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Stoked that the reaction of the Magic community to the new Marvel UB set has been really positive, despite the fact that reactions to the previous Marvel sets were… less enthusiastic. It’s almost like the people prefer world-building and storytelling to a wiki’s worth of disconnected references!

Now, i think it’s fair if you’re thinking, “hold on Kathleen, don’t you write D&D adventures that are literally piles of references? Like, do you not have a pinned post about your _latest_ Hank and John Green themed game?” Yes! But the difference is that DFTBA want the games to tell a story first.

The goal isn’t to stuff the games with references, but to take things you might be familiar with and turn them into pieces of something new. An AU, not just a D&D game with Fortnite style window dressing. Again, I’m super lucky DFTBA values storytelling and is willing to take creative risks.

Which isn’t to say UB sets aren’t lovingly curated and designed, but Magic as a game is SO GOOD at world-building, so it’s cool to see it lean into its strengths.

Hell yeah! Speaking of world-building, story telling, and D&D, how about some more long-form Dice Friends? Camp Nettlebee 2? Bylaw and Order 3? :D