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Behind the Shield – Episode 100 – “New Year’s Games”

Friday, January 5th, 2018

For our first episode of 2018, and our 100th episode over all, we find Andrew and Amanda snowed in during his birthday. We take the opportunity to talk a little about the upcoming Rivals of Ixalan set for Magic and about our favorite games of 2017 and what we’re looking forward to in 2018. We also have interviews from the Saugus store with some gamers who were there on New Year’s Day for the board game marathon.

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Behind the Shield – Episode 93 – “Hype for Unstable”

Friday, November 17th, 2017

While most of the Battleground staff is away at PAX Unplugged Andrew and Amanda are all alone. We talk about our new Affiliate status for our Twitch stream and streaming plans. Then we talk about the Iconic Masters set that comes out in our stores this Friday and about the upcoming Unstable set of Magic cards that’s coming out next month.

 

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Behind the Shield – Episode 88 – “May Ways to Play Magic”

Friday, October 13th, 2017

Wizards of the Coast revealed this week a new multi-player way to play with Magic the Gathering cards. Explorers of Ixalan is still more than a month away, but Andrew and Amanda take the opportunity to talk about some of the variants of Magic play that Wizards has produced in the past.

 

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Behind the Shield – Episode 85 – “Destiny and Tournaments”

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

There’s a lot to talk about this week! Andrew and Amanda talk about what to expect at a big game tournament and how to best enjoy yourself. Andrew also interviews Riley about Star Wars Destiny and what the new Empire at War set adds to the game.

 

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Behind the Shield – Episode 84 – “Iconic Ixalan”

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Amanda and Riley have a lot to say about Iconic Masters – the new Masters set of Magic the Gathering cards coming out in November. Amanda also talks about the flavor of Ixalan and how the stories are tying all the desperate parts of the next Magic set together.

 

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Behind the Shield – Episode 82 – Ixalan: Previews Not Spoilers

Friday, September 1st, 2017

Preview season for the next set of Magic has begun and we all have a lot to say about Ixalan and about the difference between ‘spoilers’ and ‘previews.’

 

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