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In this conversation, John and Jake reconnect after a long hiatus, discussing their personal lives and the impact of family changes on their gaming experiences. Jake shares his journey into fatherhood, while John reflects on his mixed feelings about the game of Redemption, particularly following his experiences at Nationals. They discuss the importance of clear rules in gaming and the challenges faced in tournament settings, particularly regarding judging and player interactions. The dialogue highlights the need for constructive conversations within the community to address issues and improve the gaming experience, culminating in a hopeful outlook for future events like Nationals.     As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.  

Thanks for checking out this special episode of The Threshing Floor featuring Jayden Alstad and Tyler Stevens. This was a bit of a free for all with lots of different discussions and even a brand new spoiler from the new set. We missed having Jake on this episode as he is spending time with his family following the arrival of their first child, so this episode is dedicated in honor of baby Noah! This episode was recorded live as an experimental test run to see how live recording may enhance the podcast in the future. If you enjoyed this or had strong opinions against it compared to what we normally do, let us know. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. The live video version is available here if you would like to check that out.    As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

Are you considering creating some form of Redemption geared content? Are you curious how some of the established content creators in our game got their start or just want some advice on how to get started creating content yourself? If so, then this is the episode for you. Featuring BaboonyTim, Redemption with Jayden and RobM Studios, this deep dive into the world of content creation for the game of Redemption will give you more persepctive on how each of them approach content creation and how they balance it with their enjoyment of the game and other aspects of life. There's lots of good takeaways from this if you have ever considered taking the dive into becoming a Redemption content creator.   **Disclaimer**  This round table discussion was recorded in October of 2024. Some of the references will alert you to that, but the heart of the content is still useful.    As you will hear in the episode, Tyler Stevens, also known as Mr.Hiatus, was not able to join us for this recording. His answers to the questions we answered are below: What is the reason you chose to be a content creator for the game of Redemption? "At the time, it was just Jayden doing deck content. I love building decks and talking, so I figured I might as well make a channel. I also thought it would help me from a designer standpoint to get more intuned to the meta." What was your initial goal and/or inspiration? "My initial goal was to constantly know the meta from a design standpoint and to give back to the community." How has your content grown or evolved over time? "My content hasn’t grown much over time  I just got myself in my channels. Slowly and surely getting higher quality, but I set the bar low for myself!" How much work is involved with taking your content from idea to published work? "For me, it’s not too complicated to take an idea to publish. I don’t edit, so as long as I know the deck, I can get the video done in one take." What is your favorite piece of content you have created? "Practice to Lose video" What was the most challenging? "The most challenging is aspect of content, for me, is creativity and consistency. Having material come out weekly to bi-weekly and having decks be creative." How do you balance enjoyment of the game with the work required to produce content? "Enjoyment of the game, for me, at this point is deck building and design. I still like being competitive, but my enjoyment comes from designing cards and sharing decks. So content for me is genuinely fun." Have you ever "burned out" and what was that experience like? What pulled you back in or kept you in past that? "Shoutout to Brian Jones who has checked in on me for burnout. I make decks. I make videos. I’m on discord seemingly 24/7. I design cards and playtest. I love every bit of it. I’m not burned out yet, but will make sure I always keep the community and design as a priority. I don’t have kids…yet. " How do you safeguard yourself against burnout? "Safeguarding myself against burnout is creativity. If I don’t have new cards or new decks, I get bored. Designing new cards and decks brings me back to enjoyment. " What does the future of your content look like? "The future of my content will be the same, I imagine, and maybe some other behind the scenes content. I do want to do a Bible deep dive and card creation live, like I somewhat showed with Omen Interpreter. Going through some of the Bible and making cards “live” would be amazing." What advice would you give to someone else who is considering creating content for the game? "My advice for anyone, understand the time it takes and be real with yourself if you can give that time to the community. Also, keep it fun."   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Tyler Stevens, lead set designer of Times to Come, just days away from his wedding. In this conversation, we discuss his latest article, which can be found on Land of Redemption, among other thoughts on the development of Redemption’s latest expansion set that will be releasing at Nationals in just a couple months.   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this episode of the podcast, we go through a ton of information on the new set and review quite a few spoilers that have been released to the community in the past couple of weeks.    As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this episode, we go over some recent tournament results and update our Power Rankings before telling you how you can get your hands on a foil "Tipsy Tim" token at Nationals. There's also a formal welcome to "Spoiler Season" as it is now upon us!   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

