Tuesday, June 30, 2015

TAZ # 005: Resource Management & Disruption

It's episode five! Dave and Randy take on a unique six pack - the not often drafted Avengers vs. X-Men Set! Then, we take on the main topic of the episode: Resource management. Energy and how you spend it is a vital part of Dice Masters. How can we maximize it, both in terms of when we spend it and how we spend it? What do commonly used methods of ramp and churn really get us? And how can we disrupt an opponent's engine in a way that helps give us an advantage? Please drop us a line at mailbag@thereservepool.com. Direct link.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

TAZ # 004: Evaluating Tourney Results

With the dust settling from Worlds and a few weeks before the next set is released, it's time to look at the results of the tournament. How do we do that, and do it well? What are the common pitfalls? Dave & Randy examine all of this from playtesting to deck selection. We also take the most important lessons in deck construction that we've learned and apply it to some of the teams that were used at Worlds.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

TAZ # 003: Deck List Visualization

In episode three, we give you a fantastic tool for building and evaluating decks better through SWOT Analysis, but we don't stop there. We also find the right way to get there, showing how deck lists themselves are fairly useless and methods you can use to determine what the characters on your team are good for even before you've played a single game with them.

Decks referenced in this episode:

JL Overcrush: http://dm.retrobox.eu/?view&cards=1x85jl;1x1jl;1x21jl;1x35jl;1x61jl;1x53jl;1x22jl;1x96jl;3x25jl;3x131bff

Bolts: http://dm.retrobox.eu/?view&cards=1x51jl;1x96jl;1x45jl;1x91jl;1x40jl;1x135jl;1x39jl;1x43jl;3x25avx;3x137bff

Villain Retaliation: http://dm.retrobox.eu/?view&cards=1x78jl;1x40jl;1x45jl;1x65jl;1x55jl;1x92jl;1x96jl;1x93jl;3x1jlop;3x137bff

Villain Control: http://dm.retrobox.eu/?view&cards=1x137jl;1x86jl;1x125jl;1x92jl;1x55jl;1x39jl;1x65jl;1x22jl;3x137bff;3x34uxm

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