Flauros the Demon (Wreck This Deck) with Audrey Stolze

Transcripts available at diceexploder.com Don't you hate it when one card in a deck gets a little bent? You ever have someone spill their coffee on your cards while you're playing and wish death upon them? What if I told you there was a game that told you to do these things and worse... on purpose? We're kicking off season 5 of Dice Exploder with two episodes on physicality in games. Today that's Wreck This Deck, and the transgressive feeling you get when the core mechanic of a game is to fuck up a bunch of playing cards. Specifically, we're talking about the revenge demon Flauros and what exactly he demands you do to your deck. Further Reading Audrey’s podcast Alone At The Table podcast and the Wreck This Deck episodes specifically Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings Birds Love Dirt by Emily Jankowski Under the Autumn Strangely by Graham Gentz Balatro This video about a particularly infamous Magic: the Gathering commander deck Rookwood by Nerdy Pup Games Ad Links Sword Opera Shownotes Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, our ad music is Lilypads by Travis Tessmer, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey. Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!