The Hobbies + Happiness Podcast: A Disney Lorcana Podcast

We've got a very interesting conversation for you all today! If you've every gotten together with friends, family or a game group, you've most likely had this conversation before. We call it Rule Zero. This is a topic and idea that isn't new, and exists in some form or another is just about every gaming group and community. We hope you enjoy today's episode! Let us know if you've had these types o...

Todays conversation revolves all around our current favorite Living Card Game (LCG), Marvel Champions. We talk about what the game is, what we love about it, and why we want it to stick around. We also announce a new segment on the podcast that we debut at the end of the episode, so stick around for that! Check out the resources we highlighted in the episode below: Marvel Champions on BGG: https:/...

Today we have a pretty different(ish) and very interesting conversation for you all! Today we're talking about why cards get banned in different card games? If you're not involved in the Magic: The Gathering scene, Wizards of the Coast just recently made a banned and restricted announcement. We thought this would be a really good opportunity to discuss why these types of announcements occur, and w...

We are super excited for todays episode, where we sit down and have a chat with Steven Wooley from Team Covenant. Team Covenant is a local game store (LGS) that was started over 10+ years ago in Tulsa, OK by Steven and a few of his friends. Today, they are currently working on the third iteration of their local store, streaming quality tabletop gaming content on Twitch, YouTube and FaceBook, and a...

We are excited to get back to having tabletop conversations! This week we are talking to Dwayne Cunningham, also known as Infidel1258 from the Splinterlands community. If you've not heard of Splinterlands, fear not! We talk about all things NFTs, cryptocurrency, and how it all intersects and merges with some of our favorite games in the tabletop gaming space. We had a lot of fun chatting with Dway...

This week, we talk more about the stuff we love...card games! In this episode, we really start diving into expandable and living card games. We talk about the history of the card gaming genre, and really how it evolved into the expandable and LCG "format." We hope you enjoy the discussion, and let us know some of your favorite card games!   Magic: The Gathering Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedi...

If you haven't been in the tabletop gaming hobby or space for very long, the idea of playing board games or card games solo may seem a bit foreign to you. Honestly, for a long time, solo tabletop gaming was not extremely popular. It has, however, existed in the space for quite a long time. Today, solo board gaming is an extremely popular niche within the hobby space, and for good reason! In today'...

Well well well, we've got some big ramifications to discuss in today's episode. Star City Games, one of the largest strategy content providers or Magic: the Gathering content, is making some changes to their content offerings. We discuss. Star City Games article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/news/scg-announces-forthcoming-content-changes/ Find us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hobbies...

Last we, we officially "came back," and could not be more excited! Well, I think we just might be a little bit more excited this week! In todays episode, we go back and look at all of the big things that happened for hobbies + happiness in 2021, and we then look ahead to see what 2022 has in store for us, and by extension, you all in the audience. 2021 will always be a memorable year for hobbies +...

WE ARE BACK! Find us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hobbiesandhappiness Find us on Twitter: @_dgcampbell , @jimmorganhnh Find us on Instagram: @daniel.g.campbell , @jimmorganhnh , @hobbies.n.happiness Catch us when we stream on Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/hobbiesnhappiness Email us with your gaming memories at hobbiesandhappiness@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/pyBtxzKEaK

This weeks topic is essentially part 2 from last weeks episode, where we talked about should tabletop games be digital. Through the course of that discussion, we had started thinking about what are some video games that we enjoy, that we would think could turn into good board games, and what are some that have done it successfully. Join us as we look to dive further into the topic! Find us on Face...

Today's topic is a relatively simple and straightforward question. Should all tabletop games be digital? Basically asking the question should there be a digital version of every tabletop game? As we continue to progress technologically as a society, the way we experience "games" is going to be constantly evolving. There's a lot of different ways to think about this topic, and we discuss. Hope you...

This is a topic we've been thinking about for a bit, and it wanted to bring it to you all, our amazing audience. As tabletop gamers, we often find ourselves typically gravitating towards strategic card games. We've never really thought too much about it, but the question has come up before, why do we enjoy these card games so much? We've talked at length about that specific topic before (see episo...

