Ned and Parker talk about Drafting the Hard Way and Drafting the Correct Way. Then we revisit Ned Math: Are rarer cards better than more common ones? Drafting the Correct Way, by Paolo Vitor Dama di Rosa: https://www.threeforonetrading.com/en/drafting-the-correct-way Drafting the Hard Way, by Ben Stark: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/Stark-Reality-Drafting-the-Hard-Way/397b71cd-11d4-4644-9e77-5c08846d30c0/

Ned and Parker talk about mapping boxes, the importance of removal effects, and what the Top 10 Leaders on swudb were in the first week of Shadows of the Galaxy for #starwarsunlimited theforceunlimited.com

As Parker nears a complete collection of Spark of Rebellion, Ned talks about how insufferable people with full collections are and gives advice on how to maximize your investment in Star Wars: Unlimited if you're not going to spend a lot of money. https://theforceunlimited.com

Ned and Parker sit down with FFG Dev Ryan Serrano to talk about designing Star Wars: Unlimited. https://theforceunlimited.com

The quarter zip gang talks about playing for expression versus playing to win. Parker walks through his thoughts on strategies for the prerelease and Ned tries to get a word in edgewise. https://theforceunlimited.com Parker's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/IyCkyqhDeRof Ned's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/BgEtqIcKyqb

Episode 8: The Math-Free Zone | The Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited Podcast

Welcome to Episode 8 of The Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited podcast.

Ned and Parker talk about bluffing and misdirection. Ned and Parker talk about their Top 3 respective Mel cards. Ned and Parker talk about their feelings about the first Take the Initiative TTS tourney.

Ned and Parker DO NOT talk about math!

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Parker's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/PAuyCtmDX

Ned's Deck:

Welcome to Episode 7 of The Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited podcast. TWO NEW RECURRING SEGMENTS. Ned and Parker talk about the game design implications of Star Wars Unlimited's starting with two resources. Before that, there's math. After that, there's math. And it breaks Parker. Listen to him break. Episode 8 will be math free. https://theforceunlimited.com

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited podcast. Good news! We've leveled up our audio! Bad news! We've lost the ability to stay on target. In this episode, Parker and Ned discuss the pros and cons of different draw mechanics in TCGs, and why we like Star Wars Unlimited's the best. Then Ned evaluates how many hits you need to have in your deck to ensure you successfully fish. https://theforceunlimited.com Parker's Deck:https://swudb.com/deck/NQcpDmYXQDv Ned's Deck:

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited podcast. Ned mathematically quantifies the Space Arena Tax, and it drives Parker to drink. We discuss who is the Worf of Star Wars? And also, we walk through the Quadrant Theory of Card Evaluation. theforceunlimited.com Parker's Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/YNHCEwmt

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Force Unlimited: Yet Another Star Wars Unlimited podcast. Ned and Parker talk about the Beatdown: who is it, and if it's you, how do you play as one? Then Ned laboriously walks Parker through advantage theory and the five types of advantage in SWU (the sixth one will surprise you!). theforceunlimited.com

Parker really doesn't like sideboards. Ned calms him down. Then Ned gets math-y about stats versus cost.

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Ned and Parker talk about a game design's complexity budget. Then Ned walks Parker through high level deck building approaches.

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Ned and Parker talk about mapping boxes, the importance of removal effects, and what the Top 10 Leaders on swudb were in the first week of Shadows of the Galaxy for #starwarsunlimited

Ned and Parker talk about player archetypes in Star Wars Unlimited on the premiere episode of The Force Unlimited. https://theforceunlimited.com

Ned and Parker get married! What does that have to do with Shadows of the Galaxy? theforceunlimited.com

Oh no, Ned and Parker are arguing! Don't worry, Dear Listener, it's a bit. Ned and Parker take sides regarding various facets of the first set of Star Wars: Unlimited. (Apologies for the audio, life is life.)

Ned and Parker run through a blitz of subjects to short to merit segments of their own. Then Ned takes his first pass at Shadows math. https://www.theforceunlimited.com

After talking about Parker's showdown experience, Ned and Parker talk Lines of play, and Heuristics for play. https://theforceunlimited.com

Ned and Parker talk about Winston, Two-Headed Dragon, Padawan and Youngling, Cube, and what the hell is going on with Pokemon formats. https://theforceunlimited.com

Parker has questions about "niche" keywords. Ned and Parker talk "better" versus "strictly better". Then Ned talks through the math of 4 card Turn 2 super-combos. https://theforceunlimited.com

Ned dives in to the Twickenham results and has thoughts about Boba. Parker talks about girl scout cookies. One of these men is shouldering the entire TFU brand.

