The Long Journey Home

Discussion on a few deck ideas around this card.

Discussion of the local 1E regionals including a breakdown of my deck and other random 1E thoughts.

I built a deck! Cardassian / Romulan DS9 mashup in the GQ. See how it did against a GQ Ferengi deck!

how is homefront 6 like Donald V's Dominion?

Discussion of getting Homefront 6 in the hands of playtesters and a small discussion of the 20th anniversary set.

Discussion of getting something for nothing (or very little) in 1E and 2E.

Discussion of the new species 8472 in terms of how many decks are playing and winning with it. Also a brief update on homefront 6.

Discussion of the 1E survey results and an update on Homefront VI is given.

design is pulling back the curtain in a bold new experiment. Listen in to see what this entails and hear what 1E design has in mind for Homefront 6! this is a chance for the community to share their thoughts on the future of 1E design.

Discussion of what's been revealed in The Maquis so far. Spoiler!

Discussion of what 2E offers in terms of player interaction. IThere are a surprising number of ways to interact.

A new perspective on New Arrivals. The good, the bad and the statistics.

Review of the cards to debut in t he new 6 card 1E set Warp Pack - Emissary!

Discussion and lessons learned from attending the Chicagoland 2014 Second Edition regional. Federation is very popular and very good.

Discussion and lessons learned from attending the Chicagoland 2014 First Edition Regional. Kazon is not dead and New Arrivals is a very useful card.

In preparing for my 1E regional I asked the 20 year old questioion: what deck should I play? I consider some angles of it this episode. More 1E and 2E regional coverage to come!

Bajorans are doing some awesome things with Return to Grace out! I discuss what they're doing from what I saw at my most recent 2E event.

We wrap up on the Return to Grace review! Included is some overall thoughts on where Phase II will take us.

Thanks again to www.jonathancoulton.com for his awesome licensing policies (and our theme The Future Soon)! 10 more cards reviewed including a curiously named Cardassian!

10 more cards reviewed tonight. Missions and the start of personnel. Thanks to Jonathan Coulton's creative commons licensing for allowing the use of the theme "The Future Soon." Check out http://www.jonathancoulton.com for more from him.

Part two of our Return to Grace review. We discuss the most controversial off the set: the events. Ending is cut off but all of the card reviews are here.

Part 1 of 5. Review the first 12 cards of Return to Grace. Love what I'm seeing so far with a couple of misses in the dilemmas.

I basically rant on about how much I hate make it so.

return to grace, teaching kids 2E, and the Blaze of Glory top 5!

Thoughts on how ID draft could be made a little better.

Getting to play Trek can be an event even if it isn't an event. I Discuss getting to just play some fun trek for fun and what I learned from it.

I absolutely love that the CC exists and nearly everything they do and I wanted to make that opinion known. I've been harsh on what the CC does but they also need to know how much I appreciate their tireless efforts. Can we still be friends?

Discussion of what I think of challenge #6, the challenges of making rubrics, and a pretty angry rant about Make it So.

lots of news, listener feedback, tip of the day and random randomness!

A discussion on how printability of all cards affects the game. Also, a listener chimes in about affiliations.

One listener shares his thoughts on project Rose, I discuss the bajoran federation deck that just won Canadian nationals, and I discuss sealed second editionon play.

GenCon Blocks opened! The Discard Pile episode 2; Deep Space 9 Top 5; listener feedback and a discussion of 1E vs. 2E events

How I would go about winning the 5th MiS challenge (one RC card and 5 support cards). Also, a discussion on my judging rubric which can be found at http://podcasts.nibroc.net.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rubric.pdf )

Charlie's OP Hangout, OP, The Fajo Collection, and a discussion of Community (Not the show... although I do love that show).

I discuss what Cardassians in 1E (OTF and Block) look like to me in the post-Emissary world. Rough times ahead.

Discussion of the entries for the (useless) challenge #4: Make a Mission for Boomer. Nearly all of the entries are good... but some are not.

It's the 50th (numbered) episode of The Long Journey Home! Let's celebrate what this show is about and talk about it and podcasting in general. Explains how I do the show and why.

South Africa, Stoovie's in for RedDwarf, First Contact and a discussion of Androids

discussion of promo foils in the days of all printable cards. my favs and dislikes come up too.

Charlie's new artcle series, Corbett's discard pile and Draw engines!

news for today.

This challenge is the first one that's halfway decent this competition. This is why. Also, general frustration with Make it So in general.

New music bumpers! Woot. Now distributed under a creative commons license. Looking for a new 1E brand manager, an alternate universe top 5 and comparing being a starship captain to running a trek tournament.

daily news episode 2

A start of a "daily" news format. Includes what's going on with the continuing committee, a top 5 list, forum matters and a philosophical comparison of deck building to the prime directive!

My review of Emissary as a whole set. Some good, some bad, some anecdotal, and some fun! I can't wait to play more with this set.

A reader writes in wondering what I mean when I say that points don't matter in 1E. I hope this doesn't get me in trouble!

I finish out reviewing all of the remaining cards in Emissary. Next time: a metareview of Emissary as a whole.

Starting with the dilemmas and working through the events and incidents, I discuss each card one by one. I'll start with missions next time.

I go through each story-based objective and give my opinion on each. I discuss the merits of having a challenge that does not distinguish the talents of the developers as well.