On Board Wipes and Cube Design

Andy and Anthony talk all things board wipes in Cube. They talk about the varieties and boundaries of cards that reset the board state and how they effect gameplay and add strategic depth to games with or against them. They talk about the roles of board wipes in their main Cubes.

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Discussed in this episode:

• Foundations and Jump Start Cube Surveys
• Lucky Paper Upcoming Cube Events Page
• Andy, Anthony, and Parker on BlueSky

Timestamps

1:22 - Topic introduction

2:22 - What is a board wipe?

20:25 - How much should a board wipe cost and how much does it matter?

45:27 - Different densities of board wipes and how they affect their respective cube environments

51:15 - The draft and play patterns that board wipes create

59:19 - Summary

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• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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