REALLY enjoyed the podcast, nice job guys.

The lore is something my group is very interested in. I posted the info about the book in our FB group. Looking forward to that.

While my group and I want shiny new mages I'm more excited for Battlegrounds. I know (from my own point of view) I have a bunch of mages still to master. I've played almost all of them to some degree but I'm nowhere near fully comprehending them all.

A few people in my playgroup are a little burnt on straightforward arena combat. We've experimented with variants but having new, tested scenario designs will kick it up a notch - at least for my group.

New goals and objectives means new ways to play what you know. And what you know may not be nearly as effective.

I, for one, welcome our new Battleground Overlords.

But in all seriousness - my group says take your time. We're big fans of things that are properly done. Many of us used to play heroclix and wizkids didn't always rarely never seemed to playtest anything which resulted in nasty broken pieces that sucked the fun out of the game.

So if it takes you guys longer to get a good, balanced game going then so be it.

In the meantime we just discovered the D&D Adventure Games and we're playing around with how to use Mage Wars as the combat system for it.

As usual, I enjoyed it. It spoke to me.

I started playing in January with me and a core set. My friends at our shop took an interest and we soon had 4 people playing regularly. I signed up for Ambassador program a few months later and established Wednesday nights as "Mage Wars Wednesday". Now we have 18 people who play with 6-8 regulars on Wednesday nights (Although October has brought some impact with people moving, school, work changes etc). People in the area have heard about us and they're starting to make their way to our venue. We have a steady, growing group and it's fantastic.

It's taken a fair bit of work and fortunately our venue owner is very supportive. He loves the fact that we've diversified his product mix and he knows Mage Wars sells consistently now.

Next steps - tournaments and continued growth!

The advice int he podcast is spot on - Low key, non-aggressive works. Don't insult other people's games (heck, we play those games too!). Once you explain the simplicity of the game it starts to take hold. I have a background in technical marketing, technical sales, technical education and presentations so I'm used to explaining things to people at different levels and that's certainly helped. But even without that just explaining why you love the game brings people in.

Love this game.

What i meant is that i cannot cast 4 corrosive orchids into one zone

That happened I. Our first Druid game. I, unfortunately, was the force master. Between that and trusting the other players interpretation of stuck I lost. Probably should have checked the rules myself during the game instead of after. But at least I really learned those rules the hard way.

This was another great episode. I really enjoy these. My biggest problem is finding the time to try all of the things I want to try. 

Just wanted to chime in and say I really enjoyed this episode. Thanks!

Storage & organization! I enjoy finding storage & organizing stuff almost as much fun as the games I play. Never mind the fact that I'm always slightly disorganized because I'm always reorganizing...

Here's what I've been using for Mage Wars since I started earlier this year.

Bag - I had an old 17" laptop bag lying around. Turns out it is the perfect size to hold the arena board. I can also fit four loaded spellbooks, four status boards with magnet noteboards, a plano box containing all dice/tokens/markers, rulebooks and some other misc stuff. This is the bag (or close enough to it). I do hope to get the roll up playmat someday but this works pretty well for now. I can grab it and go to run events at my venue.

Tokens/Markets/Dice - I use a Plano 3600. I have all of the markers, tokens & dice from 2 core sets and every expansion in there. Still room to go.

Extra Cards - I just use plain, white card boxes. I don't sleeve my extras. I currently am sorting then my type, then school, then alphabetically.

That's about it. My Mage Wars is stuff is always ready to go. If I need more than four books and/or extra cards for deckbuilding I throw them in a backpack. That way I can carry the extras on my back and the play stuff over my shoulder. Works for me.

I'll post some pictures of my setup when I remember to take the pictures.