The Hobbies + Happiness Podcast: A Disney Lorcana Podcast

In this weeks episode of the podcast, we are finally starting to talk about Disney Lorcana's newest upcoming set, Azurite Sea! In todays episode, we discuss the Legendary cards from the set and give our initial thoughts! Hope you enjoy! Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Audible by using our code: www.audibletrial.com/hobbiesnhappiness Check out our merch store by visiting the following link: h...

In this weeks episode of the podcast, we are talking about the age old question, "To be KING...or the KINGMAKER?" Disney Lorcana has one of the most unique multiplayer game experiences of any trading card game we've ever played! One of the things that we've noticed that has come up a LOT is the idea of players being in the position of being a kingmaker. Most of use HATE to be in that position...so...

In this weeks episode, we are talking all about deckbuilding! Now, there's a LOT of things that go into deckbuilding and making a good deck, but in order to get there, there's a good deal of basics and fundamentals you should understand BEFORE you start making your deck. To that end, we thought we would take listeners and viewers through a hefty introduction to the entire deckbuilding process befo...

In this weeks episode, Dan and Jim touch (again) on the topic of the Rule Zero conversation, the social contract, and how it all relates to Multiplayer formats in Disney Lorcana. There's a little bit of a history lesson in this episode, so strap in for another amazing episode of the podcast! Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Audible by using our code: www.audibletrial.com/hobbiesnhappiness Che...

This week, we make the case for why you should not only play Multiplayer Disney Lorcana, but why you should actively care about its success. Even if you've never played a multiplayer game of Disney Lorcana before, you should definitely give it a try, and we'll list plenty of reasons why you should. But additionally, towards the end of the episode, we lay out the case for why you care about it! Hop...

Hey ya'll! We're Back and better than ever! We're going a little bit of different direction with the podcast moving forward, and we're excited to tell you all about it! Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Audible by using our code: www.audibletrial.com/hobbiesnhappiness Check out our merch store by visiting the following link: https://www.bonfire.com/store/hobbiesnhappiness/ Find us on Social! F...

It's been a while...and this may be the end? We've got a lot to talk to about on today's episode. We know we've been bone for a few weeks, and a lot has happened! Join us as we discuss the present, and future for hobbies and happiness! Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Audible by using our code: www.audibletrial.com/hobbiesnhappiness Check out our merch store by visiting the following link: ht...

The title of this episode could just as easily be "This is the Song that Never Ends..." Anyone else remember that song from your childhood? No? Just me? K...😂🤣 There was some interesting discussions on Twitter this past week regarding toxicity in gaming communities, and as is usually the case, some folks brought up the saga of competitive players and casual players being able to co-exist in a ga...

This episode may get a little bit...shall we say controversial??? We hope not. But today we talk about a topic that is typically a pretty heated and over zealous topic, especially in the world of TCGs. So today, like always, we invite you to sit back, try to relax...and maybe not blow a blood vessel. 😅 Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Audible by using our code: www.audibletrial.com/hobbiesnh...

We are back after taking a very brief week hiatus from the podcast, and have another great topic for you this week. This week we're talking all about lore in TCGs, and how important it is (or is it?). Sit back, relax, and don't forget to let us know what you think about this topic as well!  Check out our new merch store by visiting the following link: https://www.bonfire.com/store/hobbiesnhappines...

This week, we are joined by Dan from the channel MainDeck today! We had a blast talking all things TCGs with Dan, but more specifically, Dan talks about 4 of the most featured trading card games on their channel on todays episode. We hope you sit back, relax, and enjoy the episode! Follow MainDeck Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaindeckGames Follow MainDeck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...

Another week, another conversation born from a debate/discussion between the two of us during the course of playing a card game 😂. This week, we discuss the "evolution" of a TCG in the game itself and design of the game over time. We discuss a little bit of power creep, gameplay fundamentals, and really whether or not Disney Lorcana is going to have equippable item cards in the future. We hope yo...

This week, we finally talk about Sam Black's article "Resources and Game Design." We briefly mentioned the article in last weeks episode with Todd Anderson, but we wanted to devote an entire episode to the topic. We read through the article in it's entirety, as it is a fairly short article, and give you our opinions on Sam's takes. We hope you enjoy the episode, and be sure to let us know what you...

