AVOID Over Designing Your Homemade TCG | TCG R&D

The goal is to simplify your homemade TCG design so that players will actually want to play your TCG. Over the years, so many TCGs have fallen to over designing TRADING CARD mechanics. So lets strip back extra TCG design mistakes that we should be avoiding and focus on making a homemade TCG that is simple and works for new players.

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Identifying Issues
3:52 Go Easy On New Players
6:39 Limited Memory
8:57 Focus On ONE Thing
10:11 Bigger Isn't Better
13:51 Spreading Out Complexity
14:40 The Unrealized Mistake?