Board Stalls and Cube Design

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Andy and Anthony talk about board stalls and Cube. They talk about what they don’t like about this particular genera of board state. They theorize about some aspects of a cube’s design would lead to more stalls, and ways they might, as a designer, try to minimize them.

This weeks topic was suggested by listener MZ. Thanks, MZ!

Discussed in this episode:

• Lucky Paper Cube Events Page
• Sam Black’s article describing “big” and “small” games
• Bun Magic Cube
• Sacred Geometry
• 100 Ornithopters
• Neoclassical Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:01 - Andy’s Pool Adventure
• 4:14 - Board Stalls
• 18:33 - Who’s the Beatdown?
• 22:35 - Equilibrium
• 26:10 - Creature Sizing
• 30:11 - Evasion
• 31:40 - Combat Tricks and Friends
• 33:12 - Equipment
• 35:42 - 2 for 1s and Big vs Small Games
• 42:00 - Great Game in Sacred Geometry
• 44:32 - Ornithopters and Neutral States
• 49:18 - Milling Out
• 55:15 - Conclusion