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The hobbies + happiness is all about the most magical card game on earth, Disney Lorcana. More specifically, this podcast talks about all things about multiplayer formats for Disney Lorcana. Each week, join Dan and Jim as they discuss a topic within the world of Disney Lorcana and what it means to multiplayer formats, and the game at large. This podcast will dive into topics such as why you should play Multiplayer Disney Lorcana and why you should care about these types of formats! We want multiplayer formats to grow and evolve for Disney Lorcana and we truly believe that multiplayer...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dan and Jim make Disney Lorcana's deck choices, multiplayer norms, and wider card-game culture easier to understand.
Dan and Jim treat card games as systems to learn and social spaces to negotiate. Disney Lorcana provides the main table: deck construction, competitive roles, multiplayer expectations, and the social contract around choosing fun or victory.
Dan swore off Jafar, tried him once, and now your pet-card grudges have a problem.
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A focused card-game discussion that uses resource systems and deckbuilding to frame the bigger design question.
The episode turns Sam Black's Resources and Game Design into a practical look at how resource systems shape card games, with Lorcana serving as the familiar point of reference.
A multiplayer Lorcana discussion about kingmaking, table trust, and the pressure of choosing who to stop.
The episode turns on the king-or-kingmaker problem in multiplayer, with Dan and Jim using Multiplayer Madness 13 and a trust-at-the-table story to show how table politics shape who gets targeted.
A loose, lively Gen Con recap that captures Lorcana news while it is still unfolding.
Ep. 103 is a Gen Con recap built around Lorcana news, convention energy, and the kind of community chatter that follows a big weekend. It is at its best when it sticks to what the hosts saw, heard, and worked out around the new rarity discussion and the data-leak situation.
A relaxed card-game conversation that weighs simpler resource systems against Magic's familiar model.
Todd Anderson and Dan spend the episode on a fairly simple question with more going on under the surface: why one card game format is landing with Magic players, and what that says about the hobby at large.
A relaxed argument for multiplayer Disney Lorcana that feels grounded in how players actually talk at the table.
The hosts make a friendly case for multiplayer Disney Lorcana, and the format clearly shifts the mood at the table. Competitive play is set against more social settings, with a steady reminder that players need space to think and that loud commentary can slip into bad manners…
A loose card-game conversation that gets sharper once the Upper Deck lawsuit comes up.
Dan and Jim open episode 99 with DM Armada, then swing into Disney Lorcana, Ravensburger history, and the Upper Deck lawsuit. The Amazon Audible read runs longer than it needs to, but once the talk settles, the episode feels like a straightforward hobby hang: card-game chatter,…
A blunt, useful debate on scalping, market price, and what collectors think a card is actually worth.
Scalping is the hook, but the deeper subject is how hobby markets decide what a card is worth, and who gets to set that value. Dan and Jim keep the talk moving from ethics to pricing, then into the gap between market price, sold listings, and the uneasy sense that a number on a…
A card-game debate centered on casual versus competitive play.
The episode keeps its focus on the casual-versus-competitive divide, using card games as the frame and revisiting the same tension from different angles.
Wrestling toy talk with full collector brain.
Dan sits down with Todd Anderson to talk about card games and why they can appeal to players who already know the space.
Hosts Dan and Jim interview DM Armada, a card game content creator and caster, about his journey from Dice Masters to Flesh and Blood, the state of various TCGs, and excitement for Disney Lorcana.
Dan and Jim use Alpha Clash, Star Wars Unlimited, and Disney Lorcana to ask whether lore matters in trading card games.
Gen Con lands at Dan's house.
Dan opens with a joke.
Dan and Jim open episode 108 with a warm welcome before bringing Main Deck Dan into the conversation.
Dan and Jim reopen the long-running casual-versus-competitive debate that shows up in just about every TCG.
Wyn Rose Dan and Jim mark episode 100 by digging into Star Wars Unlimited and asking, with genuine enthusiasm, whether it might be the greatest card game ever.
Dan opens with a deliberately trollish take on scalpers, and Jim immediately slips into skeptic mode.
Dan and Jim kick things off by celebrating the podcast’s return and laying out why multiplayer Disney Lorkana is worth your time.
Dan and Jim open with some banter, including the Halloween-ready Haunted Mansion hoodie and a YouTube shoutout, then settle into the week's main question: in multiplayer Lorcana, are you trying to win outright, or just deciding which player to stop so the game swings back toward you?
Dan opens by saying card games have a resource problem.
Dan and Jim open by naming Rule Zero and the social contract.
Deck building starts with knowing your role.
Dan and Jim center this Gen Con 2023 episode on Star Wars Unlimited, including their demo with FFG staff and lead game designer Danny Schaefer.
Dan and Jim use a Disney Lorcana match, including Ariel the Collector and Amber Amethyst Villains, to debate whether attached items should enter the game within five years.
Episode 101 starts with a small troll.
Episode 113 is Dan and Jim easing back in.
["Dan and Jim open by saying they are covering all 12 legendary cards from Disney Lorcana set number eight, split into Amber, Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Steel.", "The episode spends most of its time on five cards already detailed in the transcript: Simba Pride Protector, Tiana Restaurant Owner, Izma Conniving Chemist, Genie Wonderful Trickster, and Hercules Baby Demigod.", "Jim and Dan repeatedly compare the revealed cards to multiplayer and 1v1 play, including Simba\u2019s readying effect, Tiana\u2019s \u201cpay three ink\u201d tax, and Hercules\u2019 ward plus repeatable damage ability.", "The transcript ends while Dan is reacting to Maui Half-Shark\u2019s two abilities, including an action-card recursion trigger and \u201cwhenever you play an action gain one lore.\u201d"]