The Hobbies + Happiness Podcast: A Disney Lorcana Podcast

Today we talk about 2 of Jim's favorite things...card game and markets. Jim thoroughly enjoys playing with and benefiting from secondary markets, and also the economics and theories behind secondary markets. If you've been in the TCG/CCG for any length of time, you most likely have a pretty good understanding of how secondary markets work within the space. The episode seeks to dive deep into the t...

We cannot seem to stop talking about Disney Lorcana! In today's episdode, we again had Lorcana on our minds as we went through...a thought experiment. We talk about color theory within the context of Magic: the Gathering, and talk about what each color stands for and represents in the Magic universe. Then we start talking about Lorcana and Disney characters. Since we have all of this information a...

Today's episode is a great one! Today we go through what we think is the current state of the card gaming market in general. The major goal of this episode is to try and familiarize our audience with the many great and fantastic different card games that are on the market. We realize that not all card games are for all card game players, or even tabletop players. Since we are really always in sear...

We are excited to be back after needing to take a couple weeks off from content and the podcast due to sickness! This week's episode is all about Disney's new and upcoming trading card game, Lorcana! We talk just about everything that we know officially about the game, and we talk some speculation as well. If you haven't yet checked out our other videos about Lorcana, go ahead and check out those...

This week, we are joined by Nelson Oliver, otherwise known as the LivingCardGamer on YouTube and Twitch! We had a fantastic conversation chatting with Nelson about all things board games, living card games, and especially a shared favorite of ours, Marvel Champions! Don't forget to check out Nelson by visiting his website, and checking him out on YouTube and Twitch by checking out his links down b...

This week, it's Jim's turn to tell you about one of his favorite commanders, Talrand, Sky Summoner! This is mono blue commander, and let's just say...it's a typical deck that Jim would love to play. This deck is all about, and only about, interaction. Which, I mean, what would you expect from Jim? So, I hope you all enjoy this deck profile! TappedOut Link: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/21-08-22-...

Continuing the conversation from the last episode of the podcast, Dan talks about one of his favorite commander decks, Gargos, Vicious Watcher. Gargos is a mono-green hydra deck designed to fight anyone who comes into close contact with his family. There's a lot of interaction in this deck, and it is a ton of fun to play. We hope you ell enjoy our first ever commander deck tech from the channel, a...

Today...we talk all about one of our most favorite formats in one of our most favorite games. Today's episode is all about the Commander format in Magic: the Gathering. We've talked pretty extensively in the past about Magic, but we have yet to dedicate an entire episode to the commander format. So today we do just that. We talk about why we love the format so much, and why we think it's one of th...

Today's episode is an intriguing one! We are talking about...the negatives...of being positive? It almost sounds like an oxymoron. How is it negative, when I'm trying to have a positive outlook and attitude? We'll admit...on it's face, it's doesn't sound like it makes much sense. But if you trust us, it'll make more sense when you hear our reasoning behind the topic. We hope you enjoy! Sign up for...

We have got a pretty interesting episode for you all today! We are talking all about resource systems in card games! We think this is a pretty fascinating topic, especially the longer and longer we are in the card game space. It seems that whenever we play a new card game, we find a slightly new variation on an old "theme." Especially when it comes to the resources utilized for the gameplay. So, t...

In this weeks episode, we talk about a topic that quite honestly...we're surprised we really have yet to touch on. That topic is evergreen games! If you've been around tabeltop gaming for any length of time, you've more than likely heard people talk about the phrase, "Evergreen game." If you've ever thought to yourself, what are they talking about?..then stick around. We do our best to dive into t...

Welcome back after an extended break! We hope you all had an enjoyable July 4th holiday, especially if you're in the states! In any event, we are back with another great episode for you. This topic came up in a pretty interesting way (a way in which we talk about in the episode 😁), and when we started talking about the topic, we immediately stopped talking about it and said, "This will make a gre...

