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 Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

December Hiatias (Alex can't spell hiatus)

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 [https://battlerobincounseling.com/]) that focuses on use of gaming in therapy and Dr. Patrick Cruitt has experience with incorporating TTRPGs into his work. The panel focuses on the recovery model and how gaming can be incorporated into Mental Health Care.

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 209: The Minneapolis Comic Con Panel

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

No Episode for Thanksiving

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today the hosts sit down with close friend Beth [https://www.queenofcardboard.com/], 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 Commander Charity Stream honoring Sheldon and raising money for the Moffit Cancer Center. The event will take place here [https://t.co/wDRxGwIZer] on November 18th and 19th. We hope that you all can join us and celebrate our friend.

Donations can be made here: https://streamlabscharity.com/@commanderrc/in-honor-of-sheldon-menery

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 208: Building Community with the Queen

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 [https://linktr.ee/GavinVerhey]! 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 this set knowing it would be Commander Decks. Learning about the decisions that were made and why (yes Hobbes complained A LOT about the Grixis Villains) provides brilliant insight into how Universe Beyond and Magic Cards in general are created.

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 207: Doctor Who and Tardis

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 has had on the two of them and folks in their play groups.

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 206: Card complexity and how high goblins can count

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 to post under this hashtag as they feel comfortable. We hope you all will stick around for this conversations

CW: Mental Health Concerns, Substance Use

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 205: Better Days MtG

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 UN-Sets have previously paved the way for Magic Design. We talk about what people can/will do with these cards (wow Rule 0 gets even better) and say we hope Gavin will continue down this path. 

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 204: The Unknown Playtest Frontier

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 Vegas and look at what went well and where there still could be some changes. We hope you all enjoy!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 203: The Evolution of Magic Events

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 [https://mcminneapolis.mtgfestivals.com/en-us/experience/panels/panel-information.html?gtID=800422&panel-name=How-I-Sparked-A-Conversation-about-Mental-Health-Recovery-Journeys] at Magic Con Las Vegas from this past weekend. It features Hobbes, Chase [https://twitter.com/ManaCurves], Ryan [https://twitter.com/tronisbad], and Shivam [https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears] talking about creating content while dealing with Mental Health Struggles. This build off the panel done in Minneapolis which you can check out here [https://zencastr.com/z/bXvx0NKe]!

It is Suicide Awareness and prevention month Month and we want to include a Content Warning (Mental Health, Suicidal Ideation, Substance Use, Trauma).

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 202: The Vegas Panel!!

A Magic:The Gathering podcast that sometimes talks about characters, lore and
story, but always centers the community and mental health.

Hobbes

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