This episode of the podcast features the season debut of our Power Rankings, along with results from several tournaments. We also offer quite a bit of commentary on Big Clay and the impact it is having so far this tournament season. Check it out, and as always, thanks for listening!   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this week's episode, we celebrate the official arrival of tournament season as the first State tournament of the year is in the books - Shout out to Connecticut! We also review the latest seasonal promo, along with the state and regional promos for the season. Deck of the week features Joe Schaefer and his Neopolitan deck before we wrap up the episode with the community mailbag.   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this episode, we review and discuss various hints from the elder team regarding a new rules update. We also provide details on a couple of new ventures for the podcast with the introduction of Player of the Month and the Monthly Meta Forecast.    As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this loaded episode, we review Baboony Tim's Gauntlet in addition to going over other news and notes. We also provide details on the seasons first major tournament and give an update on the 8 man Mr. Classic tournament. Plus... playtesting the new set?

On this episode, we take a look back at the 2024 calendar year before looking ahead to what 2025 will bring. Join us as we prepare for the best year in the history of our game!   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

On this return from hiatus episode, we go over recent community news including results from the recent TJC Memorial Tournaments that happened in Michigan and Texas. There's also details on the current running deck building contest over at Land of Redemption, and we provide some very early information on the FIFTH annual Christmas Card Swap!   The BIGGEST sale of the year is happening right now over at Your Turn Games. Get 25% off all singles 15% off Champion decks & Playmats 10% off Grab Bags, Complete Sets, Starter Decks, & Sleeves Sale ends 11/25 at 11:59 EST.  

On this episode of the podcast, Jake and I share about our Nationals experience and what that was like for each of us. We also have a spicy new Seasonal Promo spoiler to go over before jumping into a loaded Mailbag. Thanks for listening!   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.

Short inteviews and sound clips from day one of Nationals. Enjoy!

On this episode, we reveal our suprise guest that we have been hinting at for weeks as the owner and creator of Redemption joins us to talk about how the game got started and how it has progressed through the years.    There was plans to include some conversation with Jake reviewing recent spoilers and talk about our expectations for Nationals, but unfotunately the audio we recorded was substandard so we are not releasing that. I considered holding off on sharing the interview with Rob until I could frame a better complete episode around it, but didn't want to withhold it from you all.    Rob did reach out after we recorded to ask me to clarify a couple of things he touched on. Please see below from Rob:   Thank you for putting this together.  I wish to clarify two things I said yesterday that may not be clearly understood.   First, I have no desire to misrepresent or be unfair to Angel Studios.  They are doing many good things.  My statement that the Chosen and Angel Studio have parted ways is based on this video by Dallas Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2jsFfYPcmk&t=801s   In other words, the video presents Dallas Jenkin’s position.  Angel Studios likely has a different perspective.   Second, I touched on Scattergories so briefly that listeners may get the idea that I created Scattergories.  The creator of Scattergories is Gunther Degen.  The company I was working for back in the late 80’s is Cactus Services, Inc.  I was one of three people at Cactus. I was the junior member of the team (being only 24) when we licensed Scattergories to Milton Bradely (now part of Hasbro).  I was Mr. Degen’s agent until 1999 when I left Cactus Services, Inc. to focus full time on Cactus Game Design.   In 2018 Cactus Services and Gunther Degen asked to come back as agent to represent Scattergories.  I have been under contract with Cactus to do this since 2018.   As always, thanks for listening. If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting our sponsors at Your Turn Games.