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Ned and Parker interview Alicia and Tyler at PAX West. theforceunlimited.com

Ned and Parker are back! It's mostly math. So much math. But it's user-submitted questions getting answered with math! theforceunlimited.com

For Twilight of the Republic: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. theforceunlimited.com Ned's Borrowed Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/sTBuHjAp Parker's Borrowed Deck: https://swudb.com/deck/view/DJPVUbQPAd

What were the most unloved cards in Shadows? What are the most popular leaders so far in Twilight? What does a bad math segment look like?

STICK AROUND AND FIND OUT.

(Our audio quality is better than ever, but Parker finally sat down and learned Squadcast/Descript, which left no time for charts or visual lists. The graphs - as always - are over on Ned's github, found at our website. There's no handy image grab of the Top 10 to post on Discord.)

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Ned talks about PAX Unplugged and then we talk about the tiny things we hope to see in 2025 for SWU.

What better way to celebrate SWU Year's Eve than listening to Ned and Parker talk about lesser known Star City Games articles from the past?

Is Twilight wordier than Shadows? Ned and Parker talk applied sideboarding in anticipation of Parker's BIG WIN at the Portland PQ.

- KTOD John Tatta SCG Con Columnbus 2K:

https://swudb.com/deck/view/oKfgGWcPQbdz

- PQ Bologna: https://swudb.com/deck/view/IuTwGYSAwH

- PQ Sao Paulo: https://swudb.com/deck/view/AefcrsDdSleJ

Ned was on KBOO Community Radio talking about board games! Also, we talk about other stuff.

Ned on KBOO: https://kboo.org/media/125231-playtesting-ned-damon

Browser Article: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/

swudb.net: swudb.net

We're a bit late to the party, but we're here to talk about Jump to Lightspeed base math. And then, there's only one person who can talk about Ned Math.

And it's Parker

What does Ned think about Tyler's article on Year 2 balance? What does Parker think about four more months of podcasting with Ned? FIND OUT.

What do these two things have in common? Absolutely nothing! It's segment after segment after segment, dear listener! We've got math, we've got TCG theory, we've got practical jokes. This episode has it all!

Ned wants to talk about Nash Equilibria and Metagames, and Parker struggles to count down from 10. I think this is the core of our show.

Ned and Parker welcome Ben from Unlimited Limited to talk about card evaluation in a limited context and the unexpected richness of the Minneapolis Top 8.Unlimited Limited: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlimitedLimitedSWU

How many episodes do we have to record before Ned wanders into an iconic Star Wars phrase by accident? Ned Math says one of the sets is worse than the others! How wordy is JTL? Is The Force #StarWarsUnlimited's first novel mechanic?

What is the deal with keywords? What is the deal with rogue decks? Ned and Parker blather on and on and on.

Ned and Parker talk Trilogy Format, our second episode on the topic!

This episode is long and bad, but Parker's earned it!

Ned and Parker talk Prerelease, Galactics, and getting married at Taco Bell.

NedMath is back, for Legends of the Force and Intro Battle: Hoth. Also, we try to make Galactics sound interesting to people who didn't go to Galactics. Also, we got lost in a casino.

What did Parker discover at Galactics? And what is Parker's very special, probably unique, SWU collection?Axel Hutt Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1716327196/angels-power-chapter-5-the-diabolics-painted-fantasy-epic

FFG was kind enough to send us, a podcast about statistical analysis of #StarWarsUnlimited, a beginner box....We did our best.(My wife's name is off by a year because I wanted to see if she actually looked at the video.)

What is jank? Why is jank? Most importantly, where is jank? Ned, Parker, and special guest Fee talk about jank. Also, Parker is a terrible host and is ashamed of himself.Metal Marshmallow: https://www.youtube.com/@moltenglassheart

For Secrets of Power, Ned and Parker share vows, and Parker spices it up with some strong opinions on Blue Leaders. #StarWarsUnlimited

Ned took 23rd at Sectors, so he and Parker sit down to talk about literally everything else. IT'S A POTPOURRI EPISODE. #yaswup #starwarsunlimited

Ned Math, tackling the leaders* for the first time! Also, Ned and Parker talk the newness and not-newness of Secrets of Power mechanics. #StarWarsUnlimited* Bodies only!

(Bad Audio Alert: Parker recorded through his webcam, not his mic. Which is too bad, because this is a great conversation.)

We had to do one. Them's the rules. Ned and Parker talk Riftbound, and how we feel about it vis a vis Star Wars: Unlimited.

Ned and Parker revisit some claims made two years ago on the final night of Hanukkah. #yaswup #starwarsunlimited

No fluff, just the card info, right now.

Ned and Parker talk about The Force Unlimited #starwarsunlimited preview cards!Not the ones from this set. The other ones. IT'S EPISODE 50!