In this weeks episode, we sort of continue our discussion from last week, and we talk a lot about things going on behind the scenes here at hobbies + happiness. Hope you enjoy! Find us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hobbiesandhappiness Find us on Twitter: @_dgcampbell , @jimmorganhnh Find us on Instagram: @daniel.g.campbell , @jimmorganhnh , @hobbies.n.happiness Catch us when we stream on T...

Today we talk all about digital card games, and some of our favorites that we've played. Monday, Cryptozoic Entertainment announced a new digital card game coming to the market in 2022 called DC Dual Force. That announcement sparked the idea of talking about this topic, and we haven't really dove into the topic before this. We've merely scratched the surface. Today we're really digging into it. Ad...

If you've watched any of our recent gameplay videos on YouTube, which, if you haven't, you're missing out on some good stuff 😁...but if you seen some of our content, you've probably seen us playing a good amount of the DC Deck Building Game on the channel. We've talked about the game a bit on the podcast before, but in todays episode, we do a deep dive into the core set of the game. Strap in as w...

Today we talk about a topic that we've touched on somewhat in the past, and that is the relationship of skill and RNG when it comes to tabletop and card games. RNG stands for random number generator, or random number game. Card games are really where this discussion has the most impact, as card games typically have more to do with randomness than other types of games. Especially when games get mor...

We are back from our first GenCon...and we are tired! We had an amazing time at our first GenCon, and in this episode, we talk all about it! Hope you enjoy hearing about our experiences... the tldr is we loved it and can't wait for next year :-D.    Find us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hobbiesandhappiness Find us on Twitter: @_dgcampbell , @jimmorganhnh Find us on Instagram: @daniel.g.cam...

Today is somewhat of a special episode, as Dan and Jim sit down with Jonathan and Will from Roll for Crit! Jonathan and Will are content creators in the tabletop gaming space and have been making great content for quite a while! Listen in as they talk about all things card games, tabletop, Magic the Gathering...and GenCon!  Check out Roll for Crit's website: https://www.rollforcrit.com/ Find them...

Today, Dan and Jim sit down with an another member of the tabletop community and avid card gamer, Keegan Cole @foxbocksgames. We are continuing to make more friends, and get to know more people within the tabletop gaming space. We hope you enjoy today's episode! Find Keegan on Instagram: @foxbocksgames Find Keegan streaming on Twitch: @0Dumpling0 Find us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hobbi...

We're making more friends! In todays episode, Dan and Jim sit down with an amazing tabletop community member and photographer, Tim Chuon (@timchuon). Just like last week, we want to continue to highlight amazing community members within the tabletop community with our community spotlights. We hope you enjoy todays conversation as we get to know Tim! Find Tim on Instagram: @timchuon Find Tim on You...

Today on the podcast, Dan and Jim make some friends and sit down with an amazing member of the tabletop community, Kelly (@geekchic.gamer). We want to continue to highlight amazing community members within the tabletop community, so we are continuing with our community spotlights. We hope you enjoy our conversation as we get to know Kelly a little better, and find out why the tabletop community is...

Today, Jim and Dan talk about a game they have recently fallen in love with, Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Lord of the Rings LCG (living card game) was published by Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) in April of 2011. This year they celebrated their 10th anniversary of the game, and it still blows us away that we are just now getting into this awesome game. Join Jim and Dan on the episode today as the...

On todays episode, we talk about a topic we've NEVER talked about before. Ok, that's a lie. This topics always seems to come up in just about every discussion we have, and that is card games. We are both avid card game players and lovers, and in this episode, we really wanted to get into the reasons why we are. So today, that's exactly what we did. We hope you enjoy the episode!  Check out the Ear...

Today on the podcast, Dan and Jim discuss the differences between cooperative and competitive tabletop games, and which types of games they prefer to play. The tabletop gaming space offers so many different types of games, and maybe you're most familiar with gaming only being competitive. If so, there are so many different other types of games out there for you to enjoy! We discuss it on this epis...