Fleeting Thoughts: An Altered TCG Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We are just about to the RETAIL Launch of Altered, which means Launch Parties and official Organized Play are happening soon! In today's episode, Jordan and Dan discuss the formats you can expect to play at your LGS when Altered is officially available! Since recording, a new article with official, final Multiplayer rules has released! Get the full details here: https://www.altered.gg/news/the-formats-of-altered-multiplayer Leave a Mailbag question for us below by commenting with #Mailbag! 0:00 Intro & Local Reactions to Altered 11:50 How to Support Maindeck 13:18 Launch & The Formats of Altered 1:08:11 Mailbag Question - Favorite Uniques So Far Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

Altered is in the players' hands at last! In this episode, Dan recaps Gen Con 2024 for Jordan - how did the first big release of the game go? Let's recap this milestone event for Altered TCG! Leave a Mailbag question for us below by commenting with #Mailbag! Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

Card Advantage is a critical concept in TCGs, and not only is Altered no different - but Altered's mechanisms throw a wrench into how we usually consider the concept! When is drawing a card a +1 or a +2? When is reserving a card a +0 or a -1? What's even the point of these numbers? Let's dive in, as well as explore a few Mailbag questions about Draft, Heroes, and Uncut sheets! Audio only version available on our website: https://www.maindeck.games/2024/03/19/a-card-in-the-hand-fleeting-thoughts-an-altered-tcg-podcast-episode-9/ 0:00 Intro 1:30 How to Support Maindeck 3:00 Gen Con 2024 10:13 Card Advantage, Drawing Cards, and Reserve in Altered 46:30 Mailbag Question - Sealed & Draft Thoughts 53:00 Mailbag Question - Creative & Constrained Heroes 59:50 Mailbag Questions - Uncut Sheet Value 1:07:50 Wrap Up Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

The Altered Kickstarter has reached its incredible conclusion, and Dan and Jordan talk about where it landed, then discuss the interesting elements of One- and Two-cost cards in Altered. Finally, two more Mailbag questions are hit as the episode comes to a close! Audio only version available on our website: 0:00 Intro 1:23 Altered TCG Kickstarter Conclusion Analysis 25:10 How to Support Maindeck 26:05 Why are One and Two Drops So Good in Altered? 47:50 Mailbag Question - New Heroes in Altered 54:48 Mailbag Question - Angels & Religion in Altered 1:02:10 Wrap Up Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

Dan and Jordan answer DIFFICULT questions in this week's episode of Fleeting Thoughts! Where will Altered end up on the charts next year? How does Altered compare to the similar (in some ways!) Star Wars Unlimited? The answers to these questions are full of nuance and fraught with danger, but we bravely charge into the fog of war to attempt to find them! Audio only version available on our website: 0:00 Intro 2:33 Mailbag - Gavken's Questions Answered at Last! 29:22 How to Support Maindeck 30:38 Comparing and Contrasting SWU and Altered 39:00 An Intricate Game and a Clean Game 45:00 The First Turn Experience 48:00 Fewer Actions, More Impact 58:55 Perfect Value vs Accruing Value 1:07:30 Altered's App 1:10:34 Decisions are Easy, Good Decisions are Hard 1:13:56 Card Terminology is Confusing! 1:14:33 How Characters Work 1:16:04 Wrap Up, Organized Play, and Outro Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

The Altered TCG Kickstarter has launched! Dan and Jordan provide their thoughts on the Kickstarter campaign, and Dan's experience at the Kickstarter Launch Party in Paris the weekend before! Audio only version available on our website: 0:00 - Intro 4:30 - How to Support Maindeck 5:40 - The Kickstarter is Live! 15:05 - How We Are Backing 18:26 - Stretch Goal Discussion 38:48 - The KS VIP Launch Event 1:02:42 - Outro & Final Thoughts Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

With only days until the Kickstarter launches, Dan and Jordan take to answering questions from the wider community about our thoughts and opinions on Altered and its new and exciting ideas! Thank you all for your questions, and if yours wasn't answered - stay tuned to future episodes! (Chapters will be added soon, thank you for your patience! Audio only version available on our website: Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

The rarity scheme of Altered is yet another unprecedented element of the anticipated TCG. Dan and Jordan dive into Rares and Uniques and how they will impact gameplay, deckbuilding, collecting, and more - as well as look at some spoiled cards as a case study in how those elements will play out! 0:00 Introduction 1:14 Happy New Year & Altered's Awards! 2:45 Netflix Recommendations 5:10 New Year, New Roadshows! 8:10 Roadshow Promo Impact 18:32 How To Support Maindeck 20:00 Card Rarity Info & Math 30:40 Deckbuilding with Rarity Restrictions 42:50 The Impact of Uniques & Meta Speculation 55:30 Artwork and Collecting the Rarities 58:54 Spoilers - Ouroboros, Lyra Bastion 1:07:30 Spoilers - Ada Lovelace 1:13:20 Spoilers - Gift of Self 1:18:20 Spoilers - Jinn 1:24:46 Wrap Up Audio only version available on our website: Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

**Since recording, Version 0.5 of ExAltered has released (at the link below)!! Rather than using IP Sharing, ExAltered now uses the Host/Join functions that are used in other clients like Untap and OCTGN!** Dan and Jordan discuss The ExAltered Fan-Made Digital Client - experiences playing with it, wishes for its future development, and its comparison to various other TCG digital clients (both fan-made and official). Get the latest version of ExAltered here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1iaO7rR1poNxygtYLEYXQ0pwB1FgYS7l3 Follow the Developer Nuclehon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nuclehon 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Experience with TCG Digital Clients 5:54 How You Can Support Maindeck 7:02 Our Experience with ExAltered & Feature Overview 28:39 Digital Matchmaking Impact & How Will Uniques Work? 38:22 The Visuals & Sound Design of ExAltered 42:03 Features & Changes We'd Like to See 53:21 Wishes For Future Development 1:01:00 Wrap Up Audio only version available on our website: https://www.maindeck.games/2023/12/28/the-exaltered-digital-client-fleeting-thoughts-an-altered-tcg-podcast-episode-3/ Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh

It's our second episode of Fleeting Thoughts - an Altered TCG Podcast! Dan and Jordan return to the mics to go over all 6 factions in the demo decks - strategies, strengths, weaknesses, and gameplay experience! Altered TCG MyLudo.fr Demo Deck stats: https://www.myludo.fr/#!/game/altered-71160/stats 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Jordan's Recent Demos 10:30 How to Support Maindeck 13:35 Ordis 29:58 Yzmir 45:55 Lyra 1:00:27 Bravos 1:10:15 Axiom 1:24:35 Muna 1:35:00 Wrap Up Audio only version available on our website: Altered Deep Dive Video: https://youtu.be/-X-AMe3tBqA SUPPORT MAINDECK by shopping on TCGPlayer with our affiliate link at no extra cost to you! https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/maindeck JOIN THE MAINDECK DISCORD and chat with other fans of a wide variety of TCGs! https://discord.maindeck.games Follow Dan on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MaindeckGames #AlteredTCG #TCG #FleetingThoughts #podcast #podcasts ► We are supported by our generous patrons on Patreon - check out the link here and consider supporting us for bonus perks and behind the scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/maindeckgames ► Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaindeckGames/ ► Written content, resources and more at: http://www.maindeck.games Music from Epidemic Sound!! Get access to a huge music library for a small monthly fee. Try it out through my link below to support Maindeck as well! https://share.epidemicsound.com/pa4rmh