Goblin Lore Podcast

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! This week Taya presents a special episode with audio from the Queers Across the Multiverse panel from OrcaCon 2024. Taya hosted local Seattle Vorthos Lilian Young and Magic story authors Seanan McGuire and Alison Luhrs to talk about how queer representation in Magic story and cards has changed in the past four years...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is a very special miraculous episode (aka we are back form our break). We took the month of December off to recharge and it was needed. So why not come back with a topic that's important to us (so much so that we talked about it previously here and here ). That's right Burnout! This time we are looking at the...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to well... A bit of an update. The hosts have decided to take off the month of December. Scheduling has already been difficult throughout November and there were times when things were getting canceled last minute so we decided to just commit to taking the month off. Alex and Taya share a brief update and we will be back in the New Year! We also finally have a L...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we have something a little different for y'all! It's a Gaming and Mental Health Panel using a similar structure as the Minneapolis Magic Con Panel. This one is Hobbes and some other Psychologist Friends! Dr. Allison Battles has a private practice (found here ) that focuses on use of gaming in therapy and...

Hi all! No New Episode this week, but Hobbes wanted to share a little about thankfulness and how he is working to be more specific in his sharing of appreciation

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today the hosts sit down with close friend Beth , The Queen of Cardboard (we're ashamed she hasn't been on before...). Beth is actively involved with building communities and with helping organize charity work. A lot of this is thanks to Sheldon Menery and we discuss the upcoming Fuck Cancer... ummmmmm we mean...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! He's back y'all and this time he's explicitly talking about Time and Space. We're talking of course about Gavin Verhey ! Taya and Hobbes sit down to discuss the design of the set from a color pie, mechanical, and lore perspective. Gavin provides amazing insights (evergreen) on how the design team approached thi...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! While Hobbes takes a night off to recharge Taya and Alex use that opportunity to once again talk mechanics and melthos topics, this time talking about increasing complexity in Magic in recent years, some history around that topic, and some personal stories about the impact increased complexity of board states h...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we are joined by Ryan Nicholas (aka TronIsBad) to discuss the #BetterDaysMtG hashtag. This has been a movement that Hobbes and Ryan have been spearheading to try and spur the conversation around Mental Health. The goal is to work towards destigmatizing these conversations and hoping to get anyone/everyone...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is a very special miraculous episode. Two weeks in a row. We hope you all enjoy this look at the evolution of Playtest Cards to Unknown Event Cards and what it might mean for exploration of Magic Design. This includes a trip down memory lane looking at templating/rules from long past cards as well as how...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is a very special episode. As Alex points out, they are all special, but this one is a return to all three hosts being present!! Today the Goblins look at how big Magic Events have morphed and take a look in particular even in the growth of the last year (between Minneapolis and Vegas). We kind of recap V...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is a very special, and timely episode. It is the audio from the Panel at Magic Con Las Vegas from this past weekend. It features Hobbes, Chase , Ryan , and Shivam talking about creating content while dealing with Mental Health Struggles. This build off the panel done in Minneapolis which you can check out...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! The goblins want to remind you that we have a very active and open Discord and love the opportunity for you all to join ! On today's episode Taya discusses one of her favorite Goblins and Decks! Daretti (we need a lot more lore y'all)! Reminder that September is Suicide Awareness/Prevention month Again we would...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! The goblins want to remind you that we have a very active and open Discord and love the opportunity for you all to join ! To start out today we take time to say goodbye and honor our friend Sheldon Menery. We would encourage people to check out the Memoria l Page for Sheldon and read through these stories Today...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! The goblins want to remind you that we have a very active and open Discord and love the opportunity for you all to join ! On today's episode Taya and Hobbes sit down to ponder the most important question from Wilds of Eldraine... Where's Garruk? Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter We also are p...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! The goblins want to remind you that we have a very active and open Discord and love the opportunity for you all to join ! On today's episode Taya and Hobbes sit down with Eliana to discuss the character of Liliana. This episode focuses on guilt, healing and living with trauma, and  as well as living with w...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! The goblins want to remind you that we have a very active and open Discord and love the opportunity for you all to join ! On today's episode Taya sits down with K Arsenault Rivera, author of the Wilds of Eldraine story, to talk about how things are going in the fairytale plane of Eldraine. K talks about the sto...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show. Today we have Taya and Hobbes discussing the recent announcements from Gen Con of Magic upcoming slate for the next 3 years! 3!! Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show. While Hobbes is away taking care of his kids (kids are the literal worst... he also got a new dog...) Taya and Alex use the recent announcement of anime art cards being included in the upcoming Wilds of Eldraine to provide a thin veneer of timeliness to talk about previous anime art cards in Magic and then have a greater discussion about some of their fav...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show. And can you believe it?? It's our 5th Anniversary (in typical Goblin Fashion we turned 5 in June but then you know... chaos). Today we have a special episode for you. The hosts discuss what the show means to them and then we have clips from listeners, guests, and most importantly our Discord Members ! There is so much community that is fostered with this...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show kind of... We do not have an episode this week and just wanted to check in. Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here . You can use our partner co...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show. And can you believe it?? For the first time in 2 months the full contingent of the Gobbos were present. Today we look at the Universe Beyond Sets with a particular focus on Lord of the Rings. And while this episode could go ever on we decided to only go there and back again... Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter We also are proud to have...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show. This week Hobbes is here for a solo episode. Many may have noticed that he has been fairly absent since Magiccon Minneapolis. Today he takes a personal dive into depression and guilt through the lens of our canonical Depressed Golem. We have looked at Karn previously ( part 1, part 2 ), and Hobbes talks about his identification with this Planeswalker (wel...

Hello Podwalkers welcome back to the show !! This week Taya, Alex and returning guest Reinhardt are covering a melthos topic again, this time talking about how some of the real world game mechanics of Magic exist in the fictional universe, and how the citizens of that universe may or may not understand them or even be aware of them! Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter We also are...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Now that the Phyrexians have joined Bolas and Emrakul in timeout, what villains will be stepping up to the plate in Magic story? Alex and Taya have a purely speculative conversation on what the future holds for baddies known and unknown. Who is going to be the next big bad and when will they strike? Again we would l...