Have you ever been playing a game and thought to yourself...when will this game just be over all ready?? I think a lot of us have been in that exact situation. It's with that thought in mind, that we talk about todays episode, "What Makes a Game(s) Exhausting." Dan and Jim go over a few thoughts and ideas that each of them have of why they think a game can be exhausting in general, and some ideas...

It's hard to believe that we're half way through 2022! Since we're ALMOST into July (still crazy to think about 😬😬😬), we thought this was the perfect time to have a retrospective with what's going on with hobbies + happiness so far in 2022, and again to look to the future! So, with that being said, we hope you enjoy this conversation as we go over what is coming in the rest of year for hobbies...

We've got another great episode for you all today! In this weeks episode, we talk all about deck building and deck piloting. We compare and contrast both of these topics, and talk about how each of them has their own distinct place within the world of card gaming. Both are very different and distinct topics within card games, and both serve very important functions. We hope you enjoy the episode!...

We're back from taking last week off, and we've got a pretty interesting episode for you all today! Today we talk about the topic why we collect. Now we approach this from the standpoint of collecting trading cards and things like that. This topic can very much be broadened to art collection, and we touch on that as well. Hope you enjoy the episode! Follow this link for a chance to enter our 1,000...

Today we are talking about Dan's recent MTG Modern Tournament event. It's been quite a while since we done any Organized Play (thanks pandemic...) and man was it a rough tourney! We talk all about it, and look forward to more events in the future. Hope you enjoy the episode! Follow this link for a chance to enter our 1,000 YouTube subscriber giveaway: https://youtu.be/3PxjVK2WgxE Find us on FaceBo...

We've got a great episode today discussing a topic that we've wanted to touch on for quite a long time, and one that's really important to us as well. We're talking about finding your playgroup today! This is probably one of the biggest things that tabletop gamers have the most hardest thing actually doing, moreso from our experience due to the majority of us being introverts 😉. Well today we wan...

Really interesting episode for you all today! In this episode, we discuss one of our recent gameplay videos in which Jim basically just dominated Dan in a game of Here to Slay...and Jim was really the only player having much fun. If you saw the video, you know which one I'm talking about! 😂😂 While we really did have a good time, we started to have a pretty good discussion on how each of us have...

Today we sit down and have a chat with Daniel Miller, the designer of the card and dice game Spirit Duels! Spirit Duels is a fast-paced card game of dice-driven combat. Lead a team of magical creatures known as Spirits into battle against your opponent! Command and evolve your Spirits to gain the advantage in combat and defeat your rivals! We are super excited to be checking out this game and have...

In today's episode of the podcast, we wanted to talk about a topic we really haven't touched on yet, and that is tournament preparations! We have a few tournaments coming up for us in our local area, so we are currently starting to prepare for them, so we thought we'd start talking about the process! If you've never prepared for a tournament before, we're go through our process, as well as some ti...

We've got a really great episode for you all today! On this episode of the podcast, we dive into the heavily debated topic, the difference between casual gaming and competitive gaming. After bringing up this topic somewhat off handedly in Episode #45, we really started to ask more and more questions, and really dive into the topic more. Eventually, we really started to ask, can a game exist itself...

Today's topic is a doozy! If you've been into card gaming for any length of time, you most likely heard of the term netdecking. In fact, we started talking a little bit about this topic in Episode #42 when we were talking about Marvel Champions and why we enjoyed that game. We did say that we would dive deeper into the topic of netdecking, and here is that episode. If you've heard of the term netd...

Today's topic is one that we started in last weeks episode with Sam Smith where we began talking about the idea that not all games were made with me in mind. Last week the topic was brought up in speaking about Disney Villainous and how it was very much designed with the casual and family audience in mind, not the overly strategic thinking audience. Being the very strategic players that we are, we...

We're really excited to bring you today's episode! Today we sit down for a conversation with Sam Smith, also known as the Lord of the Board! Sam runs the YouTube channel Lord of the Board, and spends a lot of time creating strategy content specifically centered around Root, Villainous, and a few of his other favorite games. We chat about YouTube, tabletop communities...and of course Root and Villa...