Just finished a first attempt at a pilsner urquell clone, will see how it turned out in a few weeks. Looking to do a cheats kriek (cherry) if anyone has a solid recipe to recommend

I think that’s the final nail in the coffin for me. I don’t wanna play pop culture soup, I wanna play magic. Im out.

My only gripe is pretty straight forward: the cost to play.

I LOVE draft, but have been unable to play it on Arena due to the high cost of entry. They allow standard play for free, but paywall draft. I know I can technically grind dailies to get enough gold, and then if im lucky enough and win enough I can earn enough back to chain another draft, but this is eventually a losing game, a bit like a slot machine.

I just have zero interest in grinding standard, and refuse to pay almost as much as physical draft for non-tangible, digital version. It feels very predatory.

Ahhh that makes sense. Thanks, looks weird, like floating above

What’s the thing above his head supposed to be?

Interesting card, but I don’t get the theme at all. How is an american jock an element of a haunted house?

They couldn’t have thought of a more provocative name? Fun removal spell

The ghost hunting equipment looks really outta place

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Instructions very confusing on this one. Without knowing the mechanic, I would be very confused as to how to play this. It seems to be pick a side, play it, then later turn you can pay to unlock the other side. But why the reminder “that door unlocks”?

Wording is odd. Veteran Survivor is not the one targeting the exile? Also maybe clearer by saying “by” rather than “with”.

Norin looks different

Actually nothing, turned out fine. Just experimenting with how much of a noticeable difference it makes giving the yeast a few days head start on the wort without the fruits.

There’s a lot of ‘folk wisdom’ in the brewing world I’ve found. Recipes which claim “you must do X” or “if you don’t do Y, it won’t work”. So I like to test different theories and see what’s true and what’s superstition.

Second attempt at a raspberry sour. This time, allowing a few days of ferment before adding the fruit, and a cold crash before bottling for higher clarity.

There’s a pre-release for this product? That seems strange

Could be good if they move beyond young-adult/teen themes

Arena is even worse value in my opinion. At least with in-person drafts you get some money back in the cards you get (sell anything of value). I can’t justify paying the high cost they charge for *digital *drafts.

It’s a real shame too, I love drafting, but there’s no way I’m going to pay AU$20 for a single digital draft. I can’t believe anyone else does tbh.

I was ambivalent to the play boosters change because it was just the culmination of what we had seen coming for years… increasing the cost of the game for us players.

‘Project booster fun’ was always about asking the question “how fast and far can we push the price-point up for boosters?” They threw a bunch of options out, tested the water, and ultimately decided enough players would pay the higher price-point for the same cost to print. Pure, unfettered greed.

Magic was already expensive enough as it is. I won’t be forking out for in-person drafts at the new price. Bootleg cards serve my playgroups needs at a fraction of the costs. Greedy WotC execs don’t respect players? We shouldn’t respect them.

The first test cards for an australiana dream-time set

WotC exec is schizophrenic. They will never give up trying to give players less while charging them more. The never-ending cancer of “line must got up every year”.

You can just create a sustainable business model guys… one where costs are recovered and a modest return is made. You don’t need to give in to the squeeze from Hasbro to milk your product into the ground… and become like every other empty shell of a product they own.