We've got another great episode for you this week! Today, we are talking with Magic: the Gathering veteran and recent Disney Lorcana convert Todd Anderson! Todd has a long history in the MTG community, and has recently started a podcast and YouTube channel focused entirely around Disney Lorcana. We were able to meet Todd and GenCon this year and learned that has recently gotten interested in Lorca...

We are continuing last weeks theme of recapping GenCon 2023, and this weeks episode we are talking all about Star Wars Unlimited! We had an amazing time finally playing and demoing Star Wars Unlimited at GenCon this year and we're gonna tell you all about it. We were able to demo the game with one of the designers Aaron Haltom, and we're able to talk with him shortly afterward and had a great disc...

We are back from GenCon, and finally back to podcasting! Sorry for the few week hiatus...but GenCon really took a lot out of us! It's great to get back to the grind and back to creating content however. This weeks episode we are talking all about Disney Lorcana at GenCon, and we are joined in studio with a guest! We are joined by Teddy from the Glimmer Gang! The Glimmer Gang is a competitive Disne...

Kind of surprised we haven't devoted a podcast episode to this topic yet, to be quite honest. In todays episode, we talk all about the "Legendary Rule." This term was coined by Magic: the Gathering, but this same principle pops up in plenty of other trading card games. Some games call these type of cards "Legendary" some other games call these types of cards "Unique." We talk about the rule, and r...

Welcome back to Episode #101 of the podcast! Today, we are again talking about a fairly relevant topic in the TCG space, especially right now. We're talking all about MSRP and market pricing in trading card games. Back in episode #68, we talked all about the secondary market in card games, and gave our reasons why it is a good thing to have. However, with the current, for lack of better word, 'deb...

We are at episode #100!! We can't believe we've made it this far, and we couldn't have done it without all you listeners, so thank you so much! Today, we are doing a deep dive into Star Wars Unlimited. When we last talked about this new TCG, we didn't really know much about it. All we knew was this it was a Fantasy Flight Games title, and they were doing a Star Wars card game. Now, we have a lot m...

We are back to talking with some of our fellow card game content creators, and todays conversation is a special one. Today we are chatting with the amazing DMArmada. Stephen has been producing quality card game content on YouTube for quite a while, and we are ecstatic to be able to host him on the podcast. We had the pleasure of hanging out with him and some others at a local Flesh & Blood eve...

If you've been in the realm of trading card games for any length of time, you have a familiarity with the term "Spoiler Season!" Spoiler season is like Christmas for many TCG consumers and players. For some, spoiler season is the worst time of the year...In any regard, today we wanted to talk at length about what we think of spoiler season and how it relates to the games we play and hobby we love....

Today, we've got a pretty interesting topic to touch on, and that is How to NOT Launch a TCG! There are a LOT of new trading card games coming to the market recently, some of them are starting off on the right foot, and some are not. We give our thoughts on what we see going on, and try to give some insight on we think you should NOT do if you want to launch one. Hope you enjoy the episode! Sign u...

In today's episode, we're gonna talk about an up an coming TCG that we're excited for, Alpha Clash! Way back on episode 79 of the podcast, we we're able to sit down with the creator of the Alpha Clash universe, Ridge Kiley. You can find that link down below, and we highly suggest you go check it out. If you haven't heard about Alpha Clash yet, you're in for a treat! Learn more about the Alpha Clas...

It's crazy to think the DC Dual Force, a game we talked about way back in episode #29 of the podcast is coming...possibly this month! This announcement came pretty much out of nowhere, and we are stoked for it! Join us as we start to dive in and learn about this upcoming digital CCG! Check out the DC Dual Force website: https://dcdualforce.com/ Join the Beta: https://dcdualforce.com/beta-registrat...

We've got another doozy of an episode for you all today. On todays episode, we're talking all about some current events. By now, you may be familiar with the most recent Quackalope controversy that's happened over the course of the past week or so. If you haven't, the TLDR is; a relatively large YT channel did some videos, asked for "compensation," and it didn't go down very well at all. Super pre...