Are you prepared to deal with all the "dude that card did NOT deserve to get removed" comments for Cornucopia/Guilds 2E?
I've got my bunker stocked.
How do you feel when a playtester suggests something, you try it, and immediately realize it’s no good? (Spoilers for the Rising Sun secret history: this happened all the time.)
The main thing is just, you know that happens constantly with my own ideas too; I'm not friendlier to those. You don't see all of them but man. So you know, I don't want someone to feel bad, but what can you do, there's work to be done.
What’s the secret history of inviting DZ as a playtester? I know the story from my perspective but what’s the story from your perspective?
Sometimes it seems like, there aren't enough people playtesting or commenting. I look for people who have positive characteristics for the job. They talk a lot, know things, are into the game. I was eyeballing you as a potential playtester, but there wasn't any Dominion playtesting going on. Then I invited you anyway. Then you played lots of Moon Colony Bloodbath, it worked out great.
What’s it like creating card mixes for the mix tournaments? Do you get initial feedback on the mix from playtesters/whoever wants to moderate the mix?
Usually I just make the list. Sometimes the tournament runner wants to mess with it a little. Rarely has there been any other input. Sometimes Cave says "that's just 74 cards."
It's fun making lists. I put in everything obvious, then either I need to find more stuff the mix can do, or now I'm worried about how many villages etc. I have. In the end I know the mix will work, because playing with random cards works. There's not a lot of risk here, it's just the joy of lists. And then, seeing games played with this particular environment of cards.
What’s your favorite Dominion emoji on the discord?
They're not really my scene. Wine Merchant is pretty appropriate, a successful emote.