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Does Pokemon Take Place in a Multiverse? Pokemon’s Hidden Lore!

Transcript: You are about to enter a world not just of sight and sound but of Mon’s. A world where the boundaries of reality are not as solid as they may appear. A place where fantastic creatures from beyond our current dimension roam, and where time itself is fractured. Our destination? The Pokemon Zone. What’s Up designers, and Welcome back to Rempton Games. I’ll just cut to the chase –…

Have you ever wanted to design your own TCG set or expansion, but didn't know where to start? In this video I break down the steps used by Wizards of the Coast to design their TCG sets, from initial concept to finished set.

Transcript: What’s up, designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. It’s been a while, but I’m finally back, and I’m really excited about today’s topic! Whether you are designing your own trading card game, or just a fan who wants to know more about how these games are made, today’s video is for you. Today, I’ll be going through the steps of how to design a TCG set – from initial concept to…

If you want to learn how to dominate your friends and family at RISK, you've come to the right place. I've collected the best tips and strategies to take your game to the next level!

Howdy Soldiers, Welcome Back to Rempton Games. My name is General E. Hostile, and today I’m going to teach you how to send your troops into foreign nations, spread your influence across the surface of the globe and eventually dominate the entire world. I am of course talking about the board game RISK. Before we begin, I want to make one thing clear – RISK is a game about World Domination, and in…

Why TCGs are Impossible to Balance

What’s up, designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. If you’ve played trading card games for a while, you’ve probably seen an overpowered new card burst onto the scene and totally wreck the entire meta, to the point where it seems like everybody is using it. On the other hand, you’ve probably opened entire packs of cards and felt like every single one of them was worthless trash that nobody…

Over the past few years trading cards have been breaking price records left and right, with rare cards selling for hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. But why are these pieces of printed cardboard selling for so much money?

In July 2021, Youtube Logan Paul spend nearly $5.3 million on an extremely rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card. This is the most expensive Pokemon card ever sold, and among the most expensive trading cards in history. But what in the world could make a simple piece of printed cardboard worth such an insane amount of money? Let’s find out! At its core, the price of pretty much anything comes…

If you want to learn how to beat your friends and family at Ticket To Ride, you've come to the right place. I've collected the best tips and strategies to take your game to the next level!

What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Today we will be taking a look at the best tips, tricks and strategies for one of the most popular gateway games around – Ticket To Ride. I’ve divided these tips into four main categories – Planning your Routes, Placing Trains, Controlling information, and alternative strategies. Without further ado, let’s get started. Planning Your…

Everybody loves powerful cards, but how do you know when something is TOO powerful? In this video I look at the 5 most common categories of broken cards to see why they are so powerful, and see how to learn from past design mistakes.

What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. When designing a trading card game it’s important to be able to design fun, powerful cards – but equally important is knowing what types of cards NOT to design. In today’s TCG Design Academy we are going to be looking at some of the most broken cards, decks, and combos from various trading card games to see what makes them tick and why they…

Inspired by the Witcher series of novels, the game of Gwent has undergone lots of changes over the past several years. In this video I look at the history and evolution of this game, and give my thoughts on the design.

What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Today I want to take a look at Gwent, the fictional card game from the Witcher universe that was turned into a standalone TCG. I’m going to be talking about the inspiration behind the game, the various different versions of it, and giving my thoughts on the game design behind it. Remember to hit that like button if you want me to break down…