're back with another episode of Flip the Page. On the menu for today is a historical fantasy novel, Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi. We'll be discussing love, power and power dynamics. Masquerade is a historical fantasy novel set in a reimagined 15th century West Africa, loosely based on the myth of Persephone. Òdòdó, the main character of the stor…

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#1166: State of Design 2024 32:05

3M ago32:05

32:05

Each August, I write an article where I review the last year's worth of Magic design. This podcast looks into the history and philosophy behind these articles.By Mark Rosewater

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#1165: Bloomburrow Art Direction with Zack Stella 27:52

2M ago27:52

27:52

In this podcast, I sit down with Zack Stella, Bloomburrow's art director, to talk about the visual look of the set.By Mark Rosewater

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Ep 12 | Little Rot: Antiblackness in the African Diaspora 15:41

3M ago15:41

15:41

Welcome back to Flip the Page. Today's episode, we're getting a bit serious, delving into white supremacy and antiblackness through the concept of "rot" seen in Akwaeke Emezi's, Little Rot. Little Rot weaves the story of five friends, through their point-of-views, as they each come into varying degrees of contact with the elite underbelly of a Nige…

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#1164: Stages of Design 32:06

3M ago32:06

32:06

Thus far, there have been seven stages of Magic design. In this podcast, I walk through each stage and explain the changes each brought to the game.By Mark Rosewater

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#1163: Bloomburrow Worldbuilding with Neale LaPlante Johnson 31:44

3M ago31:44

31:44

In this podcast, I sit down with Neale LaPlante Johnson, the lead worldbuilding designer for Bloomburrow, to talk about the making of the plane.By Mark Rosewater

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Ep 11 | Somebody's Wife: Colorism in Romance... Shall We Discuss? 12:30

3M ago12:30

12:30

Welcome back to Flip the Page. We're back with episode 11 of the pod, talking about Robbie Renee's 'Somebody's Wife', and y'all.. this is not what I want... this is not what I planned. I was so ready to get elbows deep in a good ole cheating trope, yet here we are instead, discussing colorism in literature... Somebody's Wife centers around Dr. Jemm…

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#1162: San Diego Comic-Con 2024 33:38

3M ago33:38

33:38

This podcast is all about my trip to this year's San Diego Comic-Con where I ran the Magic panel.By Mark Rosewater

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#1161: Bloomburrow Play Design with Jadine Klomparens 28:29

3M ago28:29

28:29

I sit down with Play Designer Jadine Klomparens to talk about the play design of Bloomburrow.By Mark Rosewater

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Ep 10 | The Neighbor Favor: Quest For A Good Straight Black Romance 13:40

3M ago13:40

13:40

Welcome back to Flip the Page. We're back with episode 10, where we'll be tapping into The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest. This may or may not be the beginning of a sub-series to find peak straight Black romance reads... stay tuned. The Neighbor Favor is an adult contemporary romance book centered on Lily Greene, a 25-year-old Black woman, curre…

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#1160: Hand Matters 29:26

3M ago29:26

29:26

In this podcast, I talk about the various ways we can make the hand matter mechanically.By Mark Rosewater

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#1159: Batching 31:51

3M ago31:51

31:51

In this podcast, I talk about the design technique of making a new theme by combining numerous mechanical themes.By Mark Rosewater

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Ep 9 | Rosewater: A Sapphic Best Friends to Lovers Read 26:26

3M ago26:26

26:26

Welcome back to episode 9 of Flip the Page. Today, we're going to be digging through a Black sapphic romance book and the best friends to lovers trope. Rosewater by Liv Little is a Black sapphic romance that tells the story of Elsie, a 28-year-old aspiring poet, living in London, who has struggled finding a stable home ever since she was sixteen an…

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